Fortnightly Assignment

Academic Session 2024-2025

Important – This WS will be considered as one of the written work for
the assessment (Rubrics) - Punctuality, Neatness and Upkeep, Work quality,
Correction remarks and Follow-up corrections.
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Grade: 10 Issue date: 29.10.2024
Subject: Mathematics To be discussed in class
Chapter: Revision for PB1
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1 Fill in the blanks:
i) If the difference of mode and median of a data is 24, then the difference of median
and mean is:
ii) The value of k for which x, 2x+k, 3x+6 are any three consecutive terms of AP is:
iii) The radii of bases of a cylinder and a cone are in the ratio 3 : 4 and their heights are
in the ratio 2 : 3. The ratio between the volume of cylinder to that of cone is:
iv) A pole 6 m high casts a shadow 2√3 m long on the ground, then the sun’s elevation
is:
𝑎
v) Given that sin A = , then cos A is:
𝑏

vi) The nature of roots of the quadratic equation 9𝑥 2 − 6𝑥 − 2 = 0 is:

vii) In ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶, 𝐷𝐸 ∥ 𝐴𝐵. If AB = a, DE = x, BE = b and EC = c. Then x expressed in terms
of a, b and c is:
viii) If angle of sector is 60°, radius is 3.5 cm then length of the arc is ______________.
Direction: In the Question numbers ix and x, a statement of assertion(A) is followed by
a statement of Reason(R). Choose the correct option.
(a) Both Assertion (A) & Reason (R) are true, and Reason (R) is the correct
explanation of Assertion (A).
(b) Both Assertion (A) & Reason (R) are true, but Reason (R) is not the correct
explanation of Assertion (A).
(c) Assertion (A) is true but Reason (R) is false.
(d) Assertion (A) is false but Reason (R) is true.
ix) Assertion (A): Two cubes of edge length 10 cm are joined together. The total
surface area of newly formed cuboid is 1200 sq.cm
Reason (R): Area of each surface of a cube of side 10 cm is 100 sq.cm.
3 3
x) Assertion (A): In a right angled triangle, if tan A = then sin A = .
4 5
1
Reason (R): 𝑆𝑖𝑛 60° =
2
2 Draw the graphs of the equations x – y + 1 = 0 and 3x + 2y – 12 = 0. Determine the
coordinates of the vertices of the triangle formed by these lines and the x-axis, and
shade the triangular region.
3 The ratio of incomes of two persons is 9 : 7 and the ratio of their expenditures is 4 : 3. If
each of them manages to save ₹2000 per month, find their monthly incomes.
4 A lending library has a fixed charge for the first three days and an additional charge for
each day thereafter. Saritha paid ₹27 for a book kept for seven days, while Susy paid
₹21 for the book she kept for five days. Find the fixed charge and the charge for each
extra day.
5 The sum of a two-digit number and the number obtained by reversing the digits is 66. If
the digits of the number differ by 2, find the number. How many such numbers are there?
6 A pole has to be erected at a point on the boundary of a circular park of diameter 13
metres in such a way that the differences of its distances from two diametrically opposite
fixed gates A and B on the boundary is 7 metres. Is it possible to do so? If yes, at what
distances from the two gates should the pole be erected?
7 A train travels a distance of 480 km at a uniform speed. If the speed had been 8 km/h
less, then it would have taken 3 hours more to cover the same distance. Find the speed
of the train
8 Find the roots of the equation 2x2 – 5x + 3 = 0, by factorisation.
9 Find the discriminant of the equation 3x2 – 2x + 1/3 = 0 and hence find the nature of its
roots. Find them, if they are real.
10 Find the 11th term from the last term (towards the first term) of the AP: 10, 7, 4, …..,-62.
11 How many two-digit numbers are divisible by 3?
12 Determine the AP whose third term is 16 and the 7th term exceeds the 5th term by 12.
13 A manufacturer of TV sets produced 600 sets in the third year and 700 sets in the
seventh year. Assuming that the production increases uniformly by a fixed number every
year, find:
(i) the production in the 1st year
(ii) the production in the 10th year
(iii) the total production in first 7 year
14 Prove that if a line divides any two sides of a triangle in the same ratio, then the line is
parallel to the third side.
15 A girl of height 90 cm is walking away from the base of a lamp-post at a speed of 1.2
m/s. If the lamp is 3.6 m above the ground, find the length of her shadow after 4
seconds.
16 CM and RN are respectively the medians of  ABC and  PQR. If ∆ABC ~ ∆PQR,
prove that :
(i) ∆ AMC ~ ∆PNR
(ii) CM/AB = RN/PQ
17 cot A – cos A cosec A – 1
Prove that =
cot A+cos A cosec A+ 1

