Circle theorems

1.

The semicircle shown at left has center at point O. The shaded sector of the circle formed by
angle NOM has area 6.25. The radius of the semicircle is 2.5. What is the radian measure of
angle LON, shown by a in the figure?
A. 2
B. 2.5
C. π − 2
D. π − 2.5

Correct answer: C Difficulty level: 2

2.

̅̅̅̅̅ is a diameter. The measure

The circle shown at left has its center at point O. Line segment MN
of acute angle LOM is 0.6 radians. The shaded sector of the circle formed by the obtuse angle
LON has area 6. What is the radius, r, of the circle?
3
A. 𝜋−0.6

12
B. 𝜋−0.6

3
C. √𝜋−0.6

12
D. √
𝜋−0.6
 Correct answer: D Difficulty level: 2

3.

The sector of a circle shown at left has center Z. The length of the chord XY ̅̅̅̅ is 24. The distance
from Z to the chord XY̅̅̅̅ is 5, shown by WZ ̅̅̅̅̅. Finally, WZ
̅̅̅̅̅ is perpendicular to XY
̅̅̅̅ and bisects
̅̅̅̅ at W. What is the radius, r, of the circle?
XY
A. √120
B. 13
C. 17
D. √601

Correct answer: B Difficulty level: 2

4.

The sector of a circle shown at left has center at point O. The radius of the circle has length 1.4
and arc ADC has length 2.1. Line segment OB ̅̅̅̅ is perpendicular to chord AC
̅̅̅̅ and bisects angle
AOC. What is the length, l, of chord AC̅̅̅̅?
A. 2.8sin(0.75)
B. 2.8cos(0.75)
C. 1.4sin(1.5)
D. 1.4cos(1.5)

Correct answer: A Difficulty level: 2

5.
 A metal wedge to be used as a corner brace has the shape of the quarter circle shown at left.
̅̅̅̅ is 2 centimeters (cm). What is the
Angle ACB is a right angle, and the length of the chord AB
length of the arc ADB?
𝜋
A. 2
cm

√2𝜋
B. cm
2

C. π cm
D. √2𝜋 cm

Correct answer: B Difficulty level: 2

6. If θ=315∘, what is the value of θ in radians?

5𝜋
A.
4

3𝜋
B.
2

5𝜋
C. 3

7𝜋
D. 4

Correct answer: D Difficulty level: 1

7.
 In a circle with center C and radius 28 meters (m), a central angle of x∘ intercepts an arc of 4π
m as shown in the figure at left. Rounded to the nearest degree, which of the following best
approximates the value of x?
A. 7
B. 13
C. 26
D. 45

Correct answer: C Difficulty level: 1

4𝜋
8. If θ = 9
radians, what is the value of θ in degrees?

A. 20∘
B. 36∘
C. 80∘
D. 720∘

Correct answer: C Difficulty level: 1

9. Which of the following is the value of cos(210∘)?

√3
A. −
2

1
B. −
2

1
C.
2

√3
D. 2

Correct answer: A Difficulty level: 1

5π
10. Which of the following is the value of sin( )?
6

√3
A. − 2

√2
B. − 2

1
C. 2

D. 150

Correct answer: C Difficulty level: 1

11. What is the length of arc S shown below?

 units

The angle in the figure is a central angle in radians.

Correct answer: 24 Difficulty level: 1

12. What is the measure of θ in radians?

radians

In the diagram, θ is a central angle.

Correct answer: 1.5 Difficulty level: 1

7π
13. An arc is subtended by a central angle measuring 4
radians. What fraction of the

circumference is this arc?

of the circumference
 Correct answer: 0.875 Difficulty level: 1

5π
14. An arc is subtended by a central angle measuring 6
radians. What fraction of the

circumference is this arc?

of the circumference

Correct answer: 0.4166666666666667 Difficulty level: 1

15. What is the measure of θ in radians?

radians

In the diagram, θ is a central angle.

Correct answer: 5 Difficulty level: 1

16. What is the length of arc S shown below?

units

The angle in the figure is a central angle in radians.

