Unit 22, Lesson 5 of 5
Brainlag Plus

Loci and bearings

GCSE Maths, Drawing and constructing, 25 minutes

Loci drawn and checked on a grid, regions that follow two rules, where two loci meet, map scales and bearings for a journey.

The four loci

  • Points a fixed distance from a point: a circle.
  • Points a fixed distance from a long line: two parallel lines, one each side.
  • Points the same distance from two points: the perpendicular bisector.
  • Points the same distance from two lines that meet: the angle bisector.

"Less than" or "within" is a region: inside the circle, or between the lines. "Closer to A than to B" is the side of the perpendicular bisector that A is on.

The rest of this lesson and its 11 practice questions are in Plus.

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  • 11 exam-style questions, marked as you go, each with a worked solution
  • Anything you get wrong is saved to your flashcards