Area of a triangle from its three sides by Heron's formula
This type of question, asked 8 times: CDS 2 2016, CDS 2 2017, CDS 2 2018, CDS 1 2019, CDS 2 2020, CDS 2 2022, CDS 2 2024, CDS 2 2025. All 8 questions below, oldest first.
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Question 1
CDS 2 2016
68What is the area of a triangle with sides of length 12 cm, 13 cm and 5 cm ?Tap an option to check your answer.
Question 2
CDS 2 2017
60What is the area of the triangle whose sides are 51 cm, 37 cm and 20 cm ?Tap an option to check your answer.
Question 3
CDS 2 2018
75The sides of a triangle are 5 cm, 6 cm and 7 cm. The area of the triangle is approximatelyTap an option to check your answer.
Question 4
CDS 1 2019
57The sides of a triangle are 30 cm, 28 cm and 16 cm respectively. In order to determine its area, the logarithm of which of the quantities are required ?Tap an option to check your answer.
Question 5
CDS 2 2020
68The two sides of a triangle are 40 cm and 41 cm. If the perimeter of the triangle is 90 cm, what is its area ?Tap an option to check your answer.
Question 6
CDS 2 2022
95A triangle has side lengths x cm, x + 13 cm and x + 26 cm. If its area is 126 square cm, then what is the value of x ?Tap an option to check your answer.
Question 7
CDS 2 2024
50What is the area of a triangle having sides 4, 4 and 6 units ?Tap an option to check your answer.
Question 8
CDS 2 2025
75The sides of a triangle are 11 cm, 60 cm and 61 cm. What is the area of the triangle formed by joining the mid-points of the sides of the triangle?Tap an option to check your answer.