VANASTHALI PUBLIC SCHOOL

CLASS IX
SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS
WORKSHEET: HERONS FORMULA

1. Find the area of triangle having base 6 cm and altitude 8 cm.

2. Find the area of triangle whose sides are 13 cm, 14 cm and 15 cm.
3. If the base of a right-angled triangle is 15 cm and its hypotenuse is 25 cm, then find its area.
4. Two sides of a triangle are 13 cm and 14 cm and its semi-perimeter is 18 cm. Find the third
side of this triangle.
5. Find the area of an equilateral triangle with side 2 3 cm.
6. Find the area of an isosceles triangle whose one side is 10 cm greater than each of its equal
sides and perimeter is 100 cm.
7. Find the perimeter of an isosceles right-angled triangle having an area of 5000 m2.
(Use 2= 1.41)
8. Two adjacent sides of a parallelogram measure 5 cm and 3.5 cm. One of its diagonal
measures 6.5 cm. Find the area of the parallelogram.
9. Find the area of the parallelogram; whose one diagonal is 6.8 cm and the perpendicular
distance from the opposite vertex is 7.5 cm.
10. The perimeter of an equilateral triangle is 60 cm. Find its area. (Use = 1.73)
11. The base of an isosceles triangle is 10 cm and one of its equal sides is 13 cm. Find its area
using Heron’s formula.
12. The length of two adjacent sides of a parallelogram is respectively 51 cm and 37 cm. One of
its diagonal is 20 cm. Find the area of the parallelogram.
13. The area of trapezium is 475 cm2 and its height is 19 cm. Find the length of its two parallel
sides, if one side is 40 cm greater than the other.
14. The perimeter of a triangular garden is 900 cm and its sides are in the ratio 3 : 5 : 4. Using
Heron’s formula, find the area of triangular garden.
15. A forest reservoir is in the shape of quadrilateral whose sides taken in order are 9 m, 40 m,
15 m and 28 m. If the angle between first two sides is a right angle, find the area of a forest
reservoir.
16. The sides of a triangle are in the ratio 13: 14: 15 and its perimeter is 84 cm. Find the area of
the triangle.
17. A triangle and a parallelogram have the same base and the same area. If the sides of the
triangle are 126 cm, 120 cm and 130 cm and the parallelogram stands on the base 120 cm,
find the corresponding height of the parallelogram.
18. The perimeter of a right-angled triangle is 12 cm and its hypotenuse is of length 5 cm. Find
the other two sides and calculates its area. Verify the result using Heron’s formula.
19. A rhombus shaped sheet with perimeter 40 cm and one diagonal 12 cm is painted on both
sides of the rate of 6 per cm2. Find the cost of painting.
20. Find the area of quadrilateral ABCD as shown in the figure: