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1. The area of a rectangular plate is 231.25 sq.cm. If the length of the plate is 18.5 cm, find the perimeter of the plate.
Sol: Width of the field

Perimeter = 2(length + width) 2 (18.5 + 12.5) = 62 cm 2. How many tiles of 20 cm length and 10 cm width are required to pave the floor of a room 8 m long and 5 m wide? Sol: Area of the floor of the room = 800 500 = 400000 cm2 2 Area of theTile = 20 10 cm
Number of Tiles required

3. A square field has an area of 50625 sq. m. Find the cost of fencing around it at Rs.15 per meter. Sol: Side of the square field = Length of the wire required = 4 225 = 900 m Total cost = Rs.15 900 = Rs.13500 4. A horse is tied with a 14 m long rope. How much ground will it be able to graze? Sol: Length of the rope will be the radius of the circle = 14 m Area of the cicrle = r2

... Area of the ground that can be grazed = 616 sq.m

5. Find the length of the longest stick that can be placed in a room of 12 m long, 9 m broad and 8 m high. Sol: Length of the stick = length of the diagonal of the room

6. A rectangular field of 60 meter length and 40 meters wide is to be surrounded by a road 5 meter wide. If the cost of making 1 square meter road is Rs.500, what would be the cost of the entire road?

Sol: Area of the road = Area of outside rectangle Area of inside rectangle = 70 50 60 40 = 3500 2400 = 1100 m2 . . . The cost of making 1100 m2 = 500 1100 = Rs.550000

7. What will be the area of a triangle with base 10.2 cm and height 3.5 cm? Sol: Area of triangle =

8. The breadth of a rectangular plot is 75% of its length. If the perimeter of the plot be 1050 m, what is its area? A: 67500 EXPLANATION: Let the length of the plot be x m

9. A room is 7.5 m long, 5.5 m broad and 5 m high. What will be the expenditure in covering the walls by paper 40 cm broad at the rate of 75 paise per meter? A: Rs.243.75 EXPLANATION: Area of four walls = 2 5 (7.5 + 5.5) = 130 m2 Area of required paper = 130 m2 Breadth of the paper = 40 cm = 0.4 m

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Cost of paper at 75 paise per meter = 325 0.75 = Rs.243.75 0. Two cubes have their volumes in the ratio 8 : 27. Find the ratio of their surface areas. A: 4 : 9 EXPLANATION: a13 : a23 = 8 : 27 a1: a2 = 2 : 3 ... Surface areas ratio = 6a12 : 6a22 = (2)2 : (3)2 = 4 : 9 11. The length and breadth of a rectangle increased by 20% and 10% respectively. How much percent will its area be increased? A: 32% EXPLANATION: Let the length and breadth be10 and 10 Area = 10 10 =100 New length = 12 (20% increase) New breadth = 11(10% increase) New area = 12 11= 132 ... Increment in area =132 100 = 32%

12. 7 cm radius and 28 cm height solid metallic cylinder is melted and recast into small spherical balls of 7 cm radius. Find the number of cubes that can be made. A: 3 EXPLANATION: Let the number of spherical balls be 'x' Volume of cylinder = x Volume of sphere