Chapter : 13 Mensuration

Some Important Formulas

1. Area of Rectangle = Length × Breadth 2. Perimeter of Rectangle = 2 (l + b)

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3. Area of square = ( Side ) 2 = ( Diagonal ) 2 4. Area of 4 walls = 2 × Height ( l + b )
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5. Area of Triangle = × Base ×Height 6. Area of Triangle = √ s (s−a)(s−b)(s−c )
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7. Area of Parallelogram = Base ×Height 8. Area of rhombus = × ( Product of diagonal)
2
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9. Area of trapezium = × ( Sum of parallel sides ) × Height
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10. Area Of Circle = π R2 11. Circumference of Circle = 2πr
θ θ
12. Length of Arc = × 2 πR 13. Area of Sector = × π r2
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14. Perimeter of semi – circle = π r + 2r
Questions :
1. Find the maximum distance between the two points on the perimeter of a rectangular garden
whose length and breadth are 100m and 50m.
a. 25 √ 2 B. 100 c. 50√ 5 d. 200

2. Find the cost of carpeting a room 13m long and 9m broad with a carpet 75cm wide at the rate Rs.12.40
per square meter.
a. Rs. 1149.50 b. Rs.2019.30 c. Rs.1938.8 d. Rs.1934.40

3. The length of a rectangle is increased by 30% by what percent would the breadth have to be
decreased to maintain the same area.
a. 20% b. 37.5% c. 25% d. 30%

4. The perimeter of two squares is 40cm and 32cm. Find the perimeter of a third square whose area
is equal to the difference of the areas of the two squares.
a. 30cm b. 24cm c. 36cm d. 18cm
5. If each side of square is increased by 25%. Find the percentage change in its area.
a. 56.25% b. 50% c. 60% d. 70%

6. Find the length of the attitude of an equilateral triangle of side 3√ 3 cm.

a. 3.0 cm b. 3.5 cm c. 4.0 cm d. 4.5 cm

7. In two triangles, the ratio of the areas is 4:3 and the ratio of their heights is 3:4. Find the ratio of
their bases.
a. 9: 16 b. 16:9 c. 2: 3 d 3: 2

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8. Two Concentric circles form a ring. The inner and outer circumferences of the are 50 m and 75 m
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respectively. Find the width of the ring.
a. 10m b. 8m c. 4m d. 2m

9. Find the ratio of the areas of the in circle and circum circle of a square :
a. 1: 2 b. 2: 1 c. 3: 2 d. 2: 3

10. The radius of a circle is so increased that its circumference increased by 5%, Find the percentage
increase in its area.
a. 10.25% b. 10% c. 10.50% d. 10.75%

11. The cost of carpeting a room 18m long with a carpet 75cm wide at 4.50 per meter is Rs. 810. Find the
breadth of the room.
a. 7m b. 7.5m c. 8m d. 8.5m

12. If each side of a rectangle is increased by 50% then its area will be increased by
A. 50% b. 125% c. 150% d. 200%

13. The Hypotenuse of a right angled isosceles triangle is 5 cm. Find the area of the triangle.
a. 5 cm2 b. 6.25 cm2 c. 6.5 cm2 d. 12.5 cm2

14. A parallelogram has sides 30m and 40m and one of its diagonals is 40m long, then find its area.
a. 168m2 b. 336m2 c. 372m2 d. 480m2

15. If the areas of a circle and a square are equal then find the ratio of their perimeters.
a. 1: 1 b. 2: π c. π : 2 d. √ π :2

16. A tank is 25m long, 12m wide and 6m deep. Find the cost of plastering its walls and bottom at 75
paise per sq. meter.
a. Rs. 456 b. Rs. 458 c. Rs. 558 d. Rs. 568

17. The length of a room is double its breadth. The cost of coloring the ceiling at Rs. 25 per sq. meter
is Rs. 5000 and the cost of painting the four walls at Rs. 240 per sq. meter is Rs. 64800. Find the
height of the room.
a. 3.5m b. 4m c. 4.5m d. 5m

18. The length, breadth and height of the room are in the ratio 3: 2: 1. The breadth and height of the
room are halved and length of the room is doubled. Then area of the four walls of the room will be
 a. Decreased by 13.64% b. Decreased by 15%
b. Decreased by 18.75% d. Decreased by 30%

