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The document contains a geometry practice with multiple choice questions and diagrams. It provides tips on finding proportions of shapes and using properties of squares, triangles, and circles. The answers section gives the proportions of the shaded areas in the diagrams and the ratios requested in the questions about circles inscribed in squares and hexagons.

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RZC Mat Shape

The document contains a geometry practice with multiple choice questions and diagrams. It provides tips on finding proportions of shapes and using properties of squares, triangles, and circles. The answers section gives the proportions of the shaded areas in the diagrams and the ratios requested in the questions about circles inscribed in squares and hexagons.

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MAT Shape/Geometry Practice

Section A

Find the proportion of the following shapes shaded. (Note that all triangles are either equilateral
or isosceles)
Some tips:

 Since you’re finding the proportion, you can choose any length you like for one of
the sides in the diagram – usually 1 makes your life the easiest! (unless you’re going
to split something in half, in which case use 2)
 See the Riemann Zeta Club Geometry slides!
 The diagonal of a square is √ 2 times longer than its side. Similarly the side is √ 2
times smaller than the diagonal. This saves you having to use Pythagoras when
dealing with a right-angled isosceles triangle.

a b c

d e f

g h i

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Section B

1. The circumference of a circle is the same as its area. What is its radius?
2. A circle is inscribed in a square. What is the ratio of the perimeter of the square to the
circumference of the circle?
3. [MAT] A circle is inscribed in a regular hexagon which is in turn inscribed inside another
larger circle. Which of the following is the ratio of the two circles?
a. 4 :3
b. 6 :5
c. 7 :5
d. √ 3 :2

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ANSWERS

Section A

2+ π
a.
2π
1 π
b. −
4 16
π π 3
c. = √
3 √3 9

3 √3
d.
4π

π
e. −1
2
π
f.
3+2 √ 2
1
g.
2
2 π √3
−
h. 3 2 4 π−3 √ 3
=
6 36
i. Let the radius of the big circle be say 1. Then the distance from the centre of this circle
to the corner of the square is √ 2. Let the radius of the smaller circle be r . Then the
distance from the centre of the big circle to the corner can be expressed in terms of r as

1+r +r √ 2. So if √ 2=1+r (1+ √ 2), then r =


√ 2−1 . Thus the proportion of the shape
1+ √ 2
2
π r 2 ( √ 2−1 )
shaded is = 2 (since the square has area 4).
4 4 ( 1+ √ x )

4
j.
3+2 √ 2

Section B

1. 2
2. 4 :π
3. 4 :3. If we let the radius of the inner circle by 1, then by splitting the hexagon into 6 right-
angled triangles (with other angles 30 ° and 60 ° ), we can use trigonometry to determine
that the hypotenuse is 2/ √ 3. This is also the radius of the outer circle. So the ratio of areas is
2 2 4
π 12: π ( )
√3
→ 1: → 3 :4 .
3

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