Sadagopan Rajesh GRID MATHS,SHAPING UP GEOMETRY, BALANCING WEIGHTS, GEOMETRIC ESTIMATION SEPT 06, 2024

OUT OF THE BOX THINKING THROUGH MATHEMATICS - LEVEL 3

ASSIGNMENT 2

These topics involves more logic than arithmetic !

Hope you have studied the prerecorded lecture videos thoroughly before trying this
assignment!

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I Instructions

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1. Try out the assignment on your own .

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2. You may verify your answers with the answer key that will be provided in about a week’s time.

3. This assignment carries no mark but it should help you to get engaged in problem solving.

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4. It is suggested that you maintain your answers in a separate note book for your own reference.
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II Grid Maths

II.I Problems in ”Grid Maths”

1. How many squares of different positions can be drawn in the 4 × 4 square dot grid? .

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Note: All the corners of each square should be dots from the grid.

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2. A pair of non-intersecting line segments of different positions should be drawn in the 3 × 3

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square dot grid.

Note: Both the ends of each line segment should be dots from the grid.

Do not consider slant line segments. Consider either horizontal or vertical line segments or both.
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How many different frames are possible? .
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3. How many parallelograms of different positions can be drawn in the given triangular dot grid? .
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Note: All the corners of each parallelogram should be dots from the grid.
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III Shaping up Geometry

III.I Problems in ”Shaping up Geometry”

1. A rectangle ABCD having dimensions 24 unit and 18 unit is dissected into

two non congruent concave hexagons.

The area of bigger hexagon is 9 sq. unit more than that of the smaller hexagon.

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The sides of the bigger hexagon M BCN OP in cyclic order are 9 unit, 24 unit, 15 unit, k 2 unit,

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3 2 unit and 12 unit respectively.

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The interior angle measures of the bigger hexagon M BCN OP in cyclic order are 90◦ , 90◦ , 90◦ , 45◦ , 270◦

and 135◦ respectively. The value of k is .

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2. The interior points P, Q, R, S of diameter AB of a circle is such that AP = P Q = QR = RS = SB,

as shown. Five semicircles with diameters AP, P Q, QR, RS, SB are drawn such that the circle is

divided into two regions.

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Then, the ratio of the areas of the bigger region to that of the smaller region is
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A. B. C. D. none of these
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3. Suppose an isosceles trapezium ABCD is dissected into two trapeziums of equal areas,
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by a straight line. Then, which of the following statements is true?

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A. The line must pass through the point of intersection of AC and BD.
B. The line need not pass through the point of intersection of AC and BD.
C. The angles of each dissected trapezium are equivalent to that of trapezium ABCD.
D. none of these

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IV Balancing Weights

IV.I Problems in ”Balancing Weights”

1. There are 10 balls all are of same weight except one ball, which is slightly heavier.

We need to use the balance effectively to find the heavier ball.

Which of the following is the effective weighting to start with (weighting I) using the physical balance?

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A. 2 balls in each arm; six balls outside. B. 3 balls in each arm; four balls outside.

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C. 4 balls in each arm; two balls outside. D. 5 balls in each arm.

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2. There are 12 balls all are of same weight except one ball, which is slightly different in mass.

(may be slightly heavier or slightly lighter than each of the other balls)

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We need to use the balance effectively to find the ball of different mass, using a physical balance.

What is the minimum number of effective weightings to find the ball of different mass? .

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3. Let there be five bags A, B, C, D, E each having 5 balls of same mass.

Four bags contain balls each of 1 kg mass but only one bag contains balls each of 1.1 kg.

What is the minimum number of effective weightings to find the bag with balls each weighing 1.1 kg,
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using a physical balance? .

Note: You may use weighting stones of 1 kg, 500 g, 200 g, 100 g, 50 g, etc... along with the balls
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V.I Problems in ”Geometric Estimation”

1. △ABC has AB = 5 m and AC = 3 m and ∠BAC = 60◦ .

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Which of the following is a better bound for the length of BC (in m)?
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A. 3 < BC < 8. B. 2 < BC < 7. C. 3 < BC < 7. D. 2 < BC < 8.

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2. △ABC is such that ∠ACB = 22

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A. > 0.5 B. = 0.5 C. < 0.5 D. none of these.
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3. Suppose the largest vertex angle measure of a triangle is four times the smallest vertex angle measure.
In the possible range of values for the smallest angle measure, how many of them are of

integer angle measures? .

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