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Question 6 - Page 171 - Areas in Real Life - Chapter 7 Class 8 - Area (Ganita Prakash II)
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Areas in Real Life
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Class 8 (Ganita Prakash - 1, 2 & Old NCERT)
Chapter 7 Class 8 - Area (Ganita Prakash II)
- Area of Rectangle and Square
- Perimeter vs Area
- Figure it out - Page 150-152
- Area of Triangle
- Applications of Area of Triangle Formula
- Triangles between Parallel Lines with a Common Base
- Figure it out - Page 157-159
- Area of any Polygon
- Figure it out - Page 160
- Area of Parallelogram
- Area of Rhombus
- Area of Trapezium
- Figure it out - Page 169-170
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Areas in Real Life
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Question 6 - Page 171 Find out the local unit of area measurement in your region.In India, land is very commonly measured using the Gaj (which is a Square Yard). 1Gaj=9ft^2. In agricultural contexts, the Bigha is used strictly, though its exact conversion to square meters varies significantly by state (in parts of North India, 1 Bigha is often equal to 2,500 sq meters or roughly 0.62 acres).
