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S4 MATHEMATICS ( MAY)2020
Mensuration is the branch of mathematics which studies the measurement of the geometric
shapes and the calculation of their parameters like area, perimeter, surface area, volume etc.
Types of Mensuration
 Plane mensuration deals with the sides, perimeters and areas of plane figures of
different shapes.
 Solid mensuration deals with the surface areas and volumes of solid objects.
The shapes exist in either 2 dimensions (2D) or 3 dimensions (3D).
Differences between 2D and 3D shapes
2D shape 3D shape
 This is a shape surrounded by three  This is a shape surrounded by a number of
or more straight lines in a plane. surfaces or planes.
 These shapes are plane figures such  These shapes are called solids such as the
as the triangle, square, rectangle, prisms( cube,cuboid, cylinder , triangular , etc
trapezium, parallelograms , rhombus ),cone,sphere , pyramids etc
,kite , circle etc.  These shapes have lengths in three different
 These shapes have lengths in two directions.
directions .  We can measure and calculate their volume and
 We can measure and calculate their total surface area.
area and perimeter

AREA OF TRIANGLE:

Area of triangle when given the base and the perpendicular height.

12cm
Find the area of the following triangles 16cm
9cm

8cm 10cm 20cm

4.5 m

3.2 m

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𝟏
In addition to the formula 𝑨𝒓𝒆𝒂 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆 = 𝟐 𝒃𝒉 , there are two other useful formulae

Area of a triangle when two sides and an included angle are given

𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
𝑨𝒓𝒆𝒂 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆 = 𝒃𝒄𝒔𝒊𝒏𝑨 = 𝒂𝒄𝒔𝒊𝒏𝑩 = 𝒂𝒃𝒔𝒊𝒏𝑪
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐

Example

Find the area of the triangle

𝟏
𝑨𝒓𝒆𝒂 = × 𝟓 × 𝟔 × 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝟓𝟎° = 𝟏𝟏. 𝟒𝟗𝒄𝒎𝟐
𝟐

Example
Find the area of a triangle ABC such that 𝐴𝐶 = 6𝑐𝑚, 𝐵𝐶 = 9𝑐𝑚 and < 𝐵𝐶𝐴 = 32°
Solution
1
𝐴 = 𝑎𝑏𝑠𝑖𝑛𝐶
2
1
= × 6 × 9 × 𝑠𝑖𝑛32°
2
= 14.31𝑐𝑚 2
Example
The area of a triangle is 18.1𝑐𝑚 2 , if the two of its sides are 7cm and 9cm, find the
included angle .
Solution
1
𝐴 = 𝑎𝑏𝑠𝑖𝑛𝐶
2
1
18.1 = × 7 × 9 × 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃
2
𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 = 0.5746
∴ 𝜃 = 𝑠𝑖𝑛−1 0.5746 = 35.07°
Area of a triangle when all the three sides are given

We use Heron’s formula

Given that 𝒂, 𝒃 and 𝒄 are the sides of the triangle ABC, then
𝟏
𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒂 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆 = √𝒔(𝒔 − 𝒂)(𝒔 − 𝒃)(𝒔 − 𝒄) where 𝒔 = 𝟐 (𝒂 + 𝒃 + 𝒄)

Example

Find the area of the triangle

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Solution 𝒔 = 𝟐 (𝒂 + 𝒃 + 𝒄) = 2 (𝟗 + 𝟒 + 𝟕) = 𝟏𝟎𝒄𝒎

𝑨𝒓𝒆𝒂 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆 = √𝒔(𝒔 − 𝒂)(𝒔 − 𝒃)(𝒔 − 𝒄)

= √𝟏𝟎(𝟏𝟎 − 𝟒)(𝟏𝟎 − 𝟗)(𝟏𝟎 − 𝟕)

