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Unit 1
Rational Numbers

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Questions

√2020 × 2021 × 2022 × 2023 + 1

1. Evaluate .
2

√𝑐 + 2 − √𝑐 + 1 √c + 2 − √𝑐 + 1 √c − √𝑐 − 1
2. Given that c > 1 and 𝑥 = ,y= , z= ,
√𝑐 − √𝑐 − 1 √𝑐 + 1 − √𝑐 √𝑐 + 2 − √𝑐 + 1
arrange x, y, z in ascending order.

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20172016²
3. Evaluate .
201720152 + 201720172 − 2

20212019 + 1 20212020 + 1
4. Given that A = and B = . Evaluate which number
20212020 + 1 20212021 + 1
is greater.

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1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
5. Evaluate (1 + + + )×( + + + ) − (1 + +
53 59 61 53 59 61 67 53
1 1 1 1 1 1
+ + )×( + + ).
59 61 67 53 59 61

1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3
6. Find the value of ( + +⋯+ ) + ( + + ⋯+ )+( +
2 3 20 3 4 20 4 5
3 19
+…+ ) + … + ( ).
20 20

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5 7 9 49 51
7. Evaluate (1 + ) (1 + ) (1 + ) … (1 + ) (1 + ).
2² 3² 4² 24² 25²

8. Find the unit digit of (2 + 1) (22 + 1) (24 + 1) (28 + 1) . . . (22048 + 1).

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833 + 17³
9. Evaluate .
83 × 66 + 17²

𝑥 − 10 𝑥−9 𝑥−8 𝑥−2 𝑥−1

10. Given that + + +…+ = . Find the value of x.
2011 2012 2013 2019 2020

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8−𝑥 7−𝑥 6−𝑥 𝑥

11. Given that = + +…+ . Find the value of x.
2012 2013 2014 2020

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Unit 2
Interesting Problem Solving

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Questions
1. There are three kinds of marking on a rope. The red markings divide the
rope evenly into 10 parts. The blue markings divide the rope equally into
12 parts. The yellow markings divide the rope equally into 15 parts. How
many segments does the rope have now?

2. Alvin, Ben, Carl and Dan are salesmen for refrigerators. In 2009, Alvin
sold 7 times as many refrigerators sold by Ben, 5 times as many sold by
Carl and 4 times as many sold by Dan. In all, the 4 salesmen sold 669
refrigerators. What would be the highest possible number of refrigerators
Alvin had sold?
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3. The ratio of Jill’s money and Kelly’s money was 4:5. After they each spent
$156, the ratio became 8:11. How much money did Jill and Kelly have,
respectively, at first?

4. In a mixture of 45 litres, the ratio of sugar solution to salt solution is 1:2.

What is the amount of sugar solution to be added if the ratio has to be
2:1?

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5. In a certain population the ratio of the number of women to the number

of men is 11 to 10. If the average (arithmetic mean) age of the women is
34 and the average age of the men is 32, then what is the average age of
the population?

6. There are 20 litres of a solution which has 20% of bleach. Extra bleach is
added to it to make it to 50% bleach solution. How much water has to be
added further to bring it back to 20% bleach solution?

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7. Mr. David was born on March 3, 1970 and his daughter, Julie was born
on March, 1992. In what year was Mr. David exactly 3 times as old as
Julie?

8. There are two boxes. Box A contains 6 red balls and 4 blue balls and Box
B contains 4 red balls and 8 blue balls. A die is rolled, if the number is less
than 3, a ball is selected from box A. If the result is 3 or more, a ball is
selected from Box B. Calculate:(a) The probability that the ball will be red
and selected from Box B. (b) The probability that the ball will be blue.

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9. The radii of a dartboard are 8 cm and 16 cm respectively. A player gets 4

points if his dart lands on the smaller circle. 1 point is given if the dart
lands on the shaded region. What is the expected gain for throw onto each
region?

10. If the total number of digits of the page numbers in a book is 4533, how
many pages are there in the book?

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11. If a book has 1980 pages, how many digits are there for all the page
numbers in the book?

12. A page of a book was torn. The sum of the remaining page numbers is
3030. How many pages does the book have? Which page was removed?

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13. Last week Ann bought 1 kg of apples and 1 kg of oranges and paid $2.2.
Today she bought again 1 kg of apples and 1 kg of oranges but she paid
$2.6. The seller explained that the price of oranges had raised by 15% and
the price of apples had raised by 20%. What is the actual price of 1 kg of
apples?

