Area Questions

• There is a circular garden of radius 21 metres. A path of width 3.5 metres is constructed just outside the garden. What is the area (in metres2) of the path?
• A solid hemisphere has radius 14 cm. It is melted to form a cylinder such that the ratio of its curved surface area and total surface area is 2 : 3. What is the radius (in cm) of its base?
• In a trapezium, one diagonal divides the other in the ratio 2 : 9. If the length of the larger of the two parallel sides is 45 cm, then what is the length (in cm) of the other parallel side?
• The distance between the centres of two circles is 61 cm and their radii are 35 cm and 24 cm. What is the length (in cm) of the direct common tangent to the circles?
• PQR is a triangle, whose area is 180 cm2. S is a point on side QR, such that PS is the angle bisector of ∠QPR. If PQ : PR = 2 : 3, then what is the area (in cm2) triangle PSR?
• In triangle PQR, C is the centroid. PQ = 30 cm, QR = 36 cm and PR = 50 cm. If D is the midpoint of QR, then what is the length (in cm) of CD?
• Two identical hemispheres of maximum possible size are cut from a solid cube of side 14 cm. The bases of the hemispheres are part of the two opposite faces of cube. What is the total volume (in cm3) of the remaining part of the cube?
• ΔGHI is similar to ΔKLM. If the ratio of Perimeter of Δ GHI : Perimeter of ΔKLM = 1:4, and length of GH is 2 cm, what is the length of the corresponding side KL?
• In ΔABC, D and E are points on side AB and AC respectively. DE is parallel to BC. If lengths of AD, DB and AE are 8 cm, 4 cm and 12 cm respectively, what is the length of AC?
• A cone of radius 3.5 cm and height 27 cm is completely filled with water. This water is emptied into an empty cylindrical vessel of radius 2.1 cm. What will be the height of water in this vessel? (Take π = 22/7)
• A missile travels at 1278 km/h. How many metres does it travel in one second?
• The areas of a circle and square are equal. What is the square of the ratio of length of diameter to the length of diagonal?
• What is the measure of the central angle of the sector whose area is 462 sq cm and radius of the circle is 21 cm?
• The crosssection of a canal is in the shape of an isosceles trapezium which is 3 m wide at the bottom and 5 m wide at the top. If the depth of the canal is 2 m and it is 110 m long, what is the maximum capacity of this canal? (Take π = 22/7)
• In a triangle PQR, ∠PQR = 90 deg, PQ = 10 cm and PR = 26 cm, then what is the value (in cm) of inradius of incircle?
• In a triangle PQR, PX, QY and RZ be altitudes intersecting at O. If PO = 6 cm, PX = 8 cm and QO = 4 cm, then what is the value (in cm) of QY?
• A line cuts two concentric circles. The lengths of chords formed by that line on the two circles are 4 cm and 16 cm. What is the difference (in cm2) in squares of radii of two circles?
• In the given figure, PQ is a diameter of the semicircle PABQ and O is its center. AOB = 64 deg. BP cuts AQ at X. What is the value (in deg) of AXP?
• The area of a regular hexagon is equal to the area of the square. What is the ratio of the perimeter of the regular hexagon to the perimeter of square?
• A cube is placed inside a cone of radius 20 cm and height 10 cm, one of its face being on the base of the cone and vertices of opposite face touching the cone. What is the length (in cm) of side of the cube?