Chapter : Herons Formula

Class IX ( Assignment)
1) An isosceles right angled triangle has area 8 cm2. The length of its hypotenuse is
a) (32)1/2
b) (16)1/2
c) (48)1/2
d) (24)1/2
2) The perimeter of an equilateral triangle is 60 m. The area is
a) 10(3)1/2
b) 15(3)1/2
c) 20(3)1/2
d) 100(3)1/2
3) The length of each side of an equilateral triangle having an area 9
a) 8 cm
b) 36 cm
c) 4 cm
d) 6cm

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4) If the area of an equilateral triangle is 16 cm2 , then the perimeter of the triangle is
a) 48 cm
b) 24 cm
c) 12 cm
d) 36 cm
5) The sides of a triangle are 56 cm, 60 cm and 52 cm long. Then the area of the triangle is
a) 1322 cm2
b) 1311 cm2
c) 1344 cm2
d) 1392 cm2
6) Find the cost of laying grass in a triangular field of sides 50 m, 65 m and 65 m at the rate of Rs 7
per m2.
7) 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.
8) The sides of a quadrilateral ABCD are 6 cm, 8cm, 12 cm and 14 cm (taken in order) respectively
and the angle between the first two sides is a right angle. Find its area.
9) An isosceles triangle has perimeter 30 cm and one of its equal sides is 12 cm. find the area of
this triangle.
10) A triangle and a parallelogram have the same base and the same area. If the sides of the triangle
are 13 cm, 14 cm and 15 cm, find the height of the parallelogram.
11) Calculate percentage increase in the area of a triangle if each side is doubled.

12) If the perimeter of a triangle is 32 units, its area is 35.8 units squared, and the lengths of AB =
14 and BC = 12, what is the length of the third side, side CA?
13) The height of an equilateral triangle is 9 cm. find its area.
14) A field is in the shape of a trapezium whose parallel sides are 25 and 10 cm. The non parallel
sides are 13 and 14 cm. find its area.
15) Find the area of the parallelogram ABCD in which AB=9 cm, BC=28 cm and diagonal AC =35 cm
using Heron's formula.
16) Find the area of a magnetic compass which is made of two equilateral triangles with side 10 cm.
17) Find the area of quadrilateral ABCD whose sides in meters are 9, 40, 28 and 15 respectively and
the angle between first two sides is a right angle.
18) Using Herons formula, find the area of an equilateral triangle if its side is a units.
19) The difference between the sides containing a right angle in a right angled triangle is 14cm. The
area of a triangle is 120cm2.Calculate the perimeter of a triangle.
20) The perimeter of a rhombus is 240cm and one of its diagonals is 80cm. Find its area using
Herons formula.
21) The sides of a triangular field are 600m, 640m and 700m.Find the cost of fencing at the rate of
Rs. 50/m.
22) Find the area of quadrilateral ABCD whose sides in meters are 9, 40, 28 and 15 respectively and
the angle between first two sides is a right angle.
23) A parallelogram, the length of whose side is 60m and 25m has one diagonal 65m long. Find the
area of the parallelogram.
24) 6 . The perimeter of a triangle is 60cm. If its sides are in the ratio 1:3:2. Find its area.
25) What will be the area of quadrilateral ABCD if AB =3cm, BC=4cm, CD=4cm, DA=5cm and
AC=5cm.