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MENSURATION
AREA
Areas of some well-known figures are given below:

S.
No.

Name

1.

Rectangle

Figure

Perimeter in
units of
length

Area in square
units

2(a + b)

ab

4a

a2

b
a

a = length
b = breadth
a

2.

Square

a = side

1
2
(diagonal)
2
a

3.

Parallelogram

b
a

a = side
b = side adjacent to a
h = distance between the
opp. parallel sides

2(a + b)

ah

4a

1
d1d2
2

Sum of its four

sides

1
(AC) (h1 + h2)
2

a
d1
a

d2

Rhombus
a

a = side of rhombus; d1,d2

are the two diagonals

4.

D
h1
h2

Quadrilateral

AC is one of its diagonals

and h1, h2 are the
altitudes on AC from D, B
respectively.

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b
h

6.

Trapezium

a, b, are parallel sides

and h is the distance
between parallel sides
a

Triangle

1
h(a + b)
2

h
b

7.

Sum of its four

sides

b is the base and h is

the altitude.
a, b, c are three sides

a + b + c = 2s
where s is the
semi perimeter.

1
bh
2
or
s(s a)(s b) (s c)

of .

8.

Right triangle

b+h+d

1
bh
2

d(hypotenuse)
b 2 + h2

9.

Equilateral
triangle

h
a

3
a
2

h = altitude =

10.

1
ah
2

(ii)

3 2
a
4

3a

a = side

Isosceles
triangle

(i)

2a + c

c 4a 2 c 2
4

2a + d

1 2
a
2

c = unequal side
a = equal side
d

11.

d(hypotenuse)
Isosceles
right triangle

=a 2

a = Each of equal
sides.
The angles are 90o,
45o, 45o.
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12.

Circle

2r

r2

r + 2r

1 2
r
2

r = radius of the circle

=

13.

22
or 3.1416
7

Semicircle

r = radius of the circle

l + 2r

14.

Sector of a
circle

l
o
= central angle of the

sector
r = radius of the sector
l = length of the arc

where l =

2r
360

r2
360

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VOLUME

S.
No

Nature
of the

Shape of the solid

solid

Lateral/

Total surface

curved

area

Volume

surface area
h

1.

Cuboid

2h (l + b)

2(lb + bh + lh)

lbh

l = length
a

2.

Cube

4a2

6a2

a3

2rh

2r(r + h)

r2h

r l

r(l + r)

1 2
r h
3

4r2

4 3
r
3

2r2

3r2

2 3
r
3

a
a

a = edge
r

3.

Right
circular
cylinder

h
r

r = radius of base
h = height of the
cylinder
l

4.

Right
circular
cone

h = height
r = radius
l = slant height

5.

Sphere
r = radius
r

6.

Hemisphere

r = radius

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