18 sinA − cosA +1 1
Prove that =
sinA + cosA −1 sec 𝐴−𝑡𝑎𝑛𝐴

19 From a point on a bridge across a river, the angles of depression of the banks on
opposite sides of the river are 30° and 45°, respectively. If the bridge is at a height of 3
m from the banks, find the width of the river.
20 From a point P on the ground the angle of elevation of the top of a 10 m tall building is
30°. A flag is hoisted at the top of the building and the angle of elevation of the top of the
flagstaff from P is 45°. Find the length of the flagstaff and the distance of the building
from the point P.
(You may take √3= 1.73)
21 Two tangents TP and TQ are drawn to a circle with centre O from an external point T.
Prove that  PTQ = 2  OPQ.
22 PQ is a chord of length 8 cm of a circle of radius 5 cm. The tangents at P and Q
intersect at a point T (see Fig.). Find the length TP
23 A juice seller was serving his customers using glasses as shown in figure. The inner
diameter of the cylindrical glass was 5 cm, but the bottom of the glass had a
hemispherical raised portion which reduced the capacity of the glass. If the height of a
glass was 10 cm, find the apparent capacity of the glass and its actual capacity.
(Use  = 3.14.)

24 A solid toy is in the form of a hemisphere surmounted by a right circular cone. The height
of the cone is 2 cm and the diameter of the base is 4 cm. Determine the volume of the
toy. If a right circular cylinder circumscribes the toy, find the difference of the volumes of
the cylinder and the toy. (Take  = 3.14)
25 The table below gives the percentage distribution of female teachers in the primary
schools of rural areas of various states and union territories (U.T.) of India. Find the mean
percentage of female teachers in this section.

26 The median of the following data is 525. Find the values of x and y, if the total
frequency is 100.

27 Find the area of the segment AYB shown in Figure, if radius of the circle is 21 cm and
AOB = 120°. (Use  = 22/7 )
28 As a part of this one-week long festival, students of Durgapura Higher Secondary School
thought of planting trees in and around their school to reduce air pollution. It was decided
that each section of each class would plant twice as many plants a s class which they
belong to. There were 4 sections of each standard from 1 to 12. So, if there are four
sections in class 1 say 1A, 1B , 1C and I D, then each section would plant 2 trees.
Similarly, each section of class 2 would plant 4 trees and so on. Thus, the number of
trees planted by classes 1 to 12 formed an AP given by 8, 16, 24, ,…… Ratan ,who is a
student of Class 10 B decided to frame a set of questions and answers..

Based on the above information, Answer the following questions:

i) Find the total number of trees planted by class 10 students of all the sections
together.
ii) Find the total number of trees planted by students of Ratan’s class alone.
iii) Find the total number of trees planted by the students of the school altogether.
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 A boy 4 m tall spots a pigeon sitting on the top of a pole of height 54m from the ground.
The angle of elevation of the pigeon from the eyes of boy at any instant is 60°. The
pigeon flies away horizontally in such a way that it remained at a constant height from
the ground. After 8 seconds, the angle of evaluation of the pigeon from the same point
is 45° (take √3 = 1.73).
Based on the above information, Answer the following questions:
1. Find the distance of first position of the pigeon from the eyes of the boy.
2. How much distance the pigeon covers in 8 second.
30 Stopwatch was used to find the time that it took a group of students to run 100m.

Based on the above information, Answer the following questions:

1) Estimate the mean time taken by a student to finish the race.
2) Find the Sum of upper limits of median class and modal class.