Perimeter of shapes Definition:  The distance that surrounds a two dimensional shape is known as “Perimeter.”   Simply, we can say that ‘The Perimeter is the length of the outline of a shape.  In the below figure if we start measure from the point A and move along the line segments and reach again the point A.We have […]

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Bar Graph  Problems and Solutions Example: (1) Favourite colour of 200 students of a class are given in the below table.  Answer the following questions with the help of the bar graph. (1) Which is the most preferred colour and which is the least preferred?(2) How many students preferred red colour? Solution: First we choose a suitable […]

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Surface Area and Lateral Surface Area  Cuboid  In our day life, when we look around the room in our house we can see may things that has a shape of rectangular box. We use many box shaped objects, like a shoe box, a book a TV etc. The shape of all these objects have same, […]

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Right Circular Cylinder          Surface Area of a Right Circular Cylinder Definition:           Right Circular Cylinder A Right Circular Cylinder is a three dimensional object, whose base is circle and the height (axis) is the line joining the centers of bases. We take a rectangular sheet of a paper whose length […]

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Histogram A histogram is from of graphical representation of grouped frequency distribution with continuous classes.  In a histogram data represents like the bar graph, but it there is no gap between rectangular bars. The rectangular bars show the area of proportional to the corresponding frequency of a variable and the width of the bars represents […]

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Triangle – Definition and Properties The origin of term “Triangle” from latin word tri (“Three”) and angulus means (“angles”). A “Triangle” is a simple closed curve or a three sided polygon. A triangle has three angles and three sides and three vertices. It is one of the basic shape in geometry.   In Euclidean geometry any non-collinear, three points, determine a unique triangle.  The triangle […]

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What is an Acute Triangle: Definition, Formula and Properties In geometry, a triangle is a polygon with three sides, three vertices and three interior angles. In other words a triangle is a closed two dimensional plane figure with three sides and three angles. Triangles are classified on the basis of their sides and angles. There […]

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Properties of a Rectangle A rectangle is a two dimensional four sided polygon(quadrilateral), in which the opposite sides are equal and parallel to each other and all four angles are right angles. In figure ABCD is a rectangle.   Properties of a Rectangle A rectangle is a quadrilateral. 1. Each interior angle is a right angle. 2. […]

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Vertex – Definition and Examples  Vertex – Latin word Vertex meaning, “highest point”. What is Vertex? Vertex is a point where two or more rays or line segments are meet. When two rays or line segments meet, simply it is a corner, they form an angle. Definition: A vertex is a point on a polygon, where […]

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2D – Shapes – Definition – Different Shapes  Definition: 2D shapes are flat and also known as plane shapes, ‘2D’ stands for 2-dimensional. These shapes can be drawn on paper and have length and width. We can measure length and width. Example: Rectangle, triangle, square, circle, oval, etc. are 2 dimensional objects.

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