= √𝟏𝟖𝟎
= 𝟏𝟑. 𝟒𝟏𝒄𝒎𝟐

EXERCISE

2. In a fitness exercise, students run round the three sides of a triangular field

PQR. Given that 𝑃𝑄 = 95𝑚, 𝑄𝑅 = 120𝑚 and 𝑃𝑅 = 145𝑚. Find the area
of the field.
3. A fishing boat travelled 3.2km from a lighthouse L to a point M. It then
travelled from M to a point N and then back to the lighthouse. If
𝑀𝑁 = 1.7𝑘𝑚, 𝐿𝑁 = 2.8𝑘𝑚, find the area covered by the boat.
4. A farmer marks off a triangular piece of land for growing vegetables. Given
that 𝐴𝐵 = 39.5𝑚, 𝐵𝐶 = 68.6𝑚 and < 𝐴𝐵𝐶 = 43°, calculate the area of the
piece of land.
5. In an isosceles triangle ABC in which 𝐴𝐵 = 12𝑐𝑚, 𝐴𝐶 = 𝐵𝐶 = 𝑥𝑐𝑚 and angle
𝐴𝐶𝐵 = 120°. Find the (a) value of x (b)area of the triangle

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Further worked examples

Example 1
In the given triangle ABC, the shaded area is 20c𝑚2. Given that 𝐴𝐶 = 10𝑐𝑚, 𝐵𝑃
= 𝑥𝑐𝑚 and 𝑃𝐶 = 2𝑥 cm , find the area of the unshaded region.

10 cm

B C
x P
2x
Solution
Shaded area =area of ABC- area of ACP
1 1
20 = (3𝑥) × 10 − (2𝑥) × 10
2 2
20 = 15𝑥 − 10𝑥 = 5𝑥
5𝑥 = 20
∴ 𝑥 = 4𝑐𝑚
Area of unshaded region = area of ACP=10𝑥 = 10 × 4 = 40𝑐𝑚2
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Example 2
In the figure ABCD is a rectangle in which AD= 5𝑥 𝑐𝑚 and AB= 3𝑥 𝑐𝑚. M and
N are the mid points of BC and CD respectively.

Solution
(a ) 𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑢𝑛𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎 = 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎 𝑜𝑓 ∆𝐴𝐵𝑀 + 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎 𝑜𝑓 ∆𝑀𝑁𝐶 + 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎 𝑜𝑓 ∆𝐴𝐷𝑁
1 5 1 3 5 1 3
= [ (3𝑥) ( 𝑥)] + [ ( 𝑥) ( 𝑥)] + [ (5𝑥) ( 𝑥)]
2 2 2 2 2 2 2
15𝑥 2 15𝑥 2 15𝑥 2
= + +
4 8 4
75𝑥 2
= 𝑐𝑚 2
8
⇒ 𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎 𝑜𝑓 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑜𝑛 = 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎 𝑜𝑓 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑒 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 − 𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑢𝑛𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎

75𝑥 2
= (5𝑥 × 3𝑥) − [ ]
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75𝑥 2 120𝑥 2 − 75𝑥 2

= 15𝑥 2 − =
8 8
45𝑥 2
∴ 𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎 𝑜𝑓 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑜𝑛 = 𝑐𝑚 2
8
15𝑥 2
(𝑏) 𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎 𝑜𝑓 ∆𝑀𝑁𝐶 =
8
= 30 ⇒ 𝑥 2 = 16 ∴ 𝑥 = 4𝑐𝑚

Dimensions of the rectangle are 5 × 4 = 20𝑐𝑚 and 3 × 4 = 12𝑐𝑚

𝐴𝐵 12
(𝑐)𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 = = = 1.2 ⇒𝜃 = 𝑡𝑎𝑛−1 1.2 = 50.19°
𝐵𝑀 10

EXERCISE
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2.

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Area of Quadrilaterals
A quadrilateral is a plane figure bounded by four line segments.Examples
include square,parallelogram, kite, trapezium,rhombus, rectangle etc .

