WANDOOR GANITHAM SSLC MATHEMATICS STUDY MATERIAL : 2023
SECOND DEGREE EQUATIONS
QUESTION – 1
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a) What number is to be added to x + 6x to get a perfect square ?
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b) Find the natural number value of x from the equation x + 6 x = 16 .
c) 12 times a natural number is added to twice the square of that number gives 32 . Find the
number .
QUESTION – 2
When each side of a square was decreased by 6 metres , the area became 169 square -
metres .
a) Write down a second degree equation by taking the side of the original square as x
b) What was the length of a side of the original square ?
QUESTION – 3
1 added to the product of two consecutive odd numbers gives 900 .
a)Write down a second degree equation by taking the smaller number as x .
b) What are the numbers ?
QUESTION – 4
Consider the arithmetic sequence 5 , 8 , 11 , . . .
a) What is its common difference ?
b) Write its algebraic form .
c) The square of a term of this sequence is 6400 . What is its position ?
QUESTION – 5
Consider the arithmetic sequence 7 , 9 , 11 , . . .
a) What is its common difference ?
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b) Write its nth term .
c) What is the sum of the first n terms of this sequence ?
d) How many terms of this sequence starting from the first is to be added to get 391 ?
QUESTION – 6
In the figure a pair of opposite sides of a square are extended by
4 centimetres . Area of the larger rectangle is 140 square centi -
metres.
a)If the length of a side of a square is taken as x centimetres ,
form a second degree equation
b) What is the length of a side of the square ?
QUESTION – 7
The perimeter of a rectangle is 64 centimetres and its area is 247 square centimetres .
a) Length + breadth = _____________
b) If the length of the rectangle is taken as 16 + x centimetres , what is the breadth of
the rectangle ?
c) Calculate the length and the breadth of the rectangle .
QUESTION – 8
a) Find the following sum .
1 + 2 + 3 + . . . + 10
b) How many consecutive natural numbers starting from 1 should be added to get 120 ?
QUESTION – 9
Consider the arithmetic sequence 5 , 9 , 13 , . . .
a) What is its common difference ?
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b) Write its nth term .
c) What is the sum of the first n terms of this sequence ?
d) How many terms of this sequence starting from the first is to be added to get 230 ?
QUESTION – 10
In a right triangle , one of the perpendicular sides is 3 centi-
metres more than the other . A square drawn on the
hypotenuse with the hypotenuse as side and its area is
65 square centimetres .
a) By taking the shortest side as x centimetres , write a
second degree equation using the given details .
b) Find the lengths of the perpendicular sides of the triangle .
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