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Volume & Surface Area Index: Please click on the question number you want Question 1 Question 3 Question 5 Question 7 Question 2 Question 4 Question 6 Question 8

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Question 1 Find the volume of the following prisms. All lengths are in cm. a.
2

b.

4.2 7 5.7 6.4 9.4

c.

d.
8

7.7 3.3 4.8 16

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Solution to question 1

a.
2

b.

4.2 7 5.7 6.4 9.4

V = l w h = 472 = 56 cm3

V = area of cross section length = area of trapezium length 1 = ( 6.4 + 4.2 ) 5.7 2 = 30.21 = 30.2cm3

c.

d.
8

7.7 3.3 4.8 16

V = area of cross section length = area of triangle length 1 = base height 2 1 = 4.8 3.3 7.7 2 = 60.984 = 61.0 cm3

V = area of cross section length = area of semicircle length 1 = r 2 length 2 1 = 42 16 2 = 128

= 402cm3

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Question 2 2.

Find the surface area of the following rectangular prism. All lengths are in cm.
2

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Solution to question 2

Drawing the net we can see

4

The surface area is the sum of the area of each of the six rectangles. Surface area = 2 ( 4 2 + 7 2 + 7 4 ) = 100 cm2
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Question 3 a.

Find the volume in litres of the following cylinder. ( 1L = 1000 cm3 ).

15 cm

6 cm

b.

Calculate the surface area in cm2 .

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Solution to question 3 a.

Note that r =

1 1 d = 6 = 3 cm 2 2

15 cm

6 cm

V = area of base height = r 2h = ( 3 ) (15 )

2

= 135 = 424cm3

b.

Drawing the net

From the net we can see that the surface area is the sum of the area of the two circles and the rectangle.
SA = 2 r 2 + 2 rh

2 r

= 2 ( 3 ) + 2 ( 3 )(15 )
2

= 18 + 90 = 108 = 339cm2
r

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Question 4

A solid cylinder of radius 5 cm and height 9 cm is melted down and recast into a solid cube. Find the side of the cube.
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Solution to question 4

9 cm

5 cm

The cylinder and the cube have the same volume. The volume of the cylinder is given = r 2 h
= (5) (9)
2

= 225 cm3

Now the volume of the cylinder = the volume of the cube Let s be the length of the side of the cube The volume of the cube = s 3
225 = s 3 s = 3 225 = 8.91cm

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Question 5 a.

Find the volume of the following cone, with radius 5 cm and vertical height 12 cm.

l 12 cm

5 cm

b. c.

The cone has a slant height of l cm. Find the value of l. Find the curved surface area of the cone.

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Solution to question 5

12 cm

l = Slant height

5 cm

a.

The volume of a cone =

1 2 r h 3 1 2 = ( 5 ) (12 ) 3 = 100 = 314cm3

b.

By Pythagoras l 2 = 52 + 122
12 cm l

l = 169 = 13 cm

5 cm

c.

The curved surface area = rl

= ( 5 )(13 ) = 65 = 204 cm2

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Question 6

Find the volume and curved surfaced area of a sphere radius 4 cm.
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Solution to question 6

Volume of a sphere =

4 3 r 3 4 3 = (4) 3 256 = 3 = 268 cm3

Curved surface area = 4 r 2

= 4 ( 4 ) = 64 = 201cm2
2

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Question 7

Find the height of a squared based pyramid of volume 40 m3 and base area 9 m2
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Solution to question 7

The volume of a pyramid =

1 base area height 3

! height =

3 volume base area 3 40 = 9 = 13.3cm

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Question 8

A small pencil consists of a cylinder of radius 6 mm, which is sandwiched between a hemisphere and cone of the same radius. The height of the 50 mm. Find the total volume of the pencil.

Diagram not to scale

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Solution to question 8

6 mm

50 mm 6 mm

Diagram not to scale

30 mm

Considering each shape separately, leaving our answers in terms of , we have Volume of hemisphere =
= 1" 4 3 # $ r % 2&3 '

1" 4 3 # 6 % 2$ &3 ' = 144

Volume of cylinder = r 2h = ( 6 ) ( 50 )
2

= 1800 Volume of cone =

1 2 r h 3 1 2 = ( 6 ) ( 30 ) 3 = 360

Total volume of pencil = 144 + 1800 + 360 = 2304 = 7238 = 7240mm3

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