Group C – Lesson 2

Example 1
The figure below is made up of squares of different sizes. The vertices of an inner square
are the midpoints of the respective sides of the outer square. The sides of the largest square
are 8 cm each. Find the area in cm2 of the shaded region.

Example 2
̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅ is a multiple of 21, find the smallest value of 𝑥 + 𝑦.
If 10𝑥3𝑦

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 Example 3
In the diagram below, given that 𝑂𝐶 = 10 and 𝐶𝐷 = 16, find the area of the shaded region.
Leave your answer in terms of 𝜋.

Example 4
The two lines shown below each have 7 points and 6 points respectively.

How many triangles can be formed using any of these 3 points as their vertices?

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 Example 5
There are 120 chickens and rabbits on a farm. The chickens had a total of 6 more legs in
total as compared to the rabbits. How many rabbits were there?

Practice 1
The diagram shows a circle whose circumference touches the sides and the vertices of a
large and a small square, respectively. If the area of the small square is 9 𝑐𝑚2 and the area
of the large square is 𝒙 𝑐𝑚2 , find the value of 𝒙.

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 Practice 2
A 6-digit number ̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅
2003 is divisible by 99. What is the sum of its digits?

Practice 3
The diagram shows two circles with centre O. Given that line AB is a chord 14 cm long and
just touches the circumference of the shaded circle, find the area of the non-shaded region.
22
Take 𝜋 as .
7

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 Practice 4
There are 10 points on the 5 sides of a pentagon as shown. How many triangles can be
drawn with any 3 of the points as vertices?

Practice 5
A group of 38 farmers harvested mangoes on a farm. Each man plucked 14 kg of mangoes
while each woman plucked 11 kg. The women plucked 232 kg less mangoes than the men.
How many women were there?

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