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Important Questions on Understanding Elementary Shapes


Land is acquired for road widening from a square ground, as shown in the figure. The width of the acquired land is . Area of the remaining ground is . What is the shape of the remaining ground?


The perimeter of a rectangle is 42 cm. If its diagonal is 15 cm long, find the breadth of the rectangle.
(A) 8 cm.
(B) 10 cm.
(C) 9 cm.
(D) 7 cm.

X, Y and Z are the midpoints of the sides of ∆PQR. If the perimeter of ∆XYZ is 32 units, find the perimeter of ∆PQR.
(A) 128 units
(B) 64 units
(C) 96 units
(D) 160 units




A quadrilateral in which diagonals are not equal but bisect each other at is called _____.

In the figure, the midpoints of the diagonals of a rhombus are joined to form a small quadrilateral:
Prove that this quadrilateral is a rhombus.

A quadrilateral with opposite sides (Only one pair) parallel is called _____.



A _____ is a kind of parallelogram.


Name of the following quadrilateral.

is a rectangle, its diagonals meet at . Find , if and .

Use strips and fasteners to make a triangle and a quadrilateral.
Try to push inward at any one vertex of the triangle. Do the same to the quadrilateral.
Is the triangle distorted? Is the quadrilateral distorted? Is the triangle rigid?
Why is it that structures like electric towers make use of triangular shapes and not quadrilaterals?

In a square all the sides are _____. (equal/unequal)