Activity: PROPERTIES OF QUADRILATERALS

Study the picture below and write down the properties of each of the
quadrilaterals basing on their sides, angles and diagonals,

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Example
ABCD is a trapezium in which AD is parallel to BC. Given that 𝐴𝐷 = 25𝑐𝑚, 𝐵𝐶 = 15𝑐𝑚, 𝐴𝐵 =
12.8𝑐𝑚 and angle 𝐷𝐴𝐵 = 40°. Calculate the area of the trapezium.

𝑑
Solution 𝑠𝑖𝑛40° = 12.8 ⇒𝑑 = 12.8𝑠𝑖𝑛40° = 12.8 × 0.6428 = 8.2278𝑐𝑚
1
𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑝𝑒𝑧𝑖𝑢𝑚 = × 8.2278(15 + 25) = 164.556𝑐𝑚 2
2
Example
Figure(i) shows a triangle ABC in which 𝐴𝐶 = 8𝑐𝑚, 𝐵𝐶 = 𝑎𝑐𝑚 and angle 𝐴𝐶𝐵 = 30°. Figure (ii)
shows a trapezium PQRS in which 𝑃𝑄 = 7𝑐𝑚, 𝑆𝑅 = 3𝑐𝑚, 𝑃𝑄 is parallel to 𝑆𝑅 and the distance
between them is 𝑑 𝑐𝑚. Given that the triangle and trapezium have the same area , determine
the ratio of 𝑑: 𝑎.

Solution

But the triangle

𝑑 2
and trapezium have the same area ⇒5𝑑 = 2𝑎 ⇒ = ∴ 𝑑: 𝑎 = 2: 5
𝑎 5
Exercise
1. Find the area of the figures below

2.𝑀𝑃𝑄𝑅 is a trapezium whose area is 25𝑐𝑚 2. Given that 𝑀𝑃 = 6𝑐𝑚, 𝑃𝑄 = 4.8𝑐𝑚 and 𝑅𝑄 = 8.4𝑐𝑚.

Find (i) PT (ii) angle 𝑀𝑃𝑄

3. The longer side of a trapezium is three times as long as the shorter parallel side. The
perpendicular distance between the parallel sides is 15cm. If the area of the trapezium is
180𝑐𝑚2 .Calculate the length of its longer parallel side.

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4. The diagram below shows a trapezium PQRS in which PS is parallel to QR, 𝑆𝑅 = 10𝑐𝑚 and angle 𝑃𝑄𝑅 = 90°.
T is a point on PQ such that 𝑆𝑇 = 6𝑐𝑚, angle 𝑃𝑇𝑆 = 30°and angle 𝑄𝑇𝑅 = 60°.

(a) Find the size of angle 𝑆𝑇𝑅

(b) Calculate the length of (i) TR (ii) QR (iii) PS (iv) PQ
(c) Determine the area of the trapezium PQRS

Qns 1-6 Find the area of the figures above

Additional Exercise

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7. In the quadrilateral ABCD, < 𝐵 =< 𝐷 = 90°, < 𝐵𝐴𝐶 = 10° and < 𝐶𝐴𝐷 = 60°. Given

that 𝐴𝐶 = 10𝑐𝑚, find the (i) length of AD (ii) length of AB

(iii) area of the quadrilateral
8. (a)Given that 𝐴𝐵 = 15𝑐𝑚, 𝐵𝐶 = 13𝑐𝑚, 𝐶𝐸 = 10𝑐𝑚 Calculate the area of the

parallaelogram ABCD
(b) find the length of the perpendicular from A to BC.
9. In the parallelogram PQRS, < 𝑆𝑃𝑅 = 90°, 𝑃𝑆 = 9𝑐𝑚 and 𝑆𝑅 = 12𝑐𝑚. Find the length

of the diagonal PR. Hence find the area of the

parallelogram.
10. PQRS is a trapezium in which 𝑃𝑄 = 7𝑐𝑚, 𝑄𝑅 = 17𝑐𝑚, 𝑅𝑆 = 15𝑐𝑚 and < 𝑃𝑆𝑅 = 90°

and PQ is parallel to SR. Calculate the (i) length of PS (ii)

area of the trapezium.

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