General Mathematics

Exercise 13 & 16
Creative Question

01. 1st three terms of an geometric series is x, x-3, x +3

a. Find the value of x .
b. Determine the series and Find the sum of 1st 10 terms .
c. If it is arithmetic series form the series and find the sum of 1 st 30 terms .

02. When the length of each side of an equilateral triangle is increased by 2 m, its area is
increased by 𝟓√𝟑 square meter.
a. Write down the area of the triangle in respect to x when the length of each side of the
triangle is x m.
b. Find the area of the triangle.
c. Determine the volume of a right circular cylinder of which height and radius are equal to
the height and length of a side of the given triangle respectively.

03. If the p th term of an arithmetic series is p2 and q th term is q2 then

a. Express the above information by equations.
b. Find the ( p +q) th term of the series.

c. Show that the sum of the first ( p +q) terms is

 p  q( p 2  p  q  q 2 )
2

4 82
Q.4 In a geometric series 3rd term is and 6th term is
3 3 27
st
a. If 1 term and common ration of that series are a and r respectively form two equation .
b. Find the value of a and r
c. Find the sum of 1st 10 term of that series . Also find 15th term of that series.

05. ABCD is a square whose length of each side is 24 m and AED is a half circle not
overlapping the square.
(a) Describe the above information with figure.
(b) Determine the area of the whole region .
(c) How many stone will be required to cover the square region with square stones of 40 cm
each ?
06. a + b +2 +………is an arithmetic series, where d is common difference, again an
1 d  1 d
equation containing d is 2 3
1 d  1 d
a. Establish an equation containing a and b .
b. Determine the values of d
c. Find the sum of 1st 50 terms of the series

07. If the length of rectangular region is decreased by 5 metres and breadth is increased
by 3 metres are will be less by 9 square meters. Again if the length is increased by 3
meters and breadth is increased by 2 meters. Area will be increased by 67 square
metres.
a. Express the above information in equations.
b. Find the area of the region.
c. If there is a path around outside the region of width 2 metres, find the cost to cover this
path with square tiles of 25 cm cost of TK 235 per tiles.

08. The Length and breadth of a field are 80 m and 50 m .

a. Write the formula to find the diagonal of the field.
5 13
b. A trapezium whose parallel side are th of the length and th of breadth of the field.
16 50
Its nonparallel sides are equal each being 10 cm. Find the area of the trapezium.
c. In one corner of the field, a pit which is 10 m long , 7.5 m broad and 8m deep has been dug
out. The earth taken out of it is evenly spread over the remaining part of the field. Find the
rise in the level of the field .

09. Length of side in an equilateral triangle is a unit , perpendicular drawn from the
vertex to base is h
a. Draw the triangle with short brief.
3 2
b. Prove by geometric method that area of the triangle is a
4
c. If every side of the triangle increase by 2 unit then area increased by 33 square unit. Find
the length of side of that triangle.

10. Circumferences of a circle is 220 m. A square ABCD inscribed in the circle.

a. Find the radius of the circle.
b. Determine the difference of the areas of the circular region and the square region.
c. Find the area of the whole surface and volume of the solid formed by revolving the square
on its any one of the side.