Draw and label on a circle:

Centre
Radius
Diameter
Circumference
Chord
Tangent
Arc
Sector (major/minor)
Segment (major/minor)

Circle Fact 1. Isosceles Triangle

Any triangle AOB
with A & B on the
circumference
and O at the
centre of a circle
is isosceles.

180 - 2a

Circle Fact 2. Tangent and Radius

The tangent to a
circle is
perpendicular to
the radius at the
point of contact.

Circle Fact 3. Two Tangents

The triangle
produced by two
crossing
tangents is
isosceles.

Circle Fact 4. Chords

If a radius bisects
a chord, it does so
at right angles,
and if a radius
cuts a chord at
right angles, it
bisects it.

Circle Theorem 1: Double Angle

The angle
subtended by an
arc at the centre
of a circle is twice
the angle
subtended at the
circumference.

Circle Theorem 2: Semicircle

The angle in a
semicircle is a
right angle.

Circle Theorem 3: Segment Angles

Angles in the
same segment
are equal.

Circle Theorem 4: Cyclic Quadrilateral

The sum of the
opposite angles of
a cyclic
quadrilateral is
180o.

Circle Theorem 5: Alternate Segment

The angle
between a chord
and the tangent at
the point of
contact is equal to
the angle in the
alternate
segment.

Circle Theorem 1: Double Angle

The angle
subtended by an
arc at the centre
of a circle is twice
the angle
subtended at the
circumference.

180 - 2b
2a + 2b
= 2(a + b)

b
a

180 2a

Circle Theorem 2: Semicircle

The angle in a
semicircle is a
right angle.

360 2(a + b) = 180

180 = 2(a + b)
180 2b

90 = (a + b)

180 2a
b
a
a

Circle Theorem 3: Segment Angles

Angles in the
same segment
are equal.

2a

Circle Theorem 4: Cyclic Quadrilateral

The sum of the
opposite angles of
a cyclic
quadrilateral is
180o.

a
2a + 2b = 360
2(a + b) = 360
2b

a + b = 180

2a

Circle Theorem 5: Alternate Segment

The angle
between a chord
and the tangent at
the point of
contact is equal to
the angle in the
alternate
segment.

90 - a
a
180 2(90 a)
180 180 + 2a

2a

90 - a
a

Double Angle

Segment Angles

Semicircle

Cyclic Quadrilateral

Alternate Segment