14. The admission ticket to a movie is $6. When a concession is given, the
number of movie goers increases by 50%. The new revenue each day
increases by 25%. How much is one concessionary ticket?

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15. Two different blouses at a boutique were sold at the same price. While
one blouse made a profit of 30%, the shop had incurred a 30% loss for the
other one. Did the shop record a profit or loss from these two
transactions?

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Grade - 8

Unit 3
Surds

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Questions
1. Find the values of a and b if

√7 − 1 √7 + 1
(i) − = a + b√7.
√7 + 1 √7 − 1

5 + 2√3
(ii) = a + b√3.
7 + 4√3

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2. Evaluate (√5 + √6 + √7)(√5 + √6 − √7)(√5 − √6 + √7)(−√5 + √6 + √7).

√7 + √3 √7 − √3
3. Given 𝑥 = , y= , find the value of 𝑥 4 + 𝑦 4 + (𝑥 + 𝑦)4 .
√7 − √3 √7 + √3

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3 4 3 2 3 1 2
4. Simplify 3 (3 – + ) .
9 9 9

1 1 1
5. Simplify P = + +⋯+ .
2√1 + √2 3√2 + 2√3 100√99 + 99√100

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1 1 2
6. Calculate the value of 4 + 4 + .
1 − √5 1 + √5 1 + √5

7. Given that a = √109 + 12√3 − √109 − 12√3 is rational, find the value
of a.

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8. Find the value of √17 + 4√13 − √17 − 4√13 .

2 2
9. Find the value of √ −√ .
5 − 2√6 5 + 2√6

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10. Given that the integer part and fractional part of √37 − 20√3 are x and
4
y respectively. Find the value of x + y + .
𝑦

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Grade - 8

Unit 4
Plane Geometry

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Questions

1. In the figure below, lines WX and YZ intersect at O. If POX = 90˚ and

a : b = 4:2, then find WOZ. P
Y

a
b
W X
c

2. If the bisectors of two adjacent angles A and B of a quadrilateral ABCD

intersects at a point O such that C + D = k AOB, then find the value
of k. A B
x y
x y

D
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3. The triangle PQR is rectangle on Q and triangles PST and RTU are
isosceles: PT = PS and RT = RU. Find STU.
P

T
S

Q R
U

4. What is the value of a2 − b2 + c 2 − d2 ?

c+d
a+d a+b

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5. In the diagram, α = 55˚, β = 40˚ and γ = 35˚. What is the value of θ?

θ
α β

6. Find A + B + C + D + E + F in the diagram below.

A B

F C

E D
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7. The diagram shows the triangle ABC in which BH is a perpendicular

height and AD is the angle bisector at A. The obtuse angle between BH
and AD is four time the angle DAB. What is the angle CAB?
A

α α
H
4α

C D B

8. In the diagram, △ABC is an isosceles triangle where AB = AC. D is a

point on BC such that AB = CD. What is the ratio of ADE and B?
A

B D C
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9. Line CD bisects ACE into α and β. Line BD bisects ABE into γ and
θ. If A = 76˚, find ∠D. A
D

γ β
θ α
B E

10. The diagram shows △ABC. Given AB = AC, BE ⟘ AC and

AD = DE = BE, where D is the mid-point of AB. Find C.
A

E
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11. In the diagram, PQ and RS are parallel, PA = PB and RA = RC.

Find BAC. P A
R
B

S
Q

12. Paul draws a zig-zag line inside a rectangle, creating angles of 10˚, 14˚,
α, 33˚ and 26˚ at show. What is the size of angle α?

10˚
14˚
α

33˚

26˚
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13. A snail went up and then down a wall, from A to Z, as show on the
diagram. What is the sum of the six indicated angles?
d

b
c
e
a f

A Z

14. LMN is a right-angled triangle. Work out the length of the missing
side, LNLN, to 1 decimal place.
M

5.1 cm
3.1 cm

L N
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15. Triangles ABD and BCD are right-angled triangles. Work out the value
of x. Give your answer correct to 2 decimal places.

16. Triangle ABC has perimeter 20 cm. AB = 7 cm. BC = 4 cm. By

calculation, deduce whether triangle ABC is a right-angled triangle.

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17. Two towers of heights 10 m and 30 m stand on a plane ground. If the

distance between their feet is 15 m, find the distance between their tops.

18. A 9 m high pole is 7 m away from a building. If the distance between the
top of the pole and top of the building is 25 m, then find the height of the
building.

