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SIMPLIFIED UNILAG POST UTME


PRACTICE QUESTIONS

Mathematics
Mensuration(Plane shapes)
Mensuration is about length, areas and volume of shapes. Plane shapes are
considered these are triangles, quadrilaterals, circles and related parts.

Formula’s you need to know


1. Triangle
i. Area = ½ x base x height
ii. Area = ½ absin𝜃 when two sides are given and included angle
iii. Area = √𝑠 (𝑠 − 𝑎)(𝑠 − 𝑏)(𝑠 − 𝑐) knowns as Hero’s formula with the
𝑎+𝑏+𝑐
three sides given and s= semi perimeter i.e
2
iv. Triangles on the same base and within the same parallel lines are
equal

2. Quadrilateral
Quadrilateral are four-sided figures e.g rectangle, parallelogram, rhombus,
square, trapezium, kite.
Rectangle
Area = Length x Breadth
Perimeter = 2L + 2B = 2(L+B)

Square
Area = L2
Perimeter = 4L

Parallelogram
Area = base x height
Area = absin𝜃

Trapezium
Area = ½ (a + b)h Where “a” and “b” are the length of parallel sides and “h”
is the perpendicular distance between “a” and “b”.
Kite
A quadrilateral with two isosceles triangles
Area of kite = Area of two isosceles triangles
Area of a kite = ½ x product of its diagonal
Perimeter = 2 x sum of non adjacent sides
Rhombus
All the sides are equal like a square but the angles are not 90°. Also, the
diagonals are not like a parallelogram but intersect each other at right angles or
90°.
From the diagonals of a parallelogram or rhombus,
i. Area of parallelogram = ½ pqsin𝜃 where 𝜃= angle between the
diagonal
ii. Area of rhombus= ½ pq as the diagonals meet at right anglecci

Circle
Area of a Circle (A) = 𝜋r2 = 𝜋d2/4
𝑑
Where r =
2
Where r = radius of the circle and d = diameter of the circle.
Circumference of a Circle = 2𝜋r= 𝜋𝑑
r= radius of circle
d= diameter of circle

Arc
A fraction of the circumference
𝜃
Arc length, L = x 2𝜋𝑟
360
Sector: An arc bounded by two radii
Perimeter of a sector = arc length + 2r

RADIAN MEASURE
Angles used in calculations can be expressed in degrees or radians.
Generally, 𝜋𝑟𝑎𝑑 = 180°°Also,
𝜃
Length of arc = x 2𝜋𝑟 (𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝜃 𝑖𝑛 𝑑𝑒𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑠)
360
Length of arc = r𝜃(𝜃 𝑖𝑛 𝑟𝑎𝑑. )
𝜃
Area of sector = x 𝜋𝑟 2 (𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝜃 𝑖𝑛 𝑑𝑒𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑠)
360
Area of sector = ½r2 𝜃
PRACTICE QUESTIONS Solution
Make sure you solve the questions By Pythagoras,
before checking the answer 2 hyp2 = opp2 + adj2

Example 1. A circle of perimeter 28cm is x 22 = x2 + x2


opened to form a square. What is the 4 = 2x2
maximum possible area of the square? x x2 = 2, x =√2
a. 56cm2 b. 49cm2 c. 98cm2 d. 28cm2 Correct option is D
Solution
The perimeter of the circle = 28cm
A square has 4 sides, so therefore each side Example 5. One side of a rectangle is 6cm
28
will be = 4 = 7cm and the diagonal is 10cm. What is the area of
The area of the square the rectangle?
A= L x L = L2 = 72 = 49cm2 a. 8cm2 b. 10cm2 c. 80cm2 d. 48cm2
Solution
Example 2. Find the radius of a sphere whose 6cm By Pythagoras
surface area is 154cm2 y2 = 102 - 62 =100 – 3
a. 7cm b. 3.50cm c. 3cm d. 1.75cm y 10cm y = √64 = 8
Solution Area = L x B = 6 x 8 = 48cm2
The surface area of a sphere
S= 4 x π x r2
22 Correct option is D
154 = 4 x 7 x r2
Cross multiply and make r the subject of Example 6. The diagram below is a triangle.
formula
88 If the perimeter is 36cm, find the area of the
154 = 7 r2
rectangle.
88r2 = 1078
1078
r2 = 88 = 12.25
r = √12.25 = 3.5cm (a+1)m
Correct option is B
(2a + 5)m
Example 3. Find the area of an equilateral a. 80cm b. 64cm2 c. 65cm2 d. 124cm2
2
triangle of side 16cm
Solution
a. 64√3cm2 b. 72√3cm2 c. 96cm2 d. 128cm2
Recall that the Perimeter of a rectangle =
Solution 2(L+B)
For an equilateral triangle, Angle between P = 2(a+1+2a+5) = 2(3a+6) = 6a + 12
any two sides is 60° 36 = 6a +12
A = ½ absin𝜃 = ½ x 16 x 16 sin 60
6a = 36 – 12= 24
16√3
A = ½ x 16 x 2 = 64√3cm2 a = 4cm
Correct option is A Area = (a+1) (2a+5)
=(4+1) (2(4) + 5) = 5(8+5)
Example 4. if the hypotenuse of a right-
angled isosceles triangle is 2, what is the Area = 5(13) = 65cm2
length of each of the other side? Correct Option is C
1
a. b. √2 -1 c. 1 d. √2
√2
Example 7. ABC is an equilateral triangle GET YOUR COPY (HARD COPY)
with side 2√3 cm, calculate its height @
a. 1.7cm b. 3.5cm c. 2.8cm d. 3.0cm CALL OR WHATSAPP
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½ bh = ½ absin𝜃
√3
h = asin𝜃 = 2√3𝑠𝑖𝑛60 = 2√3 x = 3cm
2
Correct Option is D
Example 8. S T R

P 12cm Q
In the diagram, PQRS is a trapezium with PQ
// SR. STR is a straight line. PS //QT,
PT//QR. If PQ=12cm and the height of the
trapezium is 9cm, find its area
a. 125cm2 b. 96cm2 c. 216cm2 d. 162cm2
Solution
PQ = 12cm
ST = 12cm (opposite side of a //gm)
TR = 12cm (// gms on the same base)
Then SR = 12 + 12 = 24cm
Height of the trapezium = 9cm
A= ½ (a + b) h = ½ (12 +24) 9
A= ½ (36)9 = 18 x 9 = 162cm2
Correct option is D

Example 9. Which of the following have one


line of symmetry only?
I. Isosceles triangle II. Rhombus III. Kite
a. I & II Only b. II & III Only c. III only d I
& III only
Solution
Isosceles triangle and kite have one line
ofsymmetry

Example 10. The circumference of a circle is


56cm. find the angle subtended at the centre
by an arc of the circle of length 7cm
a. 90° b. 60°. c. 45° d. 22°

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The maximum possible area of a square formed from the perimeter of a circle is determined by equating the circle's circumference to the square’s perimeter. For a circle of perimeter 28cm, each side of the square would be 7cm (since 28cm / 4 sides = 7cm per side). Therefore, the maximum area of the square is 49cm² (7cm × 7cm). This evaluation involves understanding geometric transformations and constraints imposed by fixed perimeters .

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