 Correct answer: 2 Difficulty level: 1

5π
17. An arc is subtended by a central angle measuring 11
radians. What fraction of the

circumference is this arc?

of the circumference

Correct answer: 0.22727272727272727 Difficulty level: 1

18.

1
The circle shown to the left with area 9π has a sector with a central angle of 9π
radians.

What is the area of the sector?

1
A. π
2

1
B. 162
π

C. 2π
D. 162π

Correct answer: A Difficulty level: 1

19.
 The circle shown to the left with area 36π has a sector with a central angle of 48∘.
What is the area of the sector?
5
A. 24
𝜋

1
B. 270
𝜋

C. 270𝜋
24
D. 5
𝜋

Correct answer: D Difficulty level: 1

20.

24
The circle shown to the left has a sector with area π and central angle of 192∘.
5

What is the area of the circle?

1
A. 9
𝜋

B. 9𝜋
75
C. 𝜋
192

192
D. 75
𝜋
 Correct answer: B Difficulty level: 1

21.

The circle shown to the left has a sector with area 15π and central angle of 216∘.
What is the area of the circle?
1
A. 𝜋
9

B. 9𝜋
1
C. 25
𝜋

D. 25𝜋

Correct answer: D Difficulty level: 1

22.

2
The circle shown to the left with area 100π has a sector with a central angle of 5
π radians.

What is the area of the sector?

1
A. 500
𝜋

B. 20𝜋
1
C. 80
𝜋

D. 80𝜋
 Correct answer: B Difficulty level: 1

23.

The circle shown to the left with radius 3 has a sector with a central angle of 160∘.
What is the area of the sector?
1
A. 𝜋
4

4
B. 81
𝜋

C. 4𝜋
81
D. 4
𝜋

Correct answer: C Difficulty level: 1

24.

9
The circle shown to the left with area 25π has a sector with a central angle of 10
π radians.

What is the area of the sector?

4
A. 45
𝜋

45
B. 4
𝜋

9
C. 500
𝜋
 500
D. 𝜋
9

Correct answer: B Difficulty level: 1

25.

1
The circle shown to the left has a sector with area 2π and central angle of π radians.
4

What is the area of the circle?

1
A. 4
π

B. 4π
1
C. π
16

D. 16π

Correct answer: D Difficulty level: 1

26.

17
The circle shown to the left with area 9π has a sector with a central angle of 9
π radians.

What is the area of the sector?

17
A. 𝜋
2
 2
B. 17
𝜋

17
C. 𝜋
162

162
D. 17
𝜋

Correct answer: A Difficulty level: 1

27.

3
The circle shown to the left with radius 2 has a sector with a central angle of 2
π radians.

What is the area of the sector?

1
A. 3
𝜋

3
B. 𝜋
16

C. 3𝜋
16
D. 3
𝜋

Correct answer: C Difficulty level: 1

28.
 The circle shown to the left with area 81π has a sector with a central angle of 120∘.

What is the area of the sector?

1
A. 243
𝜋

1
B. 27
𝜋

C. 27𝜋
D. 243𝜋

Correct answer: C Difficulty level: 1

29.

10
The circle shown to the left has a sector with area 3
π and central angle of 12∘.

What is the area of the circle?

A. 9π
B. 100π
1
C. 9
π

1
D. π
100

Correct answer: B Difficulty level: 1

30.
 81
The circle shown to the left has a sector with area 2
π and central angle of 180∘.

What is the area of the circle?

A. 162π
1
B. 162
π

1
C. π
81

D. 81π

Correct answer: D Difficulty level: 1

31.

125
The circle shown to the left has a sector with area π and central angle of 300∘.
6

What is the area of the circle?

36
A. 625
π

1
B. 25
π

625
C. π
36

D. 25π

Correct answer: D Difficulty level: 1

32.

The circle shown to the left with radius 7 has a sector with a central angle of 280∘.

What is the area of the sector?

