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Assignment – 1

1. Find the perimeter of an equilateral triangle whose area is 4 3cm 2 .

2. If the height of an equilateral triangle is 6cm, then find the area of the
triangle.

3. Using Heron‟s formula, find the area of a triangle whose sides are
13cm,14cm and 15 cm.
(84cm )
4. A plot of land is in right triangular region. The legs are of length 8 m and
6 m. Find the area.
( 24m27
5. A field is in the shape of a trapezium whose parallel sides are 25 cm and
13 cm. The non parallel sides are 15 cm and 11 cm. Find the area of the
field.

6. Find the perimeter of a square, the sum of the lengths of whose diagonal

is 12 2cm . CAM : 24cm )

7. In a ABC , AB = 30 cm, BC = 26 cm and AC = 28 cm. Find the area of
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ABC and its altitude on AC.

8. Find the area of a triangle whose sides are 9 cm and 5 cm and perimeter is
21 cm. "

9. 0cm
The area of an isosceles triangle is 60 cm2 and the length of each one of
its equal sides is 13 cm. Find its base.

10. The sides of a triangle are 51 m, 37 m and 20 m respectively. Find its area
and the shortest altitude of the triangle.
( 12m)
11. The perimeter of a triangular field is 540 m and its sides are in th e ratio
25 : 17 : 12. Find the area of the triangle. ( 900m27
12. Find the percentage increase in the area of a triangle if its each side is
tripled. 1800%7
13. The base of an isosceles triangle is 10 cm and one of its equal sides is 13
cm. Find its area using Hero's formula.
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14. In figure, calculate the area of shaded portion. "
P

12 cm
52cm 384cm
16 cm S
Q R
48 cm

15. The perimeter of a right triangle is 144 cm and its hypotenuse measures
65 cm. Find the length of other sides and calculate its area. Verify the
result using Hero's formula. ( 16cm , 63cm 504cm ,

16. Find the area of right-angled triangle if the radius of its circumcircle is 3
cm and altitude drawn to the hypotenuse is 2 cm. ( Ans : Ganz )
17. OABC is a rhombus whose three vertices lie on a circle and the forth

vertex is O which is centre of the circle. If the area of rhombus is 72 3 ,

find the radius of the circle.
( 12 ) ( having its parallel
18.
sides
A trapezium with its parallel sides in the ratio 15:4 is cut off from a
along l%9%f¥qLe )
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rectangle whose sides measure 114m and 8m respectively. The area of
5
trapezium is of the area of the rectangle. Find the lengths of the
12
parallel sides of the trapezium. ( 75 and 207
19. Find the area of a cyclic quadrilateral ABCD in which AB = 10 cm, BC =
8 cm, CD = 5 cm & DA = 7 cm. ( Ahs : 20ft cut )
20. The diagonals of a rhombus are 112 cm and 66 cm. Find the length of a
side and hence find the area of the rhombus, also find the perimeter of the

( 65cm , 3696cm , 260cm)

rhombus.

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Assignment – 2
(Single option correct type Questions)

1. From a point within an equilateral triangle, perpendicular are drawn to its

sides. The lengths of these perpendicular are 6m, 7m and 8m. Find the area of
the triangle.
(A) 160 sq. m ✓
(B) 147 3 sq. m
(C) 210 3 sq.m. (D) 27 3 sq.m.

2. The sides of a triangle are 5cm, 12cm and 12.5 cm. Its area is –
(A) 30 cm2 ✓
(B) less than 30 cm2
(C) more than 30 cm2 (D) 31.25 cm2.

3. The perimeter of a right triangle is 132 cm. and the sum of the squares of its
sides is 6050 cm2. What is the sum of the perpendicular sides –
✓
(A) 77 cm (B) 55 cm
(C) 44 cm (D) 33 cm.

4. The area and base of a right angled triangle are 36 sq. cm and 9cm.
respectively, the length of the perpendicular is –
✓
(A) 8 cm (B) 4 cm
(C) 16 cm (D) 32 cm.

5. Height of an equilateral triangle is 9 cm then its area is

(A) 20.78 cm2 ✓
(B) 46.76 cm2
(C) 35.94 cm2 (D) none of these

6. Area of an equilateral triangle is 36 2 cm2, then its perimeter is

(A) 40 cm (B) 36 cm
(C) 90 cm (D) none of these
✓

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7. In one side of a rhombus is a and one diagonal is d1 then its area will be
1 1
(A)
4
d1 4a 2 d12
✓
(B) d
2
1 4a 2 d12

(C) d1 4a 2 d12 (D) 2d1 4a 2 d12

8. The base of an isosceles triangle is 24 cm and its area is 192 sq. cm., then its
perimeter will be
(A) 74 cm ✓
(B) 64 cm
(C) 61 cm (D) 42 cm
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9. The perimeter of a triangular field is 540 m and its sides are in the ratio
25:17:12, then area of the triangle will be
(A) 7000 m2 -
(B) 9000 m2
(C) 2500 m2 (D) 10000 m2

