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Junior Cycle Graphics: Circle terms & properties

How often Circle terms & properties comes up on the Graphics papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.

CL Asked on 4 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. most years

Circle terms & properties, Common Level(7 marks)

Quick ones on Circle terms & properties.

(a)A straight line joins two points on a circle but misses the centre. What is it called?
  1. A radius
  2. A chord
  3. A tangent
(b)Two circles have the same centre but different radii. What are they called?
  1. Tangential
  2. Eccentric
  3. Concentric
(c)A pizza is cut from the centre into 8 equal slices. Each slice is what part of a circle?
  1. A sector
  2. A quadrant
  3. A segment
Show the answers

(a) A chord

(b) Concentric

(c) A sector

Your turn: Common Level questions on Circle terms & properties.

Common Level

Asked on 4 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. most years

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026Q1c, Q4a
2025Not asked
2024Q1a, Q1b
2023Q5c
2022Q1a, Q1b

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

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