343
A. 𝜋
9

1
B. 63
𝜋

C. 63𝜋
9
D. 343
𝜋

Correct answer: A Difficulty level: 1

33. The circle shown to the left with radius 3 has a sector with a central angle of π radians.
What is the area of the sector?
2
A. 𝜋
9

1
B. 18
𝜋

C. 18𝜋
9
D. 𝜋
2

Correct answer: D Difficulty level: 1

36
34. The circle shown to the left has a sector with area 5
π and central angle of 288∘.

What is the area of the circle?

A. 9π
25
B. 144
π

144
C. π
25
 1
D. 9
π

Correct answer: A Difficulty level: 1

35.

The circle shown to the left with radius 4 has a sector with a central angle of π radians.
What is the area of the sector?
1
A. 8
𝜋

1
B. 32
𝜋

C. 8𝜋
D. 32𝜋

Correct answer: C Difficulty level: 1

36.

The circle shown to the left with radius 8 has a sector with a central angle of π radians.
What is the area of the sector?
1
A. 32
𝜋

1
B. 128
𝜋
 C. 128𝜋
D. 32𝜋

Correct answer: D Difficulty level: 1

37.

70
The circle shown to the left has a sector with area π and central angle of 84∘.
3

What is the area of the circle?

A. 10π
49
B. 9
π

490
C. π
9

D. 100π

Correct answer: D Difficulty level: 1

38.

11
The circle shown to the left with area 36π has a sector with a central angle of 6
π radians.

What is the area of the sector?

432
A. 11
𝜋

11
B. 432
𝜋
 C. 33𝜋
D. 132𝜋

Correct answer: C Difficulty level: 1

39.

8
The circle shown to the left with radius 10 has a sector with a central angle of π radians.
15

What is the area of the sector?

80
A. 3
𝜋

3
B. 80
𝜋

1
C. 𝜋
300

D. 300𝜋

Correct answer: A Difficulty level: 1

40.

11
A circle with radius 3 has a sector with a central angle of 15
π radians.

What is the area of the sector?

10
A. 33
𝜋
 11
B. 270
𝜋

33
C. 𝜋
10

270
D. 11
𝜋

Correct answer: C Difficulty level: 1

41.

The circle shown to the left with area 9π has a sector with a central angle of 45∘.
What is the area of the sector?
1
A. 𝜋
72

B. 72𝜋
8
C. 𝜋
9

9
D. 𝜋
8

Correct answer: D Difficulty level: 1

42.

8
The circle shown to the left with area 16π has a sector with a central angle of 5
π radians.

What is the area of the sector?

 64
A. 5
𝜋

5
B. 64
𝜋

1
C. 20
𝜋

D. 20𝜋

Correct answer: A Difficulty level: 1

43.

The circle shown to the left with radius 7 has a sector with a central angle of 72∘.
What is the area of the sector?
49
A. 5
𝜋

5
B. 𝜋
49

1
C. 𝜋
245

D. 245𝜋

Correct answer: A Difficulty level: 1

44.

147 6
The circle shown to the left has a sector with area π and central angle of π radians.
5 5
 What is the area of the circle?
1
A. 𝜋
49

B. 49𝜋
25
C. 441
𝜋

441
D. 𝜋
25

Correct answer: B Difficulty level: 1

45.

The circle shown to the left with area 9π has a sector with a central angle of 60∘.
What is the area of the sector?
2
A. 𝜋
3

3
B. 𝜋
2

1
C. 54
𝜋

D. 54𝜋

Correct answer: B Difficulty level: 1

46.
 The circle shown to the left with radius 6 has a sector with a central angle of 48∘.
What is the area of the sector?
5
A. 24
𝜋

24
B. 5
𝜋

1
C. 𝜋
270

D. 270𝜋

Correct answer: B Difficulty level: 1

47.

279
The circle shown to the left has a sector with area π and central angle of 310∘.
4

What is the area of the circle?

A. 81π
1
B. 81
π

9
C. 144
π

144
D. 9
π

Correct answer: A Difficulty level: 1

48.

The circle shown at left has center at point O. Chord AC̅̅̅̅ is perpendicular to radius OD
̅̅̅̅ and
̅̅̅̅ at point B. Line segment OB
intersects OD ̅̅̅̅ has length 8 and line segment BD̅̅̅̅ has length 9.
What is the length of chord AC̅̅̅̅?
A. 2√145
B. 30
C. 24√2
D. 34

Correct answer: B Difficulty level: 2

49.