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19. Julian walks 10 km towards North, from there, he walks 6 km towards South.
Then, he walks 3 km towards East. How far and in which direction is he with
reference to his starting point?

20. A man walks 1 km towards East and then turns towards South and walks
5 km. Again, he turns to East and walks 2 km. After this he turns to North and
walks 9 km. Now, how far is he from his starting point?

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21. Use the Pythagoras theorem to find x given:

(a)

(x ̶ 12) cm
(x ̶ 13) cm

(x ̶ 14) cm

(b) (x ̶ 5) cm

x cm
25 cm

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22. One of the diagonals of a rectangle is 20 cm long. If the difference between

its length and width is 4 cm, then find the area of the rectangle.

23. The base of a right triangle is 8 cm greater than its height and the
hypotenuse is 8 cm greater than its base. Find the lengths of the three sides
of the right triangle.

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24. If the height of a triangle is 17 inches less than the length of its base and
the length of the hypotenuse is 25 inches, find the base and the height.

25. A right angled triangle has sides 2 cm and 9 cm respectively less than its
hypotenuse. Find the length of each side of the triangle.

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26. Find the number of Pythagorean triples if given that one leg of the triangle
is 13.

27. Find the number of Pythagorean triples if given that one leg of the triangle
is 30.

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28. Find the number of Pythagorean triples if given that one leg of the triangle
is 32.

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Unit 5
Trigonometry

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Questions

1. Find the value of x in each of the following triangles.

(a)
20 cm

30°
x cm

(b) 60°

10 cm
x cm
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2. If sin A = cos B, where A and B are acute angles, and then find the sum
of A and B.

3. Find the angle 𝜃 in degree of the following, giving your answer correct
to 1 decimal place.

sin 𝜃 = 0.5

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4. If tan (A + B) = √3 and sec A = √2, then find A and B.

5. A ladder of length 12 m rests against a vertical wall with its foot on level
ground. It makes an angle of 60° with the horizontal. When the top of the
ladder slips down x m on the wall it makes an angle of 40° with the
horizontal. Find the value of x.

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6. In ΔABC, the lengths of the three sides AB, BC and CA are 28 cm, 96
cm and 100 cm respectively. Find the value of cos C.

7. In the following figure, ACED is a rectangle. BA ⊥ AC and BA ⊥ AD.

AB = 40 cm. m ∠ ABC = 30◦, m ∠ ABD = 60◦, what is the distance
between C and D in cm?

A D

C E
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8. In ∆ABC we have AB = 1 and AC = 2. Side BC and the median from A

to BC have the same length. What is BC?

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9. In ∆ABC, AB = 80 m, BC = 110 m and BAC = 75° In this question,

give all your answers to 3 significant figures. Find

(a) the size, in degrees, of ACB, (b) the length, in meters, of AC. If M is
the midpoint of BC.
A 80 m
(c) Find the length, in meters, of AM. B
75°

110 m

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10. In ∆ABC, AB = 25 cm, BC = 19 cm and ABC = 110°. The point D on

BC is such that AD = 32 cm. Find, giving your answers to 3 significant
figures, B
(a) the length of AC,
25 cm 110°
(b) the size of BDA, D
32 cm
(c) the area of ∆ABD.
A C

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Grade - 8

Unit 6
Recurring Decimals and
Continuous Fractions

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Questions
1
1. Simplify the fraction: 1 − 1 .
1 +
2 − 1
7

𝑥2
2. Given that 1 = 10, where x is an integer. Find the value of x.
𝑥 −

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3
3. Given that 4 − 13 = 2, where x is an integer. Find the value of x.
2 −
𝑥 + 1

767 1
4. =𝑎+ 1 , find the values of a, b, c, d and e.
330 𝑏 + 1
𝑐 +

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𝑥 2
5. Given that = 2 , where x and y are integers. Find the values of
20 1+
𝑦
x and y.

…
3− 2
3− 2
3− 2
6. Simplify 3 − .
2

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𝑥
7. Solve 6 + 𝑥 = 8.
6+ 𝑥
6+
…

4
8. Calculate 14 + 3 6 + 3 10 + 3 – 8 .

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9. Solve a + a + a + a + ... = 11 .

10. Evaluate 42 – 42 – 42 – 42 – 42 – ... .

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11. Solve the following.

3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4
(a) 49 49 49 49 49... (b) 27 27 27 27 27...

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12. Convert the following recurring decimals into the simplest fractions or
mixed numbers.

