Mathematics-1(Diploma)
To enable to calculate the areas of regular polygons, hexagons, octagon, hydraulic mean depth (HMD) of a
channel, area occupied by water of circular culvert. Excavation work.
To provide the ability to calculate volume of regular solids like pyramid frustum of pyramid, prismoid,
wedge and area of curved surfaces.
To enable to use the knowledge of gradient of a straight line in finding speed, acceleration etc.
To enable to use the knowledge of conic in finding the girder of a railway bridge, cable of a suspension
bridge and maximum height of an arch.
To make understand the basic concept and techniques of composition and resolution of vectors and
computing the resultant of vectors.
SHORT DESCRIPTION
Menstruation: Area of rectangles, squares, triangles, quadrilaterals, parallelograms, rhombus, trapezium, circle,
sector, segment; Volume of rectangular solids, prism, parallelepiped, pyramids, cones, spheres, frustum of pyramid
and cone; Area of curved surface of the prism, Cylinder cone, pyramid and frustum of cone.
Co-ordinate Geometry: Co-ordinates of a point, locus and its equation, straight lines, circles and conic.
Vector: Addition and subtraction, dot and cross product