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Numeracy Higher November 2019 Unit 1 Q10

WJECHigherCurrent spec8 marksCircles & SectorsVolume & Surface Area

10. Nicola makes party hats for young children.
The hats are in the shape of cones.
Nicola’s design is shown below.

Cone with slant height 20 cm and base diameter 15 cm

Diagram not drawn to scale

Nicola makes the hats by folding pieces of card that are in the shape of sectors of a circle.
The hats are formed when the straight edges meet.

Sector of a circle with radius 20 cm; the centre of the sector is labelled Vertex of the cone

Diagram not drawn to scale

(a) Calculate the sector angle Nicola uses in her design. [4]
(b)

Nicola also makes party hats for adults.
They are made from pieces of card that are sectors of a circle, with radius 24 cm and sector angle 150º.

Nicola cuts each sector of a circle from a sheet of rectangular card that measures 24 cm by 50 cm.
Calculate the area of card that is wasted from each rectangular sheet.
Give your answer in terms of π in its simplest form. [4]