Herons Formula Class 9 Mathematics Notes And Questions

Please refer to Herons Formula Class 9 Mathematics notes and questions with solutions below. These revision notes and important examination questions have been prepared based on the latest Mathematics books for Class 9. You can go through the questions and solutions below which will help you to get better marks in your examinations.

Class 9 Mathematics Herons Formula Notes and Questions

Key Concept
* Triangle with base ‘b’ and altitude ‘h’ is
Area = 1/2 x (bxh)

Triangle with sides a, b and c
(i) Semi perimeter of triangle s = a+b+c/2
(ii) Area = √s(s-a)(s-b)(s-c) square units. img
* Equilateral triangle with side ‘a’
Area = √3/4 a² square units

* Trapezium with parallel sides ‘a’ and ‘b’ and the distance between two parallel sides as ‘h’.
Area = 1/2(a+b) h square units

Section – A

Question. The sides of a triangle are 56cm, 60cm. and 52cm. long. The area of the triangle is.
(a) 4311 cm²
(b) 4322 cm²
(c) 2392 cm²
(d) None of these

Question. The area of an equilateral triangle is 16√3 m2. Its perimeter is
(a) 24m
(b) 12m
(c) 306 m
(d) 48m

Question. The perimeter of a triangle is 30cm. Its sides are in the ratio 1 : 3 : 2, then its smallest side is.
(a) 15cm
(b) 5cm
(c) 1 cm
(d) 10cm.

Question. An isosceles right triangle has an area 8cm2. The length of its hypotenuse is
(a) √16cm
(b) √48cm
(c) √32cm
(d) √24cm

Question. The sides of a triangle are 35cm, 54cm, and 61cm, respectively. The length of its longest altitude is
(a) 26√5
(b) 28 cm
(c) 10√5
(d) 24√5

Section – B

Question. Find the area of the adjoin figure if AB ⊥ BC

Answer: 6cm²

Question. A rhombus shaped sheet with perimeter 40 cm and one diagonal 12cm, is painted on both sides at the rate of ` 5 per m2. Find the cost of painting.
Answer: ` 960

Question. The sides of a quadrilateral ABCD are 6cm, 8cm, 12cm and 14cm (taken in order) respectively, and the angle between the first two sides is a right angle.
Find its area.
Answer: 24(√6+1) cm²

Question. The perimeter of an isosceles triangle is 32cm. The ratio if the equal side to its base is 3 : 2. Find the area of the triangle.
Answer: 32√2 cm²

Question. The sides of a triangular field are 41m, 40m and 9m. Find the number of flower beds that can be prepared in the field, if each flower bed needs 900cm² space.
Answer: 2000

Question. The perimeter of a triangular ground is 420m and its sides are in the ratio 6 : 7 : 8. Find the area of the triangular ground.
Answer: 2100√5 m²

Question. Find the area of a triangular garden whose sides are 40m., 90m and 70m.
(use √5 = 2.24)
Answer: 1344 sq. m.

Question. The diagonals of a rhombus are 24cm and 10cm. Find its area and perimeter.
Answer: 120 sqcm., 52 cm.

Question. Find the area of a triangle, two sides of which are 8cm and 11cm and the perimeter is 32 cm.
Answer: 8√30cm²

Question. The area of an isosceles triangle is 12cm2. If one of its equal side is 5cm. Find its base.
Answer: 6cm.

Question. Two side of a parallelogram are 10cm and 7cm. One of its diagonals is 13cm.
Find the area.
Answer: 40√3 cm²

Question. Find the cost of leveling a ground in the form of a triangle with sides 16m, 12m and 20m at Rs. 4 per sq. meter.
Answer: ` 384

Question. Find the area of a right triangle whose sides containing the right angle are 5cm and 6cm.
Answer: 10 15cm²

Section – C 

Question. An umbrella is made by stitching 10 triangular pieces of cloth of 5 different colour each piece measuring 20cm, 50cm and 50cm. How much cloth of each colour is required for one umbrella? (√6 = 2.45)
Answer: 980 cm2 each.

Question. A triangle and a parallelogram have the same base and some area. If the sides of the triangle are 26cm, 28cm and 30cm and the parallelogram stands on the base 28cm, find the height of the parallelogram.
Answer: 12cm.

Question. Calculate the area of the shaded region.

Answer: 1074m²

Question. A field is in the shape of a trapezium whose parallel sides are 25m and 10m. If its non-parallel sides are 14m and 13m, find its area.
Answer: 196 sq. m.