Test

Heron’s Formula

Date: 21/06/2020 Total Marks: 30 Time Allowed: 90 minutes

General Instructions
 All the questions are compulsory
 There are two sections, section A comprises of 5 questions of 2 marks each and section B comprises of 9
questions of 4 marks each.

Section A (2 marks each)

1. The lengths of three sides of a triangular field are 40 m, 24 m and 32 m respectively. The area of the triangle
is
(a) 378 m 2 (b) 384 m 2 (c) 789 m 2 (d) 196 m 2
2. The area of an equilateral triangle is 173.2 m , then its semi-perimeter is(use 3  1.732 )
2

(a) 20 cm (b) 30 cm (c) 60 cm (d) 45 cm

3. If the perimeter of an equilateral triangle is 90 m, then its area is
(a) 15 3 m 2 (b) 45 3 m 2 (c) 225 3 m2 (d) 25 3 m 2
4. An advertisement board is in the form of a isosceles triangle with its sides equal to 12 m, 10 m and 10 m, then
the cost of painting it at ₹ 2.25 per m is
2

(a) ₹ 98 (b) ₹ 112 (c) ₹ 48 (d) ₹ 108

5. The length of the sides forming the right angled triangle are 5x cm and  3 x  1 cm. If the area of the triangle

is 60 cm 2 , then its semi-perimeter is

(a) 20 cm (b) 18 cm (c) 19 cm (d) 16 cm

Section B (4 marks each)

6. The sides of a triangle are in the ratio 3: 5: 7 and its perimeter is 300 cm. Find its area.
7. The base of a right triangle is 48 cm and its hypotenuse is 50 cm long. Find the area of the triangle.
8. Calculate the area of the shaded region given that ABD  90 :

9. The perimeter of a triangular field is 420 m and its sides are in the ratio 6 : 7 : 8. Find the area of the
triangular field.
10. The sides of a triangular field are 600 m, 640 m and 700 m.
(a) Find the cost of fencing at the rate of Rs. 50 per meter leaving doors of 2m on each side.
(b) Find the cost of levelling the field at Rs 50 per square meter.

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