SHORT NOTES

a. Volume of right circular cylinder e. Volume of right circular cone

= Area of cross section (base) 
height 1
= r h
2 =  Area of base  height
3
b. Volume of right prism 1
= r 2 h
= Area of cross section (base)  height 3
=A 
h
f. Volume of sphere
c. Volume of right pyramid 4
= r 3
1 3
=  Area of base  height
3 g. Volume of hemisphere
1
=
1
 A h =
2
 43 r 3
3 2 3
= r
3

d. Conversion of volume
 1000  1000000

1 ml = 1 cm3
m3 1 litre = 1000
cm3
cm3
. 1 litre = 1000 ml
 1000
 1000000

1. Calculate the volume of the following cylinder

a.
Area of cross-section = 25 cm2
10 cm Height = 10 cm
25 cm2

Base radius = 350 mm

Height = 400 mm
b.

400 mm
c. Base diameter = 7 m

r = 350 mm
 Height = 3 m

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2. Calculate the height for each of the following cylinders.    
 7 

a. Volume = 7700 cm3

Area of cross section/base = 154 cm2

b. Volume = 1540 cm3

Base diameter = 7 cm

3. Calculate the radius of the base for each of the following cylinders
a. Volume = 24750 mm3
Height = 35 mm

b. Volume = 1848 cm3

Height = 27 cm

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4. A cylinder has a volume of about 500 cm3 and a height of 9 cm. What is the length of the radius?    
 7 

5. Wedding cakes are often made using cylindrical baking pans. The top layer of a wedding cake has a 24 cm

 22 
diameter and is 7 cm tall. Find the volume of the top layer of the cake.    
 7 

6. Calculate the volume for the following prisms

a. b.

8m

A = 24 m2
7m

7. Calculate the height for each of the following prisms

A = 45 m2
a. Volume for a right prism = 120 m3
 Area of a cross section/base = 10 m2

6 cm
b.

Volume of the right prism = 416 cm3

4 cm

10 cm

8. Calculate the area of the cross section/base of the following prisms

a. Volume of the right prism = 893.75 mm3
Height = 27.5 mm

103 mm
b.
Volume of the right prism = 8188.5 mm3

9. Convert
a. 4.1m 3 to cm 3 e. 50cm 3 to l
b. 1.35cm 3 to mm 3 f. 2.6l to ml
c. 188000mm 3 to m 3 g. 71cm 3 to ml
d. 5050000cm 3 to m 3 h. 188l to cm 3

10. Calculate the volume for each of the following right pyramids
a.

10 cm

9 cm

9 cm

b. Area of base = 40 cm2

Height = 15 cm
 c.

Height = 5 m
8m

6m

11. Find the height for each of the following right pyramids
a. Volume = 75 cm3
Area of base = 25 cm2

12 m
b.
5m

Volume = 660 m3

c.

12. Calculate the area of the base for each of the following right pyramids
a.

Volume = 18 m3
4.5 m

b. Volume = 288 m3
Height = 8 m
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13. Calculate the volume for each of the following cone.    
 7 
 a.
14 cm

6 cm

c. 12.5 mm

b. Area of base = 27 m2
height = 15 m
20.7 mm

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14. Find the height for each of the following right cone.    
 7 

a. Volume = 1608 m3
Area of base = 201 m2

b.

14 mm

Volume = 4312 mm3

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15. Calculate the radius of the base for each of the following right cones.    
 7 

a.

Volume = 400 cm3

17.3 cm

b. Volume = 0.4 m3
Height = 0.6 m
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16. Calculate the volume for each of the sphere.    
 7 

a.
3 mm

c. 3 mm

b. Radius = 6.3 m

17. Calculate the volume for each of the following hemisphere.    3.142
a. Radius = 10 cm

b.
14 mm

c. 6.2 m

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18. Find the radius for each of the following sphere or hemisphere.    
 7 

a. c.
Volume = 2096 m3

Volume = 38808 cm3

b. d.

Volume = 14.14 m3
Volume = 330 cm3
 PROBLEM SOLVINGS

19. A prism tank can hold 2625 cm3 of water when full. If the area of the cross section is 375 cm2 and water is
poured into the tank to a depth of 3 cm,
a. What is the volume of the water in the tank?
b. How much more water, in cm3, is needed to fill up the tank?

20.
D = 0.3 cm

16 cm

A typical straw is 16 cm high with a diameter of 0.3 cm. How much water, in ml, can be contained in a
straw? Give your answer correct to 2 decimal places.    3.142 
A B
6 cm
21.

21 cm
h cm

12 cm

The above figure shows two juice containers. Container A is a right circular cone while container B is a
cylinder. If container A is fully filled with juice and is poured into container B, find the height of the juice
level in container B

22.
 7m

About 497 m3 of water is poured into a right pyramid as shown above. If the level of water in the pyramid
is 7 m, find the rectangular-based surface area of the water.

23. A sphere is half filled with water. If the volume of water is 135 cm3, what is the radius of the sphere?

 22 
  
 7 

 22 
24. Calculate the volume for each of the following.    
 7 

a. 5 cm

7 cm
8 cm

10 cm

b.

4.2 m

12 m 6m

c.
11 mm (Diameter)

14 mm
25. A metal hemisphere of radius 9 cm is melted and the metal is used to form a cylinder of radius 6 cm. Find
the height of the cylinder
26.

Find the volume of rectangular prism (given diagram) 3

m by 4 m by 5 m with a cylindrical hole, radius 0.5 m,
 22 
through the centre.    
 7 

27.
The figure shows a sphere with diameter 14 cm. If a
sphere with diameter 8 cm is removed from the sphere,
 22 
what is the volume left, in cm3.    
 7 

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