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MENSURATION
Some Important Definitions and formulae:
1. If any closed figure has three sides then it is called a triangle.
2. In a triangle the sum of three angles is 180.
3. In a triangle the sum of the lengths of any two sides should be more than the
third side.
4. Similarly the difference between any two sides of a triangle is less than the third
side.
5. The side on which a triangle rests is called the base. The length of the
perpendicular drawn on the base from opposite vertex is called the height of the
triangle.
6. If the three sides of a triangle have three different lengths then it is called a
scalene triangle.
7. If exactly two sides of a triangle are equal and the third side has different length
then it is called an isosceles triangle.
8. If all the three sides of a triangle are equal then it is called an equilateral
triangle.
SCALENE TRIANGLE
Perimeter (P) = a + b + c

ISOSCELES TRIANGLE
Perimeter (P) = a +a + b = 2a+b
b
Area (A) =
4a 2 b 2
4
1
A = bh
2
1
h=
4a 2 b 2
2

Area (A) = s( s a)(s b)(s c)

1
bh
2

EQUILATERAL TRIANGLE
Perimeter (P) = a + a + a = 3a
3 2
Area (A) =
a
4
1
A = ah
2
h=

RIGHT ANGLED TRIANGLE

3
a
2

Any closed two dimensional figure formed by four straight lines is called a
quadrilateral.
The sum of the angles of a quadrilateral is equal to 360.
A
p
h1 q
D

d
s

h2

r
C
In the above quadrilateral Perimeter (P) = p + q + r + s

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Area (A) =

1
1
1
d h1 + d h2 = d (h1 + h2 )
2
2
2

SQUARE: Square is a quadrilateral in which all the four sides are equal and the
angle between any two adjacent sides is 90.
A
a
B
Perimeter (P) = 4a
1
1
a
a
Area A = a a + a a = a 2
d
2
2
2
2
2
d =a +a
d= 2a
D
a
C
Cost of fencing a square plot/field is equal to the product of perimeter and unit
cost of fencing i.e. Total Cost = Perimeter Unit Cost per meter. Similarly the cost of
levelling a square plot/field is equal to the product of its area and unit cost.
Cost of levelling = Area Unit Cost per square meter
RECTANGLE: A quadrilateral having two pairs of equal opposite sides and a right
angle between any two adjacent sides is called a rectangle.
The longer dimension is called the length ( l ) and the shorter dimension is
called the breadth (b).
A
l
B
b

D
C
The line joining any two opposite sides is called the diagonal (d).
Perimeter (P) = 2 (l + b)
Area (A) = l b = lb
l 2 + b2 = d 2
d=

l 2 + b2

CIRCLE:
A circle is a geometrical figure consisting of all those points in a plane which are
at a given distance from a fixed point in the same plane. The fixed point is called the
centre and the constant distance is known as the radius.

r
O
A circle with centre O and radius r is generally denoted by C (O, r)
CIRCUMFERENCE:
The perimeter of a circle is called its Circumference.
The ratio of the Circumference (C) of a circle and its diameter (D) is always
constant, which is .
C
=
D

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C = D = 2 r
AREA OF A CIRCLE:
The Area (A) of a circle of radius (r) is given by A = r 2

PROBLEMS
1. The largest and the smallest angles of a triangle are in the ratio of 3 : 1
respectively. The second largest angle of the triangle is equal to 44. What is the
value of 150 per cent of the largest angle of the triangle?
1) 149
2) 129
3) 153
4) 173
5) None of these
ANSWER: 3
Sum of the angles of a triangle = 180
Second largest angle = 44
Sum of the largest and the smallest angle = 180 144 = 136
But they are in the ratio of 3 : 1
136
Largest angle =
3 = 102
(3 + 1)
150
Required answer =
102 = 153
100
2. If the perimeter of a rectangular field is 80 meters and the breadth and length is
in the ratio of 2 : 3 respectively. What is the area of the field?
1) 360 sq meters 2) 430 sq meters 3) 384 sq meters 4) 160 sq meters 5) None
of these
ANSWER: 3
Breadth (b), Length ( l ) of the rectangles be 2 x and 3 x
Then its perimeter = 2(3 x +2 x ) = 10 x
80
10 x = 80
x=
=8
10
b = 28 = 16
l = 38 = 24
Area (A) = l b = 2416 = 384 sq m
3. The area of a square is 1024 sq cm. What is the respective ratio between the
length and the breadth of a rectangle whose length is twice the side of the square and
breadth is 12 cm less than the side of the square?
1) 5 : 18
2) 16 : 7
3) 14 : 5
4) 32 : 5
5) None of
these
ANSWER: 5
Side of square = 1024 = 32
Length of rectangle = 232 = 64
Breadth of the rectangle = 32 12 = 20
Required ratio = 64 : 20 = 16 : 5

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4. The length of a rectangular field is 53 metres and the breadth is 28 metres. What
will be the cost of putting a grass bed across the whole field if the cost of putting a
grass bed per square bed per square metre is ` 27?
1) ` 40,098
2) ` 40,048
3) ` 40,058
4) ` 40,088
5) None of
these
ANSWER: 5
Length and breadth of the rectangle are 53 m and 28 m
Its area = 5328 = 1484 sq m
Unit cost of putting grass bed = ` 27 per sq m
Its total cost = 148427 = ` 40068
5. The breadth of a rectangular field is 25 meters. The total cost of putting a grass
bed on this field was ` 12,375 at the rate of ` 15 per sq meter. What is the length of
the rectangular field?
1) 27 meters
2) 30 meters
3) 33 meters
4) 32 meters
5) None of
these
ANSWER: 3
Total cost of putting grass bed = ` 12,375
Unit cost = 15/sq m
12375
Area of the rectangular field =
= 825
15
825
Area
Length of the rectangular field =
= 33 m
=
Breadth
25
6. The area of a square is four times the area of a rectangle. The length of the
rectangle is 25 cm and its breadth is one cm less than one-fifths of its length. What is
the perimeter of the square?
1) 40 cm
2) 60 cm
3) 160 cm
4) Cant be determined 5) None of
these
ANSWER: 5
Length of rectangle = 25
1
Its breadth = (25) 1 = 4
5
Area of rectangle = 254 = 100
Area of the square = 1004 = 400
Its side = 400 = 20
Perimeter of the square = 420 = 80
7. The side of a square is twice the length of a rectangle of area 828 sq cm.
Perimeter of the rectangle is 118 cm. What is the perimeter of the square?
1) 184 cm
2) 288 cm
3) 144 cm
4) Cant be determined 5) None of
these
ANSWER: 2
l and b be the length and breadth of the rectangle
2( l +b) = 118
l b = 828
l + b = 59
2
2
( l b) = ( l +b) 4 l b = 592 4828 = 3481 3312 = 169
l b = 169 = 13

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(l + b ) + (l b ) 59 + 13
= 36
=
2
2
Side of square = 236 = 72
Its perimeter = 472 = 288
l=

8. The area of a circular plot is twice the area of a rectangular plot. If the area of the
rectangular plot is 11088 sq meters, what is the circumference of the circular plot?
1) 484 meters 2) 572 meters
3) 528 meters
4) 440 meters
5) None of
these
ANSWER: 3
Area of circular plot = 211088 = 22176
22
If R be the radius of the circle then
R 2 = 22176
7

22176
7
= 10087 = 71447
R2 =
22
R = 7 144 7 = 712 = 84
22
Its circumference = 2 84 = 528 m
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