10. An isosceles right triangle has area 200 cm2, then length of its hypotenuse is

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(A) 20 2cm (B) 25 2cm
(C) 16 2cm (D) 18 2cm

11. The length of rectangular field is increased by 50% and is breadth is decreased
by 50% to form a new rectangle. Then the percentage change in the area of the
field is:
(A) 17.5 % (B) 37 % (C) 25 % (D) 75 %

12. The triangle has sides 35 cm, 54 cm and 61 cm long.What is the smallest
altitude: 30.79
(A) 15.39 cm (B) 62.2 cm
⑥ (C) 26.83 cm D) 18.67 cm

13. If the lengths of semidiagonals of a rhombus are 5 cm and 12 cm, then the side
of the rhombus is:
(A) 12 cm (B) 12.8 cm (C) 14 cm ✓
(D) 13 cm

14. The adjacent sides of a parallelogram are 125 mm and 62.5 mm. If one altitude
of the parallelogram is 0.025m, find the other altitude in cm:
(A) 5 (B) .05 (C) 2.5 (D) .25

15. A parallelogram has sides 30 m and 14 m and one of its diagonals is 40 m long.
Then its area is:
(A) 168 m2 ✓
(B) 336 m 2
(C) 372 m2 (D) 480 m2

16. The perimeter of an isosceles right triangle is 6 3 2 then the area of the
triangle is:
(A) 4.5 m2 (B) 5.4 m2 (C) 9 m2 (D) 8 m2

17. The ratio of the areas of two squares, one having its diagonal double than the
other, is:
(A) 2 : 1 B) 2 : 3 (C) 3 : 1 ✓
(D) 4 : 1

18. If the perimeters of a square and a rectangle are the same, then the area A and B
encloses by them would satisfy the condition:
(A) A B (B) A B
✓
(C) A>B (D) A B

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19. A man walking at the speed of 4 kmph. crosses a square field diagonally in 3

✓
min. The area of the field is:
2 2 2 2
(A) 18000 m2 (B) 19000 m2 (C) 20000 m2 (D) 25000 m2

20. In the given figure, ABC has sides AB = 7.5 cm, AC = 6.5 cm and
BC = 7 cm. On the base BC a parallelogram DBCE of area same as that of
ABC is constructed. Find the height DF of the parallelogram
(IMO 2016)

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(a) 3 cm (b) 5 cm (c) 6 cm (d) 7 cm

21. Find the ratio of the shaded area to the area of the quadrilateral ABCD.
(IMO 2015)

(a) 2 6: 6 (b) 3: 2 6 (c) 6 :2 6 (d) 6 :4 6

22. Sides of a triangle are in the ratio 13:14:15 and its perimeter is 84 cm. Find
its area
(IMO 2016)

(a) 226 cm2 (b) 412 cm2 (c) 126 cm2 ✓

(d) 336 cm 2

23. The triangular side walls of a flyover have been used for advertisements.
The sides of the walls are 122 m, 22 m and 120 m. The advertisements yield
an earning of Rs. 5000 per m 2 per year. A company hired one of its walls
for 3 months. How much rent did it pay
(IMO Stage II 2016)
(a) Rs. 3300000 ✓
(b) Rs. 16500000• (c) Rs. 1600000 (d) Rs. 1980000

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24. The sides of a triangle are 11 m, 60 m and 61 m. The altitude of the smallest
side is
(NTSE Stage I)

:
(a) 11 m (b) 66 m (c) 60 m (d) 50 m

25. The perimeter of an isosceles right angled triangle is 2p. Its area is
(IJSO 2010)
(a) 2 2 p2 (b) 2 2 p2

(c) 3 2 2 p2 (d) 3 2 2 p 2

26. If the lengths of the sides of a triangle are in proportion 3:4:5, then the area
of triangle is ____ sq. units, where perimeter of the triangle is 144.
(NTSE Stage I)
(a) 64 (b) 364 (c) 564 (d) 864

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Assignment – 3
(More than one correct option(s) type Questions)

1. Is
The area of a right angled triangle A sq. units and one of the sides containing
the right angle is 'a' unit. The length of the perpendicular to the hypotenuse is–

✓(A)
a
2Aa
4
4A 2
units (B)
a 1
2A
4A 2
units

a4

4A
(C) A 2 a 2 units (D) a2 units.
A a

2. The length of side of an equilaterial triangle is 6cm, then the area of triangle is
(A) 6 3 sq. cm. ✓
(B) 9 3 sq.cm

(C) 16 3 sq.cm. (D) 3 3 sq.cm.

