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3 MENSURATION

TASK 3.1

Give answers to one decimal place if necessary.

Find the area of each shape below. All lengths are in cm.


1. 12
4
2.
10
 3.
8

10 9
8 14

4. The area of the parallelogram is

equal to the area of the
trapezium. Find the value of x. 6 cm
6 cm
8 cm 12 cm
x cm

30 m
5. Find the shaded area.

20 m

24 m
40 m

6. Find the shaded area. 8 cm

8 cm

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7. Find the area of each shape. All arcs are either semi-circles or quarter
circles and the units are cm.
a b c 68
5.4
16

24 5.4

8. Find each shaded area below. All lengths are in cm.

a b c 5
28

3 8 3 14 9

5
9. A circular pond has a radius of 13 m. A path goes all the way
round the circumference of the pond. The path is 1.2 m wide throughout.
Find the area of the path.
10. Calculate the radius of a circle of area 68 cm2.
11. The area of this parallelogram is 112.5 cm2.
Calculate the value of x. x

34°
12. Find the area of this regular pentagon. 9 cm

7 cm

TASK 3.2

Find the area of each triangle below, giving the answer to one decimal place.


1.
12 cm
2.

23 cm
74° 8 cm 
3.
78°
13 cm
49° 59°
16 cm
9 cm

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Find the value of the letter in each triangle below.


4.
6 cm
a 5.
82°
9 cm
 6.

14.3 cm
8.5 cm b

c 8.7 cm
2 2
area = 13.5 cm area = 75 cm area = 55 cm2

7. area triangle ABC = 48 cm2

A
area triangle ABD = 120 cm2
17 cm
Calculate the length of CD.
23°
D C B

8. The area of this triangle is

equal to the area of this
18 cm trapezium. Calculate the
12 cm 5 cm
value of x. 6 cm
38° x

TASK 3.3

1. What is the radius of a circle if the diameter is 46 cm?

2. What is the diameter of a circle if the radius is 19 mm?

3. Use a calculator to find the circumference of each circle below

(give answers to 1 d.p.)
a b c d

3m
12 cm 17 m

9 cm

4. Which shape has the larger perimeter – the

triangle or the circle? 5 cm 8 cm 6 cm

9 cm

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5. Which circle has the larger perimeter?

7 cm
4 cm

B
A

Calculate the perimeter of each shape. All arcs are either semi-circles or
quarter circles. Give answers correct to 1 d.p.


6.  7.  8.

5 cm
31 cm
16 cm

5 cm


9. 12 cm
 10. 100 m  11. 3m

4 cm 32 m 3m
6m

12. A circular log of diameter 30 cm is rolled down a hill. It rolls

48 metres. How many complete revolutions did the log make
before it stopped?
13. Sanaa has a bike with wheels of radius 31.5 cm. She cycles 3 km. How
many times do the wheels of her bike go round completely?

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TASK 3.4

Calculate the area of each circle below, correct to 1 d.p.


1.
5 cm
2.  3. 
4.

12 cm
9 cm
32 cm

5. A circular pond has a radius of 11 m. What is the area of this pond in m2?

6. Which shape has the larger area – the

triangle or the circle? 5 cm 1.5 c
4 cm m

3 cm

7. Find the shaded area. 8 cm

8 cm


In Questions 8 to 10 find the area of each shape. All arcs are either
semi-circles or quarter circles and the units are cm.
Give answers correct to 1 d.p.


8. 9.  10. 68

5.4 16

24
5.4

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In Questions 11 to 13 find the shaded area. Lengths are in cm. Give answers
correct to 1 d.p.


11. 12. 28

3 8 3 14


13. 5

14. A circular pond has a radius of 13 m. A path goes all the way round the circumference
of the pond. The path is 1.2 m wide throughout. Find the area of the path.

TASK 3.5

Remember 1 m3 = 1000 l = 1000 000 cm3

1 m2 = 10 000 cm2

1. Find the volume and surface area of each prism below:

a 6m b
6.4

4m
cm

3 cm
9m
6.4

4 cm
cm

3m 25 cm

12 m 13 cm

2. Which is the greater amount? 7.2 m3 or 7 090 000 cm3

3. True or false? 6.3 m2 = 630 cm2

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4. A rectangular tank has a length of 8 m and a width of 6 m. How high is

the tank if it can hold 240 000 litres of water when full?
5. Copy and complete
a 4 m3 = cm3 b 2.9 m3 = cm3 c 8 m2 = cm2
d 7.48 m2 = cm2 e 6 000 000 cm3 = m3 f 6 m3 = litres
g 6 000 000 cm2 = m2 h 5.16 m3 = litres i 38 000 cm2 = m2

6. Find the ‘exact’ volume and total surface area of each prism below,
leaving your answers in terms of p.
a b 12 cm

4 cm
3 cm
10 cm

7. A pipe of diameter 8 cm and length 3 m

is half full of water. How many litres
of water are in the pipe?

