MATHEMATICS GRADE 10 REVISION 1

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1. Simplify i. + ii. − iii. + + iv. − −
4 2 3 5 3 5 10 8 4 12
2. Simplify i. 0.54 + 0.04 ii. 0.241– 0.1 iii. 2.01 – 0.25 + 0.34 iv. 3.9 + 1.034 – 2.89
3. Express as a fraction i. 0.5 ii. 0.2 iii. 0.25 iv. 0.08

4. If of the salary was spent for food what is the remaining fraction?
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5. If the remaining fraction of a journey is , after travelling 10km,. Find the total distance of the
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journey.
6. Factorize i. 9x – 12 ii. 2x2 + 12x iii. pqr + 2qr2 – 3p2r iv. 5(a + b) – (a + b)2
v. 8p q r + 32 pq r
2 3 2 2

7. Factorize i. x2 – 16 ii. 2x2 - 8 iii. 2qr2 – 18p2q iv. (a + b)2 – (a – b)2.

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8. Evaluate i. 292 ii. 992 iii. iv. ,by writing each as a difference of
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two squares.
9. Find the square root of i. 576 ii. 784 iii. 5184 iv. 3025
a. by prime factors and b. by the division method.
10. Find the first approximate of i. √ 78 ii. √ 102 iii.√ 140 iv. √ 221 by finding
two consecutive perfect squares which each number lies in between.
11. Find the diameter of a circle with radius
i. 10cm ii. 2.45m iii. (2x + 6)m iv. (4ab – 2b)m
12. Find the perimeter of an equilateral triangle with a side.
2 a
i. 10cm ii. m iii. (x + 2)m iv. ( – b)m
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13. Triangles ABC and PQR are congruent and AB = PR. Write which angle of the triangle PQR is equal
to AC ^ B.
14. Area of a square is 36 cm2 what is the length of a side of it.
15. Find the area of a circle with radius 3.5cm
a b
16. Expand and simplify i. (3a + 4)(a – 2) ii. ( − )(6a – b) iii.(3x - y)2 iv. (pq +2rs)2.
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17. Factorize i. p2 + 7p + 6 ii. x2 – 2x – 8 iii.3x2 + 7x + 2 iv. 8a2 – 10ab – 7b2
18. Convert the recurring decimal 0.343434….. to a fraction.
19. Fill in the blanks to get the formula
Sum of interior angles in a n sided polygon = 900 ( __ – 4).
Hence find the value of an interior angle of a regular pentagon.
20. In Triangles ABC and XYZ, A ^BC = XY^ Z = 900, AB = XY and BC = YZ. Are they congruent? If so
state the case of congruency.
21. In Triangles PQR and KLM, PQ = KL, QR = LM and P ^ RQ = K^ M L. Are they congruent? Reason out
your answer.

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22. ABCD is a quadrilateral with AB = BC and AD = DC. Show that ΔABD ≡ ΔBCD and D ^ ^ B.
A B = DC
23. In the PQRS quadrilateral PQ = RS and PQ //RS. Prove that ΔPQS ≡ ΔQRS and PS = QR.
24. ABC is a isosceles triangle with AB = AC. The perpendicular drawn from A to BC meets BC at D.
Show that ΔABD ≡ ΔACD and AD bisects B ^ A C.
25. Find the values of unknown angles using given data writing reasons.

i. ii. iii.

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26. Simplify a) 3 × ×
5 7 8 (2 1 5
b) 3 −2 ÷
3 4 6 )
27. Nimal gave half of the toffees he had to Kamal and Kamal gave rd of what he got to Piyal.
a. Find the portion Piyal received as a fraction to the amount of toffees Nimal had.
b. Find the difference of fractions Nimal and Piyal now have.
c. If the difference is 10 toffees then how many toffees Nimal had at the beginning?

28. The diagram shows a pond in a garden. The diameter of the large semicircle is 21m, the diameters of

small semicircles are 7m and AB is a straight line. Consider  as .

a. Find the length AB
b. What is the circumference of the large circle?
c. Find the perimeter of the pond.
d. Find the area of the pond.

29. In the diagram given ABCD is a rectangle. E and F are on the diagonal
AC such that AE = FC.
a. Copy the diagram in the answer script and A B
mark the information given in it.
b. Prove that  ^ ^ F.
A E = DC E
c. Prove that ΔABE ≡ ΔCDF. F
d. Hence show that BE = DF.

D C

30. PQR is a triangle PR is extended to S. RT is drawn parallel to PQ, such that Q and T are on the same
side of PR.
a. Draw a clear diagram and mark the information given in it.
b. Show that PQ ^ R = Q^R T and Q ^
PR = S ^
R T.
^ ^ ^
c. Show that PQ R + Q P R = Q R S.
d. State the theorem you have proven in above part c.

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P.M. Perera (B.Sc, M.Sc, AIMIS)