Coordinate Geometry - x
Short answer questions
1. Find the distance of the point A (4, - 3) from the Y-axis.
2. Find perimeter of a triangle with vertices (0, 5), (0, 0) and (4, 0).
3. If the points P (1, 2), O (0, 0) and Q (a, b).
4. Find area of triangle PQR whose vertices are P (-6, 4), Q (-5, 5) and R (-3, 9).
5. In what ratio does the x-axis divide line segment joining the points (-4, -6) and (-1, 7)? Find the coordinates of the point of division.
6. Find the area of a rhombus PQRS if its vertices are P (3, 0), Q (4, 5),R (-1, 4) and S (-2, -1).
7. The line joining the points (2, -1) and (-5, -6) is bisected at Z. If Z lies on the line 2x + 4y + k = 0, find the value of k.
8. Find area of quadrilateral ABCD whose vertices are A (1, 0), B (5, 3),
C (2, 7) and D (-2, 4).
9. If the points (r, 0) (0, s) and (1, 1) are collinear. Prove that 1/r + 1/s = 1
10. Using coordinate geometry prove midpoint of hypotenuse.
Arithmetic Progressions - x
short answer questions
1. Find 11th term from the end of the AP 14, 19, 24, 29, ... 249
2. Is 450 a term of the 4, 7, 10, 13, 16,
3. If the 8th term of the AP is 31 and the 15th term is 16 more than the 11th term, find the A.P.
4. Which term of the AP of the given AP is the first negative term? 55, 50, 45,.....................
5. Determine the general term of AP whose 7th term is 47 and 13th term is 83
6. 5 times the 5th term of an AP is equal to 8 times its 8th term. Find its 13th term.
7. How many 3 digit numbers are divisible by 11.
8. Find 3 terms in AP whose sum is – 3 and product is 8.
9. The sum of first six terms of an AP is 42. If the ratio of its 10th term to its 30th term is 1:3. Find its 20th term.
10. The sum of the third and seventh terms of AP is 6 and their product is 8.Find the sum of first sixteen terms of the AP.
Some Applications of Trigonometry - x
1. A vertical pole is 10m high and the length of its shadow is 10 3 m. find the angle of elevation at that instant?
2. The angle of elevation of the top of a tower is 30°. If the height of the tower is doubled, then the angle of elevation of its top will also be doubled.
3. If the height of a tower and the distance of the point of observation from its foot, both, are increased by 20%, then the angle of elevation of its top remains unchanged.
4. A round balloon of radius r subtends an angle a at the eye of the observer while the angle of elevation of its centre is β. Prove that the height of the centre of the balloon is r sin β cosec a/2
5. From the top of a tower h m high, the angles of depression of two objects, which are in line with the foot of the tower are a and β (β > a ) Find the distance between the two objects.
6. At the foot of a mountain, the angle of elevation of its summit is 45°.After ascending 1km towards the mountain up at an inclination of 30°,the angle of elevation changes to 60°. Find the height of the mountain.
7. The angles of elevation of the top of a tower from two points at a distance of a m and b m from the base of the tower and in the same straight line with it are complementary.Prove that the height of the tower is (ab)1/2 metre.
Area Related to Circles - x
1. Find area of the largest triangle that can be inscribed in a semi-circle of radius 2r units.
2. A circle of radius 11cm is inscribed in a square find the area of the region enclosed between the square and the circle.
3. Triangle ABC is inscribed in a circle of radius 5cm, AB being the diameter and BC = 8cm. find the area of the region enclosed between the circle and the triangle.
4. A piece of wire 40cm long is bent into the form of an arc of a circle subtending an angle of 60° at its centre. Find the radius of the circle.
5. Arcs with radii 7cm each and with centers A, B and C have been drawn at the vertices of triangle ABC. Find area of triangle enclosed between the arcs.
6. The diameter of front and rear wheels of a tractor are 80cm and 2m respectively. Find the number of revolutions that rear wheel will make in covering a distance in which the front wheel make 700 revolutions.