(a) 1.6̅ (b) 23.5̅ ̅̅̅̅

(c) 12.17 ̅̅̅̅
(d) 45.32

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13. Convert the following recurring decimals into the simplest fractions or
mixed numbers.

(a) 1.43̅ (b) 33.79̅ ̅̅̅̅

(c) 15.286 ̅̅̅̅
(d) 40.569

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14. Evaluate the following.

0.12 ̅ + 0.21̅ ̅ + √5.4

√2.7 ̅
(a) ̅̅̅̅ − 0.16
̅̅̅̅
(b) ̅ + √0.4
̅
0.21 √0.1

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Unit 7
Distance, Time, Speed

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Questions
1. Robert is travelling on his cycle and has calculated to reach point A at
2 P.M. if he travels at 10 kmph, he will reach there at 12 noon if he travels
at 15 kmph. At what speed must he travel to reach A at 1 P.M.?

2. A car travels a distance of 170 km in 2 hours partly at a speed of

100 km/hr and partly at 50 km/hr. Find the distance travelled at the speed
of 100 km/hr.

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3. Two trains of length 170 m and 160 m respectively are running at the
speed of 50 km/hr and 40 km/hr on parallel tracks in the opposite
direction. In what time will they cross each other?

4. A train travelling at 48 kmph completely crosses another train having half

its length and travelling in opposite direction at 42 kmph, in 12 seconds.
It also passes a railway platform in 45 seconds. Find the length of the
platform.

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5. Kelvin and Sam cover the same distance on foot at the speed of 8 km/hr
and 6 km/hr. Find the distance covered by each one of them when one
takes 15 minutes longer than the other.

6. Two pipes can fill a cistern in 14 hours and 16 hours respectively. The
pipes are opened simultaneously and it is found that due to leakage in the
bottom it took 32 minutes more to fill the cistern. When the cistern is full,
in what time will the leak empty it?

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7. The cyclist moves uphill at a constant speed of v 1 = 10 km/h. When he

reaches the top of the hill, he turns and passes the same track downhill at
a speed of v2 = 40 km/h. What is the average speed of a cyclist?

8. Two trains 130 m and 140 m long are running on parallel tracks in the
same direction with a speed of 68 km/hr and 50 km/hr. How long will it
take to clear off each other from the moment they meet?

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9. Two trains are running on parallel tracks in the same direction at 60

km/hr and 55 km/hr respectively. The faster train passed a man than the
slower train in 36 seconds. Find the length of the faster train.

10. Two stations A and B are 110 km apart on a straight line. One train starts
from A at 7 a.m. and travels towards B at 20 kmph. Another train starts
from B at 8 a.m. and travels towards A at a speed of 25 kmph. At what
time will they meet?

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11. Three pipes A, B and C can fill a tank in 6 hours. After working at it together
for 2 hours, C is closed and A and B can fill the remaining part in 7 hours. Find
the number of hours taken by C alone to fill the tank.

12. Two water taps together can fill a tank in 187 hours. The tap with longer
diameter takes 2 hours less than the tap with smaller one to fill the tank
separately. Find the time in which each tap can fill the tank separately.

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13. A tap can fill a tank in 24 hours and an outlet can empty the full tank
in 30 hours. In how many hours the empty tank will be filled, if both the tap
and the outlet are opened simultaneously?

14. Two cities along the river are 180 km apart. The powerboat downstream
runs for 9 hours, upstream for 15 hours. Determines the river's current
speed.

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15. In a stream the current flows at the rate 4 mph. For a boat the time taken
to cover a certain distance upstream is 5 times the time it takes to cover
the same distance downstream. Find the speed of the boat in still water.

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Unit 8
Logical Reasoning

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Questions
1. A four person is painting Mr. Smith house. David is in the alley behind
the house painting the back. Peter is painting the front of the house. Adam
is on the south. John is painting the window frames on the north side. If
John switches places with David, and Adam switches places with John,
where is Adam?

2. In a certain month there were 5 Mondays, 5 Tuesdays and 5 Wednesdays.

In the month before there were only 4 Sundays. How many Saturdays
will be in next month?

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3. The day before three days after the day before tomorrow is Monday.
What day is it today?

4. Seven cashiers perform night-duty at a 24-hour take-away fast food

restaurant. Each of them performs duty only for a night starting from
Monday.
Jane’s shift is 2 nights after Kelly’s.
Heather’s shift is 3 nights before Megan’s.
Laura’s shift is on Thursday, which is before Isabel’s but after
Heather’s.
Gina’s shift is one night after Isabel’s shift.
Determine the day of duty for each cashier.
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5. There are 20 white, 35 green and 40 pink balls in a sack. At least how
many balls do we have to take out blindfolded if we want to be sure that
we have taken out balls of at least two colours? (Balls that have been taken
out are not returned to the sack.)

