Mathematics - Tutorial 02

01. Find the second approximation of the square roots of the following numbers to two places
of decimals.
i) 13 ii) 61 iii) 185

02. Find the square roots of the following numbers to two places of decimals.

196 410 441

196

(i) (ii) (iii)

03. Find the square root of

i) 0.28 ii) 112.43 iii) 1045.2

04. The area of a square playground is 225002 . What is the length of each side of the
playground?

05. A notice board in the shape of a square has an area of 1.962. Find the length of each
side of the notice board.

06. Simplify:

3 8 1 1 3
a) 1 4 x 1 27 x 1 7 c) 8 3 of 4

9 8 8 1 1 1
b) 1 35 x 15 15 d) 22 + 1 3 2 2

07. Half of the voters of a polling station voted for the party A, one third voted for party B
and the rest voted for an independent candidates. What fraction voted for the
independent candidate?

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08. A bottle contains 2kg of sugar. How many small bottles, each of which holds 5 kg of
sugar, can be filled with it?
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09. Rs.1958 was divided into three parts in ratio 1 : 2 : 3 Calculate the value of the smallest
part.

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10. A man gave 4 of his assets to his wife and 4 of the balance to his son. The remainder was
divided equally among his five daughters. What fraction of the assets did each daughter
get?

11. Simplify the following.

9 4 7 7 3 1 1 1
(i) 2 25 + 2 5 - 1 10 - 10 (ii) + (3 + 2)
5 4

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12. A vessel contains 4 litres of milk. Out of this, a cup of capacity 12 liters, belonging to a
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dog P, was filled and then a cup of capacity 15 litres, belonging to a dog Q , was filled.
How many litres of milk is now left in the vessel?