HKDSE MATHS UNIT 9.

3 Areas in Proportion

Areas in Proportion 3. In the figure, BQ : QC = 4 : 3 , and AP : PQ

Area of ABP
= 1 : 3 . Then =
Area of ABC
1. In AFG, points B, C, D and E divide AF
Area of APE
into 5 equal parts. CP // EG .
Area of AGF
=

1
A. .
1 3
A. .
2 1
B. .
1 4
B. .
3 1
C. .
7
2
C. . 1
5
D. .
8
3
D. . 1
5 E. .
9
4
E. . [1978-CE-MATHS A2-54]
5
[SP-CE-MATHS A2-50]

4. In the figure, ABCD is a parallelogram. AB is

1
produced to P such that BP = AB . Then
2. In ABC, PQ // BC . The area of APQ is 4. 2
The area of PQB is 6. What is the area of Area of APD
=
QBC ? Area of ABCD

3
A. .
4
2
B. .
3
A. 8
1
B. 9 C. .
2
C. 10 1
D. .
3
D. 12
1
E. 15 E. .
4
[SP-CE-MATHS A2-52] [1979-CE-MATHS 2-44]

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5. In the figure, F is the mid-point of AB. E is A. 80 .

a point on AC such that AE : EC = 2 : 1 . B. 60 .
Area of BFE C. 45 .
=
Area of BCE D. 40 .
A E. 36 .
[1984-CE-MATHS 2-50]

F
E 8. In the figure, ABCD is a rectangle E, F, G
and H are points on the four sides such that
EF // DB // GH . AF = FB and HC = 2 BH .
B C What fraction of the area of ABCD is shaded ?
1
A.
2
2
B.
3
C. 1
3
D.
2
E. 2
[1981-CE-MATHS 2-53]

13
A.
6. In the figure, X and Y are points on AB and 36
BC respectively such that AX : XB = 3 : 2 and 5
B.
BY : YC = 4 : 3 . If the area of ABC = 70 , 12
then the area of AXY = 25
C.
36
25
D.
72
47
E.
72
[1985-CE-MATHS 2-52]

9. In the figure, BD = a , DC = b and the area

of ABD = s . Find the area of ABC.
A. 16 .
B. 24 .
C. 30 .
D. 40 .
E. 42 .
[1983-CE-MATHS 2-52]

7. In the figure, XY // BC . AX : XB = 2 : 1 . If
the area of the trapezium BCYX = 20 , then
the area of ABC = s(a + b)
A.
a
A
s(a + b)
B.
b
s(a + b)2
C.
a2
s(a + b)2
X Y D.
b2
s(a + b2)
2
E.
a2
B C [1987-CE-MATHS 2-21]

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10. In the figure, ABCD and ABEF are A. 14 .

Area of ABCD B. 16 .
parallelograms. =
Area of ABEF C. 18 .
D. 20 .
E. 22 .
[1988-CE-MATHS 2-11]

13. In the figure, ABCD is a square and AE =

Area of AED
BE . =
Area of ABCD

AD
A. .
AF
BC
B. .
BF
BC
C. .
EF
2
AD
D. .
AF 2
2
BC 1
E. . A.
EF 2 2
[1987-CE-MATHS 2-24]
3
B.
8
11. In the figure, DE // BC and AB // EF . If AE : 1
C.
EC = 1 : 2 , then area of ADE : area of 3
parallelogram BFED = 1
D.
4
1
E.
8
[1989-CE-MATHS 2-11]

14. In the figure, D and E are points on AB and

AC respectively such that ABC = AED ,
AD = 8 , AE = 5 and EC = 15 . If the area of
ADE is 16, then the area of the quadrilateral
BCED is
A. 1:2.
B. 1:3.
C. 1:4.
D. 1:5.
E. 1:6.
[1987-CE-MATHS 2-54]

12. In the figure, PQRS is a rectangle with PQ =

24 and PS = d . T is the mid-point of PQ. V A. 200 .
area PTVS B. 100 .
is a point on SR and = 2 . SV =
area TQRV C. 96 .
D. 84 .
E. 40 .
[1989-CE-MATHS 2-37]

15. In the figure, ABCD is a parallelogram. E

and F are the mid-points of AB and DC
respectively. BF and ED cut AC at P and Q
respectively. If the area of ABCD is 48, find
the area of the shaded part.