7. The area of an equilateral triangle ABC is 49 (3)1/2 sq cm. With each vertex of the triangle as center, a circle is drawn with radius equal to half the length of the side of the triangle. Find area of triangle enclosed between the arcs of three circles.
8. A race track is in the form of a ring whose inner circumference is 440m and the outer circumference is 506m. Find the width of the track and also the area.
9. a playground has the shape of a rectangle, with two semi-circles on its smaller sides as diameters, added to its outside. If the sides of the rectangle are 36m and 24.5m, find the area of the playground.
10. Two circles with centres A and B touch each other at the point C. If AC = 8cm and AB = 3cm, find the area of the shaded region enclosed between the two circles.
Probability - x
1. Two coins are tossed simultaneously. Find probability of getting at most 1 tail.
2. Find probability of 52 Thursdays in a leap year.
3. A card is drawn from a well shuffled deck of playing cards. Find probability of getting a king or a red queen.
4. A card is drawn from a well shuffled deck of playing cards. Find probability of getting a king or spade.
5. Three coins are tossed simultaneously. Find probability of getting exactly 2 tails or exactly 2 heads.
6. Cards are numbered 1 to 100. Find probability of getting an even number or an odd number.
7. Two dice are thrown once. Find probability of getting same number on both dice.
8. A card is drawn from a well shuffled deck of playing cards. Find probability of getting a non face card.
9. A bag contains 36 balls out of which z are red. If 18 more red balls are put in the bag, the probability of drawing a red ball will double. Find z.
10. Two dice are thrown once. Find probability of getting 7 as sum on numbers on both dice.
Quadratic Equations - x
1. Determine the set of values of p for which the quadratic equation px2 + 6x +1=0 has real roots.
2. Solve by factorisation 4x2 – 4ax + (a2 – b2) = 0
3. Find the roots of the equations r2s2 – 3rsx + 2s2 = 0 by the method of completing the square.
4. Find the value of k for which kx2 – 6x – k = 0 has real roots.
5. Find the value of k for which the equation x2 + 4kx + 25 = 0 has no real roots.
6. If the sum and product of the roots of the equation rx2 + 6x + 4k = 0 are equal, then find r.
7. Find the value of r for which the given quadratic equation x2 + 4rx + 25= 0 has real and distinct roots.
8. Using quadratic formula solve 9x2 – 9 (a + b) x + (2a2 + 5ab + 2b2) = 0
9. Prove the both the roots of the equation (x – r) (x – s) + (x – s) (x – t)+ (x – t) (x – r) = 0 are real but they are equal only when r = s = t
10.The difference of square of two natural numbers is 45. The square of the smaller number is four times the larger number. Find the two numbers.
Surface Area & Volume - x
1. A cylindrical pencil sharpened at one edge is combination of ___ and ___
2. A metallic spherical shell of internal and external diameters 6cm and 12cm respectively is melted and recast into the form a cone of base diameter 6cm. Find the height of the cone.
3. Three metal cubes with edges in ratio 3:4:5 are melted and converted into a single cube whose diagonal is36(3)1/2 . Find edges of the given cubes
4. The height of a cone is 90cm. A small cone is cut off at the top by a plane parallel to the base. If its volume be 1/27of the volume of the given cone,then find the height above the base at which the section has been made.
5. Find the maximum volume of a cone that can be carved out of a solid hemisphere of radius 2a.
6. A conical vessel of radius 6cm and height 8cm is completely filled with water. A sphere is lowered into the water and its size is such that when it touches the sides, it is just immersed. What fraction of water over flows?
7. A solid toy is in the form of a hemisphere surmounted by a right circular cone. the height of the cone is 2cm and diameter of the base is 4cm.Determine the volume of the toy.
8. A golf ball has diameter equal to 4.1cm. Its surface has 150 hemispherical dimples each of radius 2mm. Calculate total surface area which is exposed to the surrounding.
9. A hemisphere, cone and a cylinder stand on the same base and have equal heights. Find the ratio of their volumes.
10. A hemispherical sheet of metal of radius 63cm is joined along the radii to form a cone. Find the volume of the cone.