O Level Mathematics 4024, topic 4.3

Scale drawings: past paper questions

10 Cambridge O Level Mathematics 4024 questions on Scale drawings (4.3) from 10 papers, 2023 to 2026. Open the paper or try a question free.

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Questions: 10
Papers: 10
Years: 2023 to 2026
Total marks: 56
Average per question: 5.6 marks
Largest question: 12 marks

By type: Structured 10

How hard the questions are

Recall0
Apply10
Analyse0
Not banded0

Derived from the command word Cambridge prints in each question, banded by a fixed table beside the syllabus's own definitions. A question printing no command word is unbanded: unknown, not middling.

Command words

findApply7 questions
constructApply4 questions
make an accurate drawing
calculateApply3 questions
work out from given facts, figures or information
measureApply2 questions
work outApply2 questions
calculate from given facts, figures or information with or without the use of a calculator
labelRecall1 question
show thatApply1 question
useApply1 question

Where the questions come from

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By session

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Oct/Nov3

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Question 5May/June 2026, paper 12Structured4 marksHas a diagram
The scale drawing shows the positions of two villages, $A$ and $B$ . The scale is $2 cm to 1 km$ . Farm $C$ is $4 km$ from village $A$ and $2.5 km$ from village $B$ .
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Question 10Oct/Nov 2024, paper 12Structured6 marksHas a diagram
The scale drawing shows a field $A B C D E$ . The field contains a stage that is a sector of a circle, centre $C$ . The scale is $1 c m$ to $2.5 m$ .
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Question 12Oct/Nov 2023, paper 11Structured5 marksHas a diagram
The scale drawing shows the positions of two boats $A$ and $B$ . The scale is $1 : 20 000$ . Find the actual distance of boat $A$ from boat $B$ in kilometres.
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Question 6May/June 2025, paper 12Structured4 marksHas a diagram
The scale drawing shows the positions of two villages, A and B. The scale is $1 cm$ to $5 km$ . Find the actual distance between village A and village B.
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Question 10May/June 2024, paper 12Structured5 marksHas a diagram
The scale drawing shows part of a field, $A B C D$ . The scale is $1 c m$ to $50 m$ . Measure the bearing of $C$ from $B$ .
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Question 13May/June 2023, paper 11Structured3 marks
The bearing of Mingfield from Lenton is $156^{\circ}$ . Calculate the bearing of Lenton from Mingfield.
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Question 9May/June 2024, paper 21Structured10 marksHas a diagram
The diagram shows the positions of three ports $A$ , $B$ and $C$ . The bearing of port $B$ from port $A$ is $107^{\circ}$ . The bearing of port $C$ from port $A$ is $192^{\circ}$ .
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Question 6May/June 2023, paper 12Structured5 marks
The scale drawing shows the positions of two villages, $A$ and $B$ . The scale is 1 cm to 2 km. Find the actual distance $A B$ .
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Question 9May/June 2023, paper 22Structured12 marksHas a diagram
$A$ , $B$ and $C$ are points on horizontal ground. The bearing of $B$ from $A$ is $072^{\circ}$ . The bearing of $C$ from $A$ is $205^{\circ}$ .
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