6. 45 balls of the same size are in a box. They are of three colours – red,
yellow and blue. If we want to take out a yellow ball out of the box in
pitch dark with absolute certainty, we have to take out at least 25 balls. If
we want to take out a blue ball, we have to take out at least 35 balls. How
many red balls are in the box?

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7. There are 30 cards numbered 1 to 30. If Susan picks out two cards, at least
how many cards does she need to pick out in order to have 18 as the
difference?

8. There are 35 badminton shuttlecock to be put into the tubes. Each tube
can hold at most 3 badminton shuttlecock. At least how many tubes will
have the same number of balls?

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9. A fruit wholesaler has 106 boxes of oranges. Each box has at least
33 oranges and at most 45 oranges. How many boxes, at least, have the
same number of oranges?

10. Mark: Both Natalie and Paddy lied!

Natalie: Somebody (referring to Mark or Paddy) lied.
Paddy: One of them (referring to Mark or Natalie) did not lie.
From the conversation above, who lied and who told the truth?

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11. On the island of the truth tellers and the liars, there are 25 people standing
in a line. The person at the front claims that everybody standing behind
him is a liar. Everybody else claims that the person standing in front of
them is a liar. How many liars are standing in the line? (Truth tellers
always tell the truth and liar always lie.)

12. All members of a club are either liar who ever lie or truth teller who ever
tell truth. Five members sit around a table in the club and each of them
tells: “I sit between a liar and a truth teller.” How many of them lie?

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13. 40 boys and 28 girls stand in a circle, hand in hand, all facing inwards.
Exactly 18 boys give their right hand to a girl. At least how many boys
give their left hand to a girl?

14. Three racers take part in a Formula-1 Race: Michael, Fernando and
Sebastian. From the start Michael is in the lead in front of Fernando who
is in front of Sebastian. In the course of the race Michael and Fernando
overtake each other 9 times, Fernando and Sebastian 10 times and
Michael and Sebastian 11 times. Who is the winner of the race?

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15. There are four boys and two girls, each of different age: the youngest child
is 6 years old. The eldest boy is 4 years older than the youngest girl. The
eldest girl is older than the youngest boy by 4 years too. The eldest child
is 12 years old. How old is the eldest girl?

16. Three playing cards carry a different number each. They are distributed
at random to three players where the number is then recorded. This is
repeated 3 times and the total scores obtained by the players are 22, 20,
18 respectively. What is the number on each card?

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Unit 9
Coordinate Plane

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Questions
1. If (2, 0) and (−2, 0) are the two vertices of an equilateral triangle, find the
third vertex of the triangle.

2. Find the area of the circle whose centre is (1, 2), and (−2, −6) is a point on
the circle.

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3. Find the point on X-axis, which is equidistant from A(6, 3) and B(−1, 4).

4. P is the midpoint of the line joining the points A and B. Find the
coordinates of P if A and B have coordinates (3, 4) and (9, 6) respectively.

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5. The end points of the longest chord of a circle are (−4, 2) and (−6, −8).
Find its centre.

6. Show that points A(−3, −4), B(0, −1) and C(6, 5) are collinear.

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7. From the following four points A(1, 3), B(1, 5), C(4, 4) and D (5, 3) which
three of them do make an isosceles triangle?

8. Show that points A(3, −1), B(−1, 2) and C(6, 3) form an isosceles right-
angled triangle when joined.

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9. Show that points (2 − √3 , √3 + 1), (1, 0) and (3, 2) form an equilateral

triangle.

10. Find the circumcenter of the triangle whose vertices are A(−3, −1),
B(1, 2) and C(0, −4).

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11. Find the circumcenter and the circumradius of a triangle ABC formed by
the vertices A(2, −2), B(−1, 1) and C(3, 1).

12. Show that the points (−1, −1), (6, 1), (8, 8) and (1, 6), when joined in the
given order form a rhombus and find the area of the rhombus.

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13. Find the area of square, whose diagonally opposite vertices are (−2, 3) and
(4, 5).

14. If (1, −3), (−2, −3) and (−2, 2) are the three vertices of a parallelogram
taken in that order, and then find the fourth vertex of the parallelogram.