19. Find the number of bricks, each measuring 24cm × 12cm ×8cm, required to construct a wall 24m
long, 8m high and 60 cm thick, if 10% of the wall is filled with mortar.
a. 46000 b. 4500 c. 45000 d. 450000

20. The diagonal of a cube is 6√ 3 cm , find its volume

a. 27cm3 b. 216 cm3 c. 343cm3 d. None of these

21. Three solid cubes of sides 1 cm, 6cm and 8 cm are melted to form a new cube. Find the surface
area of the new cube.
a. 480 cm2 b. 486 cm2 c. 520 cm2 d. 625 cm2

22. If side of a cube is increased by 50%, Find the percentage increase in its surface area.
a. 150% b. 125% c. 100% d. 120%

23. If the heights of two cones are in the ratio 7: 3 and their diameters are in the ratio 6 :7. What is
the ratio of their volumes.
a. 12: 7 b. 7: 12 c. 3: 4 d. 4: 3

24. Three spheres of radii 3cm, 4cm and 5cm are melted to form a new sphere. Find the radius of the
new sphere.
a. 4 cm b. 5 cm c. 7 cm d. 6 cm

25. If the area of the three adjacent faces of a cuboidal box are 120 cm2, 72 cm2 and 60 cm2
respectively, then find the volume of the box.
a. 720 cm3 b. 864 cm3 c. 7200 cm3 d. 5184 cm3

26. Find the volume of a cube , whose diagonal measures 4√ 3 cm.

a. 8 b.16 c.27 d.64
27. A cube of length 1 cm is taken out from a cube of length 8 cm. What is the weight of the
remaining portion.
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a. of the weight of the original cube b. of the weight of the original cube
8 9
63 511
b. of the weight of the original cube d. of the weight of the original cube
64 512

28. How many cubes of 3 cm edge can be out of a cube of 18cm edge.
a. 36 b. 216 c. 218 d. 432

29. Five equal cubes , each of side 5cm, are placed adjacent to each other. Find the volume of the new
solid formed.
a. 125 cm3 b. 625 cm3 c. 15525 cm3 d. None of these

30. By what percent the volume of a cube increases if the length of each edge was increased by 50%
a. 50% b. 125% c. 237.5% d. 273.5%
31. The radius and height of a cylinder are in the ratio 5: 7 and its volume is 4400 cm3. Then find its
radius.
a. 4 cm b. 5 cm c. 10 cm d. 12 cm

32. A copper rod of 1cm diameter and 8 cm length is drawn into a wire of uniform diameter and 18m
length. Find the radius of the wire.
1 1 2
a. b. c. d. 15
15 30 15

33. If the ratio of volume of two cones is 2:3 and the ratio of their ratio is 1: 2. Find the ratio of
their heights.
a. 3: 4 b. 4: 3 c. 3: 8 d. 8: 3

34. If the surface areas of two spheres are in the ratio of 4 : 25, then find the ratio of their volumes
a. 4: 25 b. 25: 4 c. 125: 8 d. 8: 125

35. Find the ratio of volumes of a cylinder , a cone and a sphere, if each has the same diameter and
the same height.
a. 1: 3: 2 b. 2: 3: 1 c. 3: 1: 2 d. 3: 2: 1

36. The length of a rectangular field is twice its breadth. A man Jogged around it 5 times and covered
a distance of 3 km. What is the length of the field.
a. 200m b. 100m c. 150m d. 250m

37. If the ratio of areas of two squares is 225: 256, then find the ratio of their perimeter
a. 225: 256 b. 256: 225 c. 15: 16 D. 16: 15

38. If the ratio between the length and the perimeter of a rectangle plot is 1: 3, then find the ratio between the
length and breadth of the plot.
a. 1: 2 b. 2: 1 c. 3: 2 d. 2: 3

39. A 4 cm cube is cut into 1 cm cubes. Calculate the total surface area of the small cubes
a. 16 b. 64 c. 128 d. 32

40. Two cubes each of 10 cm edge are joined end to end, find the surface area of the resulting cuboid.
a. 100 b. 1000 c. 10000 d. 150
Answers :
1.c 2.d 3.b 4.b 5.a 6.d 7.b 8.c 9.a 10.a
11.b 12.b 13.b 14.b 15.c 16.c 17.c 18.d 19.c 20.b
21.b 22.b 23.a 24.d 25.a 26.c 27.d 28.b 29.b 30.c
31.c 32.b 33.d 34.d 35.c 36.a 37.c 38.b 39.b 40.b