Anatoli is making a cement step for his patio in the shape of a sector of a circle as shown above.
He has enough cement to fill an area of 3.6 square meters (m2) such that the central angle is 1.2
radians. What must be the radius of the circular sector, r, according to this design?
A. √3 meters
B. √6 meters
C. 3 meters
D. 6 meters

Correct answer: B Difficulty level: 3

50.
 ̅̅̅̅ is perpendicular to line
In the figure at left, point C is the center of the circle. Line segment CD
segment AB ̅̅̅̅ and bisects AB ̅̅̅̅ at the point E. It is known that AB
̅̅̅̅ and CD ̅̅̅̅ have length 10.
What is the length of CE ̅̅̅̅?
A. 5
B. 3√3
C. 7.5
D. 5√3

Correct answer: D Difficulty level: 3

51.

The figure at left shows a sector of a circle of radius 5 with a center at point O. The area of the
shaded sector is 20π. The arc of the sector has endpoints M and N. What is the length, l, of line
̅̅̅̅̅?
segment MN
𝜋
A. 5sin( )
5

𝜋
B. 10sin( )
5

2
C. 5sin(5 π)

2
D. 10sin(5 π)

Correct answer: B Difficulty level: 3

52.

The sector of a circle shown at left has central angle NOP with a measure of 2.1 radians. The
original circle has a diameter of 8. What is the area of the sector?
A. 4.2
B. 8.4
C. 16.8
D. 33.6

Correct answer: C Difficulty level: 3

53.

̅̅̅̅ has length 6, and angle

In the figure at left, point C is the center of the circle. Line segment AC
2π
BCE has measure 3
radians. What is the length of arc BDE?

9
A. 𝜋

B. 4π
C. 8π
D. 12π

Correct answer: B Difficulty level: 3

54.
 The sector of a circle shown at left has its center at point A. The length of AC ̅̅̅̅ is 8. Line
̅̅̅̅ and BC
segments AD ̅̅̅̅ are perpendicular and intersect at point E such that DE
̅̅̅̅ has length 1.
What is the length of chord BC̅̅̅̅?
A. 2√15
B. 8
C. 2√17
D. 9

Correct answer: A Difficulty level: 4

55.

The sector of a circle shown above has center at O. Radius ̅̅̅̅̅

OW is perpendicular to chord ̅̅ ̅̅
XY
and intersects ̅̅̅̅ at point Z. The length of ̅̅̅̅̅
XY WZ is 9 and the length of ̅XZ
̅̅̅ is 12. To the nearest
tenth, what is the radius, r, of the circle?

Correct answer: 12.5 Difficulty level: 4

56.

The semicircle shown above has its center at point O. The diameter of the circle is 30, and the
 arc YXZ has length 18. To the nearest hundredth of a radian, what is the measure, a, of angle
YOZ?

Correct answer: 1.2 Difficulty level: 4

57.

The sector of a circle shown above has center at O. The radius of the circle has length 5. The
arc XZY has length 7. To the nearest tenth, what is the shaded area of the sector?

Correct answer: 17.5 Difficulty level: 4

58.

The sector of a circle shown at left has center C. The total area of the sector is 500. In addition,
arc ABD has length 40. What is the length, l, of line segment 𝐴𝐶 ̅̅̅̅ ?
A. 12.5
B. 16
C. 20
D. 25

Correct answer: D Difficulty level: 4

59.
 The sector of a circle shown above has its center at point O. The radius, OX, of the circular
sector is 8, and the area of the sector is 120. To the nearest hundredth of a radian, what is the
measure, a, of central angle XOY?

Correct answer: 3.75 Difficulty level: 4

60.

A sector of a circle is shown at left with center at point C and central angle x. The radius of the
circular sector is 15. The arc formed by central angle x from point A to point B has length 12.
What is the measure of angle x in radians?
A. 0.8
B. 1.25
C. 0.8π
D. 1.25π

Correct answer: A Difficulty level: 4