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Unit 10
Geometry - 2

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Questions
1. Two squares are connected by the corners as shown the figure. Find the
shaded area. 4

2. As shown in the figure, ABC is isosceles triangle with the area of 140cm 2.
AB = AC = 20 cm. D is any point in BC such that DM is perpendicular
to AB at M and DN is perpendicular to AC at N. What is the sum of
lengths DM and DN in centimeters?
A

M
N
B D C
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3. In ∆ABC, D is the midpoint of side BC, E is the midpoint of AD, F is the

midpoint of BE and G is the midpoint of FC. What part of the area of
∆ABC is the area of ∆EFG? A

F G

B D C

4. In rectangle ABCD, we have AB = 5 and BC = 3. Points F and G are on

CD with DF = 1 and GC = 2, and lines AF and BG intersect at E. What
is the area of ∆AEB? E

D 1 2 C
F G

A B
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5. Medians AD and CE of ∆ABC are perpendicular, AD = 15, and CE = 21.

What is the area of ∆ABC? A

E
F

B C
D

6. In ∆ABC we have AB = 7, AC = 11 and BC = 18. Also, D is on AC with

BD
AD = 7. What is ? A
DC

B D C
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7. In the figure, AB and C D are diameters of the circle with center O and
AB is perpendicular to CD. Chord DF intersects AB at E with DE = 6
and EF = 2. What is the area of the circle? C

F
2
O
A B
E
6

8. In the figure, the ratio of the radii of two concentric circles is 1:3, AC is a
diameter of the larger circle, BC is a chord of the larger circle that is
tangent to the smaller circle, and AB = 12. What is the radius of the larger
circle?

A C
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9. A circle with radius 3 is inscribed in a square. Find the radius of the circle
that is inscribed between two sides of the square and the original circle.

10. Give an equilateral triangle, what is the ratio of area of its inscribed circle
to the area of its circumscribed circle?

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11. Find the ratio between the area of a square inscribed in a circle, and an
equilateral triangle circumscribed about the same circle.
A

D
F

B G C

12. Let x be the radius of the circumscribed circle for a square, and let y be the
x
radius of the inscribed circle for the same square. Find the ratio of .
y

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13. Give a regular hexagon,

(a) what is the ratio of radius of its circumscribed circle to the area of its
inscribed circle?

(b) If the radius of the circumscribed circle around the regular hexagon is
8 cm, find the circumference of inscribed circle of hexagon.

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14. A circle is inscribed in a triangle whose sides are AB = 10, AC = 10 and

BC = 12. A second, smaller circle is inscribed tangent to the first circle
and to the equal sides of the triangle. Find the measure of the radius of
the second circle. A

O’
E

D
O

B C
F

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15. AB is a diameter of circle O, as shown in Fig. Two circles are drawn with
AO and OB as diameters. In the region between the circumferences, a
circle D is inscribed, tangent to the three previous circles. If the measure
of the radius of circle D is 8, find AB.
C

A B
E O F

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16. A circle is inscribed in a quadrant of a circle of radius 8. Find the measure

of the radius of the inscribed circle.

17. A carpenter wishes to cut four equal circles from a circular piece of wood
whose area is equal to 16𝜋 square feet. He wants these circles of wood to
be the largest that can possibly be cut from this piece of wood. Find the
measure of the radius of each of the four new circles.

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18. A regular hexagon is inscribed in circle of radius 3 cm.

(a) Find the perimeter of regular hexagon.

(b) What is the ratio of the area of the circle to the area of the hexagon?

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19. Find the perimeter of ∆ADE, if AB = 20 cm. A

D E
B C

20. Find the perimeter and area of the circle, if AB = 10 cm and BE = 25 cm.

E
A
D

C
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21. Given a point D that lies outside of a given circle, if BD is tangent to the
circle at B and ACD is a line that intersects the circle at two points,
producing the chord AC, Prove that BD2 = AD ⋅ CD.

B E
A

F
C
D

22. Find the area and altitude of the following triangles. (Give your answer
in nearest tenths)

(a)

7 cm 12 cm

17 cm
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(b)

16 m 22 m

30 m

23. DEF is an equilateral triangle for side 12 cm. A, B and C are mid points
of DE, EF and DF respectively. Find the area of triangle ABC.

A B

E C F
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24. Find the area of a cyclic quadrilateral whose sides measure 15, 24, 7, and 20.

25. Find the area of a cyclic quadrilateral whose sides measure 9, 10, 10, and 21.

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