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2
B.
3
3
C.
4
4
D.
5
E. 1
[1991-CE-MATHS 2-53]
A. 6
B. 8
C. 9.6 18. In the figure, AD : DB = 1 : 2 , AE : EC = 3 : 2 .
D. 12 Area of BDE : Area of ABC =
E. 16
[1989-CE-MATHS 2-53]

16. In the figure, AC cuts BD at O. The areas of

AOB, AOD and BOC are 7 cm2 , 12 cm2
and 10.5 cm2 respectively. Find the area of
OCD.

A. 1:3.
B. 2:5.
C. 3:4.
D. 4 : 25 .
E. 36 : 65 .
[1994-CE-MATHS 2-45]

19. In the figure, DE = DB , AC = 13 and

A. 5.5 cm2 BC = 5 . Area of ADE : Area of ACB =
B. 8 cm2
C. 8.5 cm2
D. 15.5 cm2
E. 18 cm2
[1989-CE-MATHS 2-54]

17. In the figure, M is the mid-point of BC and

AD = 2DB . AM and CD intersect at K. Find A. 64 : 169 .
area of ADK B. 5 : 13 .
. C. 4:9.
area of AKC
D. 8 : 13 .
E. 2:3.
[1995-CE-MATHS 2-47]

20. In the figure, area of ACD : area of BCD

=

1
A.
2

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A. 1:1. 23. In the figure, ABCD is a rectangle. CDE is a

B. a:b. straight line and AE // BD . If the area of
ABCD is 24 and F is a point on BC such
C. b:a. that BF : FC = 3 : 1 , find the area of DEF.
D. a2 : b2 .
E. b2 : a2 .
[1996-CE-MATHS 2-15]

Area of triangle CDE 1

21. In the figure, if = ,
Area of triangle BCE 2
Area of triangle CDE
find . A. 2
Area of trapezium ABCD
B. 3
C. 4
D. 6
E. 8
[1997-CE-MATHS 2-53]

24. In the figure, AB // DC . If the areas of ABE

and CDE are 4 and 9 respectively, find the
1 area of BCE.
A.
10
1
B.
9
1
C.
8
1
D. A. 4
7
B. 5
1 C. 6
E.
6
D. 6.5
[1996-CE-MATHS 2-46] E. 9
[1997-CE-MATHS 2-54]

22. In the figure, DE : EF =

25. In the figure, ABCD is a rectangle. M is the
midpoint of BC and AC intersects MD at N.
Area of NCD : area of ABMN =

A. 1:1.
B. 2:1. A. 1:2.
C. 3:1. B. 1:3.
C. 2:3.
D. 3:2.
D. 2:5.
E. 4:1.
E. 4:7.
[1996-CE-MATHS 2-52] [1999-CE-MATHS 2-54]

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26. In the figure, AEC and BED are straight lines. 29. In the figure, ABDF and ACEG are straight
If the area of ABE = 4 cm2 and the area of lines. If the area of ABC is 16 cm2 and the
BCE = 5 cm2 , find the area of CDE. area of quadrilateral BDEC is 20 cm2 , then
the area of quadrilateral DFGE is

A. 4.5 cm2
B. 5 cm2
C. 6 cm2
D. 6.25 cm2 A. 24 cm2 .
E. 9 cm2 B. 28 cm2 .
[2000-CE-MATHS 2-54] C. 36 cm2 .
D. 44 cm2 .
[2003-CE-MATHS 2-17]
27. In the figure, ADB, BEC and CFA are straight
lines. If the area of ABC is 225 cm2 , find
the area of the parallelogram DECF. 30. In the figure, AEDC is a parallelogram. If
AB : BC = 1 : 2 and AF : FE = 2 : 1 , then the
area of ABF : area of BCD =

A. 81 cm2
B. 108 cm2 A. 1:2.
C. 126 cm2 B. 1:3.
D. 135 cm2 C. 1:4.
E. 162 cm2 D. 2:9.
[2001-CE-MATHS 2-50]
[2003-CE-MATHS 2-18]

28. In the figure, ABCD is a parallelogram. E 31. In the figure, ABCD is a parallelogram and E
and F are points on AD and BC respectively is a point on AD such that AE : ED = 1 : 3 .
such that AB // EF . EF meets AC at G. If
If the area of ABE is 3 cm2 , then the area
AG : GC = 1 : 2 , then area of ABFG : area of
of the shaded region is
EGCD =

A. 1:2. A. 9 cm2 .
B. 1:4. B. 15 cm2 .
C. 3:4. C. 21 cm2 .
D. 5:8. D. 24 cm2 .
[2002-CE-MATHS 2-44] [2004-CE-MATHS 2-17]

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32. In the figure, AD and BC meet at E. If

