IGCSE Maths Edexcel A 4MA1

4.6: Circle properties

#4.6A

recognise the terms ‘centre’, ‘radius’, ‘chord’, ‘diameter’, ‘circumference’, ‘tangent’,  ‘arc’,  ‘sector’ and ‘segment’ of a circle

#4.6B

understand chord and tangent properties of circles

*Two tangents from a point to a circle are equal in length

Tangents are perpendicular to the radius at the point of contact

The line from the centre of a circle which is perpendicular to a chord bisects the chord (and the converse)*

#4.6C

understand and use the internal and external intersecting chord properties

#4.6D

**recognise the term ‘cyclic quadrilateral’ **

#4.6E

**understand and use angle properties of the circle including:

(i) angle subtended by an arc at the centre of a circle is twice the angle subtended at any point on the remaining part of the circumference

(ii) angle subtended at the circumference by a diameter is a right angle

(iii) angles in the same segment are equal

(iv) the sum of the opposite angles of a cyclic quadrilateral is180°

(v) the alternate segment theorem**

Formal proof of these theorems is not required

4.5
Construction
4.7
Geometrical reasoning