MATHS PRACTICE SUMS

1. Find the value of a and ẞ for which the following pair of linear equations has infinite number of
solutions:
2x+3y=7;
𝛼𝑥 + (α + β)y = 28

𝐴𝐷 3 𝐵𝐶
2. In a ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶, 𝐷𝐸 ∥ 𝐵𝐶 with D on AB and E on A. If 𝐷𝐵 = 4 , 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝐷𝐸

3. The 19th term of an AP is equal to three times its 6th term. If its 9th term is 19, find the A.P.
4. A toy is in the form of a cone mounted on a hemisphere of same radius 7 cm. If the total height
of the toy is 31 cm, find its total surface area.
5. A box contains cards numbered 3, 5, 7, 9, ..., 35, 37. A card is drawn at random from the box.
Find the probability that the number on the drawn card is a prime number.
6. Find the probability that a leap year selected at random, will contain 53 Mondays.
7. Let ABC be a triangle and D and E be two points on side AB such that AD = BE. IF DP || BC and
EQ II AC, then prove that PQ || AB.
𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃
8. Find the value of 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃+𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃−1 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃+𝑐𝑜𝑡𝜃−1
9. If √3𝑐𝑜𝑡 2 𝜃 − 4𝑐𝑜𝑡𝜃 + √3 = 0, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑜𝑡 2 𝜃 + 𝑡𝑎𝑛2 𝜃
10. The mean of the following frequency distribution is 62.8 and the sum of frequencies is 50. Find
the missing frequencies 𝑓1and 𝑓2
Class 0 - 20 20 - 40 40 - 60 60 -80 80 - 100 100-120
frequency 5 𝑓1 10 𝑓2 7 8

11. In figure the sides AB< BC and CA of triangle ABC touch a circle with centre O and radius r at P, Q
and R respectively.
Prove that
(i) AB + CQ = AC + BQ
1
(ii) Area (∆ 𝐴𝐵𝐶) = 2 (𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶) × 𝑟

12. As observed from the top of a 60m high light-house from the sea-level, the angles of depression
of two ships are 30° and 45°. If one ship is exactly behind the other on the same side of the light-
house, find the distance between the two ships. [Use √3 = 1.732]
3+√5 3−√5
13. Find a quadratic polynomial whose zeroes are and
5 5
14. Solve the following quadratic equation for x:
4√3𝑥 2 + 5𝑥 − 2√3 = 0
15. How many three-digit natural numbers are divisible by 7?
16. Three bells toll at intervals of 9, 12, 15 minutes respectively. If they start toiling together after
what time will they next toll together?
1 −3
17. Show that 2 and 2
are the zeroes of the polynomial 4x2 + 4x -3 and verify the relationship
between zeroes and coefficients of polynomials
18. For what value of k, are the roots of the quadratic equation kx(x -2 ) + 6 = 0 equal?
19. Sum of the areas of two squares is 400 cm2. . If the difference of their perimeters is 16 cm, find
the sides of the two squares.
20. The angle of elevation of the top of a building from the foot of the tower is 300 and the angle of
elevation of the top of the tower from the foot of the building is 600. If the tower is 60 m high,
find the height of the building.
21. In the figure EB perpendicular to AC, BG perpendicular AE and CF is perpendicular to AE
Prove that
(a) ∆𝐴𝐵𝐺 ~∆𝐷𝐶𝐵
𝐵𝐶 𝐵𝐸
(b) 𝐵𝐷
= 𝐵𝐴

22. In figure tangents PQ and PR are drawn from an external point P to a circle with centre O, such
that ∠𝑅𝑃𝑄 = 300 A chord RS is drawn parallel to the tangent PQ. Find ∠𝑅𝑄𝑆

23. In the figure ∠𝐵𝐸𝐷 = ∠𝐵𝐷𝐸 and E divides BC in the ratio 2: 1. Prove that AF X BE = 2 AD X CF
24. Find the 60th term of the AP 8, 10, 12…….., if it has a total of 60 terms and hence find the sum of
its last 10 terms.
25. A bird is sitting on the top of a 80 m. high tree. From a point on the ground, the angle of
elevation of the bird is 45°. The bird flies away horizontally in such a way that it remained at a
constant height from the ground. After 2 seconds, the angle of elevation of the bird from the
same point is 30°. Find the speed of the flying bird. (Take √3=1.732
26. In Fig., O is the centre of a circle of radius 5 cm. T is a point such that OT 13 cm and OT intersects
the circle at E. If AB is a tangent to the circle at E, find the length of AB, where TP and TQ are two
tangents to the circle.

27. An elastic belt is placed around the rim of a pulley of radius 5 cm. (Fig. 9) From one point C on
the belt, the elastic belt is pulled directly away from the centre O of the pullev until it is at P, 10
cm from the point O. Find the length of the belt that is still in contact with the pulley. Also find
the shaded area. (Use π= 3.14 and √3 = 1.73)

28. A passenger, while boarding the plane, slipped from the stairs and got hurt. The pilot took the
passenger in the emergency clinic at the airport for treatment. Due to this, the plane got delayed
by half an hour. To reach the destination 1500 km away in time, so that the passengers could
catch the connecting flight, the speed of the plane was increased by 250 km/hour than the usual
speed. Find the usual speed of the plane.
29. The sum of the radius of base and height of a solid right circular cylinder is 37 cm. If the total
surface area of the solid cylinder is 1628 sq. cm, find the volume of the cylinder.
30. In figure is shown a sector OAP of a circle with centre O, containing ∠𝜃. AB is perpendicular to
the radius OA and meets OP produced at B. Prove that the perimeter of shaded region is
𝜋𝜃
𝑟 [ 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 + 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃 + − 1]
180