GCSE Higher +

Constructions and Loci

Homework Sheet

1.

(a) Using ruler and compasses only, copy the diagram below and construct the perpendicular
from P to the line. Leave in your construction lines.
P

(b) Use a ruler and compasses to construct an angle of size 30, by constructing a 60 angle and
bisecting the angle. You must show all construction lines.

2. In this question you must use ruler and compasses only.

Show all your construction lines.

The diagram shows the plan, ABCD, of a garden.

B
C

Scale 1 cm to 2 m

A D

A fountain, F, is to be placed 16 m from C and equidistant from AB and AD.

Copy the diagram above and construct and mark the position of F.

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3.

Use ruler, compasses and pencil only to answer this question.

Leave in all your construction lines.

PQR is an isosceles triangle.

PQ = 6 cm, PR = QR = 8 cm.

(a) Construct triangle PQR.

(b) Construct the bisector of angle P.

(c) A point S is inside the triangle.

It is less than 4 cm from P and
closer to PQ than PR.

Construct and shade the region which contains S.

4. Scale: 1 cm represents 50m

The map below shows three

th
Pa

boats, A, B and C, on a lake.

Along one edge of the lake A
there is a straight path.

Treasure lies at the bottom

of the lake.

The treasure is:

between 150 m and 250 m B
from B,
nearer to A than C,
more than 100 m from the
path.
C

Using the scale drawing on your self-assessment sheet and using a ruler and compasses
only, shade the region in which the treasure lies.

You must show clearly all your construction arcs.