3. For a cyclic quadrilateral whose sides are given by a, b, c, and d. Then area
will not be equal to

✓
(A)

(C)
(s
(s
(s a)(s b)(s c)(s d)

a)(s c)
b)(s d)
I(B)

(D)
s(s a)(s b)(s c)(s d)

s(s a)(s c)
(s b)(s d)

4. Using Heron‟s formula area can be find out of

(A) Isosceles triangle (B) Equilateral triangle

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(C) Scalene triangle (D) circle

5. Find the base of an isosceles triangle whose area is 12 cm2 and length of one of equal
sides is 5 cm.

✓(A) 6 cm (B) 12 cm (C) 8 cm (D) 10 cm

6. The altitude of an equilateral triangle whose area is given by 4 3 cm2.

8 3
(A) cm (B) 16 3cm (C) 8 3cm (D) 2 3cm
4

7. A right triangle has hypotenuse of length q cm and one side of length p cm. If
q p 2cm , then the length of the third side is:

(A) 2 q 1 (B) 2 1 2 p (C) q2 p2 (D) 2 q 1

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8. If the side of a square is halved, then which of the following is/are true:
(A) Area of the square becomes half.
(B) Area of the square becomes one fourth of original square.
(C) Diagonal of the square is also halved.
(D) Diagonal of the square is one fourth times the diagonal of the original square.

9. The area of a triangle whose two sides are 5 cm and 12 cm and angle between these
two side is 90o is given by:
1
(A) 5 12 (B) 5 12
2

✓
(C) 15 10 2 3 (D) None of these

(Matrix Match type Questions)

10. For the figure shown match Column II with Column I.
A 28m D

9m 15m

B 40m C

Column–I Column–II
(A) Area of ABC (p) 41 D
(B)
(C)
Area of ACD
Total Area
(q)
(r)
126
306
Ba
(D) AC (s) 180 A

11. For the figure shown match Column II with Column I.

A 100m B

100m
160m 100m

D 100m C

Column–I perimeter Column–II

(A) Semi-circular
☐ of ABD (p) 160
(B)
(C)
area of ABC
area of BCD
(q)
(r)
60
%B
4800
(D) perpendicular distance on (s) 180 A
BD from C

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12. Match the following (one to one)
Column I Column II
(A) (P) 306 cm2

:
(B) (Q) 546 cm2

(C) (R) 114 cm2

(D) (S) 240 cm2

13. Match the following (one to many)

Column I Column II

(A) Area of rectangle having length = 9 cm and

breadth 4 cm is
(P) 36 cm2
A. C
(B) Area of an equilateral triangle having (Q) 4.5 cm
perimeter 18 cm. D
B
(C) Area of square having diagonal length (R) 9 3 cm2
6 2 cm
(D) Length of the altitude of an equilateral (S) 5
3 cm2
triangle of side 3 3 cm

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(Integer Answers type Questions)
14. Two triangles have their sides measuring 5cm, 6cm and 9cm, and 9cm, 7.5cm
and 13.5 cm respectively. Their areas are in the ratio 2K : 9. What is the value
of K
15. If medians BE and CF of a triangle ABC intersect at G, then the ratio of area

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of quadrilateral AGFE to area of the triangle ABC is k : 3. What is the value of
k f)FAE
16. Area of the trapezium, whose parallel sides are 13 cm and 11 cm and the
distance between them is 2 cm, will be 8 K. Where K is an integer then k is (3)
17. The sides of a triangular field are 65 m, 156 m and 169 m. A parallelogram
having base as the longest side of triangle has same area then height of the
parallelogram will be 6 k, what is the value of k.
( s)
18. The sum of lengths of diagonals of a square is 144 cm, then its perimeter is

:
16 2 k, what is the value of k.

(Comprehension type Questions)

19. In the quadrilateral ABCD, in which ABD = 90°, BCD is an equilateral
triangle of side 24 cm and AD = 26 cm.
A

26 m

B D
24 cm

24 cm 24 cm

(i) Area of triangle ABD is

(A) 80 cm2 (B) 120 cm2 (C) 40 cm2 (D) 112 cm2

(ii) Area of BCD is

(A) 149.91 cm2 (B) 249.45 cm2 ✓
(C) 249.41 cm 2
(D) 250 cm2
(iii) Area of quadrilateral ABCD is
(A) 350 cm2 (B) 325 cm2 (C) 333 cm2 ✓
(D) 369.41 cm 2

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20. A farmer has a quadrangular field ABCD, whose sides taken in order are 26 m, 27 m,

Switch 7 m and 24 m respectively. The angle contained by the last two sides is a right angle.
He wants to grow wheat and rice on the field, so he divided the field by joining the

place
vertices A and C, by a fencing wire:

of
24
7- and
(i) What is the length of wire required for dividing the field:
(A) 18 m ✓
(B) 25 m (C) 39 m (D) 23 m

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(ii) What is the length of wire required if he wants to join BE and DF:

12
✓ (A)
25
14 13 14 m (B) 13 7 14 m

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(C) 14 13 14 m (D) 52 14 m
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(iii) What is the total area of the field on which wheat and rice is grown:

(A) 84 m2
✓6 14
(B) 13 14 m2

(C) 7 14 m2 (D) 78 14 m2

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