CE : EB = 3 : 1 , then area of ABD : area of
CDE =

A. 10 cm2 .
A. 1:1. B. 12 cm2 .
B. 1:3. C. 15 cm2 .
C. 2:3. D. 16 cm2 .
D. 4:9.
[2011-CE-MATHS 2-19]
[2004-CE-MATHS 2-18]

33. In the figure, ABCD is a parallelogram. E is

a point lying on AB. If EC and BD intersect HKDSE Problems
at F, then the ratio of the area of DEF to
the area of CBF is 36. In the figure, ABCD is a parallelogram. F is
a point lying on AD. BF produced and CD
produced meet at E. If CD : DE = 2 : 1 , then
AF : BC =

A. 1:1.
B. 1:2.
C. 2:1.
D. 2:3.
[2007-CE-MATHS 2-19]

34. In the figure, ABCD is a parallelogram. M is A. 1:2.

a point lying on BC such that BM : MC = 1 : B. 2:3.
2 . If BD and AM intersect at G and the area C. 3:4.
of BGM is 1 cm2 , then the area of the D. 8:9.
parallelogram ABCD is
[SP-DSE-MATHS 2-23]

37. In the figure, ABCD is a rectangle. E is the

mid-point of BC. F is a point lying on CD
such that DF = 2CF . If the area of CEF is
1 cm2, then the area of AEF is

A. 9 cm2 .
B. 11 cm2 .
C. 12 cm2 .
D. 24 cm2 .
[2008-CE-MATHS 2-21]

35. In the figure, ABCD is a parallelogram. E is

the mid-point of AB. F and G are points A. 2 cm2 .
lying on CD such that DF = FG = GC . BG B. 3 cm2 .
and CE intersect at H. If the area of BCH C. 4 cm2 .
is 6 cm2 , then the area of the quadrilateral D. 6 cm2 .
EFGH is [PP-DSE-MATHS 2-17]

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38. In the figure, ABCD is a parallelogram. E

and F are points lying on AB and CD
respectively. AD produced and EF produced
meet at G. It is given that DF : FC = 3 : 4
and AD : DG = 1 : 1 . If the area of DFG is
3 cm2 , then the area of the parallelogram
ABCD is

A. 18 cm2 .
B. 21 cm2 .
C. 27 cm2 .
D. 33 cm2 .
[2014-DSE-MATHS 2-17]

41. In the figure, ABCD is a parallelogram. E is

a point lying on CD such that DE : EC = 2 :
3 . AD produced and BE produced meet at F
while AE produced and BC produced meet at
A. 12 cm2 . G. If the area of DEF is 8 cm2 , then the
area of CEG is
B. 14 cm2 .
C. 18 cm2 .
D. 21 cm2 .
[2012-DSE-MATHS 2-17]

39. In the figure, ABCD is a trapezium with

AD // BC and AD : BC = 2 : 3 . Let E be the
mid-point of BC. AC and DE intersect at F.
If the area of CEF is 36 cm2 , then the area A. 12 cm2 .
of the trapezium ABCD is B. 18 cm2 .
C. 20 cm2 .
D. 27 cm2 .
[2015-DSE-MATHS 2-17]

42. In the figure, ABCD, CDEF and EFGH are

squares. AG cuts CD and EF at P and Q
respectively. Find the ratio of the area of the
quadrilateral DEQP to the area of the
quadrilateral ABCP.
A. 216 cm2 .
B. 264 cm2 .
C. 280 cm2 .
D. 320 cm2 .
[2013-DSE-MATHS 2-18]

A. 1:2
40. In the figure, B is a point lying on AC such
B. 2:3
that AB : BC = 3 : 2 . It is given that AE // BD .
If the area of BCD and the area of CDE C. 3:5
are 4 cm2 and 8 cm2 respectively, then the D. 4:9
area of the trapezium ABDE is [2016-DSE-MATHS 2-20]

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43. In the figure, ABCD and BEDF are

parallelograms. E is a point lying on BC such
that BE : EC = 2 : 3 . AC cuts BF and DE at
G and H respectively. If the area of ABG is
135 cm2 , then the area of the quadrilateral
DFGH is

A. 60 cm2 .
B. 81 cm2 .
C. 90 cm2 .
D. 144 cm2 .
[2017-DSE-MATHS 2-16]

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