8. Find the volume of this prism.

8 cm

8 cm
21 cm

9. A cylindrical bucket has a diameter of

30 cm and a height of 35 cm.
How many full bucket loads of water
are needed to fill up the tank
opposite?
45 cm
60 cm

85 cm
10. The height of a cylinder of capacity 3.5 litres is twice
its radius. Calculate the radius of the cylinder.

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TASK 3.6

Remember sphere pyramid cone

volume = 4 pr3 volume = 1 · (base area) · h volume = 1 pr2h
3 3 3

In this task, give answers to 3 significant figures where necessary.

1. Find the volume of each solid.

a b c

14 cm 2.5 m
4m

23 cm 3m
7m

2. A hemisphere and a cone are both made from the same material. The
cone has a base diameter of 8 cm and a perpendicular height of 6 cm. The
hemisphere has a diameter of 7 cm. Which solid weighs more?
3. A sphere has a volume of 80 cm3. Find the radius of the sphere.
4. Find the ‘exact’ volume of each solid, leaving your answers in terms of p.
a b
9 cm
4 cm
3 cm

25 cm
16 cm

15 cm
(hemisphere on a cylinder)

5. A bowl is in the shape of a hemisphere with

diameter 18 cm. Water is poured into the bowl
at a rate of 12 cm3/s. How long will it
take to fill the bowl completely?

6. A pyramid has a square base of side length 8 cm and a perpendicular

height of 17 cm. The pyramid has the same volume as a cone of base
radius 6.5 cm. Find the perpendicular height of the cone.

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7. A metal cylinder has diameter 4.8 cm and a height of 8.3 cm. 75 identical
cylinders are melted down to make a single sphere. Calculate the
diameter of the sphere.

TASK 3.7

Remember sphere cylinder cone

surface area=4pr2 curved surface area=2prh curved surface area=prl
where l is the slant height

In this task, give answers to 3 significant figures where necessary.

1. Find the curved surface area of each solid.

a b c

19 cm
9 cm 23 cm
4 cm

14 cm
2. Find the total surface area of this cone,
leaving your answer in terms of p.
10 cm

12 cm
3. A sphere has a surface are of 480 cm2. Calculate its diameter.
4. The curved surface area of a hemisphere is 72p cm2. What is the total
surface area of the hemisphere?
5. A cone is attached to a cylinder of diameter
15 cm as shown. The perpendicular heights
of the cylinder and the cone are both equal 15 cm
to the diameter of the cylinder. Find the
total surface area of the combined solid.
6. A cylinder has a radius of 2 cm and a height of 10 cm. A cone has a radius
of 3 cm. The total surface area of the cone is equal to the total surface
pffiffiffiffiffiarea
of the cylinder. Show that the perpendicular height of the cone is 4 10 cm.

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TASK 3.8

Use M to help you work out the questions below.

D V
1. A solid weighs 450 g and has a volume of 50 cm3. Find the density of this
solid.
2. A liquid has a density of 2 g/cm2. How much does the liquid weigh if
its volume is 240 cm3?
3. A metal bar has a density of 12 g/cm3 and a mass of 360 g. Find the
volume of the metal bar.
4. Copy and complete this table. Density Mass Volume
(g/cm3) (g) (cm3)
7 90
240 60
8 152
42 0.5
13 585
1.5 140

5. Gold has a density of 19.3 g/cm3. A gold ring has a volume of 1.1 cm3.
Find the mass of the gold ring.
6. A brass handle has a volume of 17 cm3 and a mass of 139.4 g.
Find the density of the brass.
7. Which has a greater volume, 102.6 g of lead with density 11.4 g/cm3 or
78.85 g of steel with density 8.3 g/cm3? Write down by how much.
8. The density of this metal bar is 7.4 g/cm3.
Find the mass of this metal bar. Give your answer in kg.
(Note the length is given in metres.)

5 cm 1.2 m
8 cm
9. A metal cube of length 0.2 m has a density of 8.3 g/cm3. A hole is bored
through the cube with 485 cm3 of metal being removed. What is the mass
in kg of the remaining piece of metal?

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10. A metal bar has 3 holes cut completely through its
length. The cross-sectional area of each hole is y cm2.
The density of the metal is 9 g/cm3.
Find the mass of the remaining piece of metal,
giving your answer in terms of x and y. x cm
7 cm
x cm

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