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Frustrums Questions MME

The document contains 7 problems involving calculating volumes and surface areas of frustums. A frustum is defined as the shape that remains when the top portion of a cone or pyramid is cut off. The problems provide measurements like heights, radii, and side lengths and ask the reader to use these values to calculate requested properties like volume and surface area.

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Frustrums Questions MME

The document contains 7 problems involving calculating volumes and surface areas of frustums. A frustum is defined as the shape that remains when the top portion of a cone or pyramid is cut off. The problems provide measurements like heights, radii, and side lengths and ask the reader to use these values to calculate requested properties like volume and surface area.

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Frustums

1 A cone with a height of 35 cm has had part of the shape removed.


This has the left the frustum shown below.
The vertical height is 15 m
The radius of the base is 7 m
The top radius is 4 m

4m

15 m

7m

Calculate the volume of the frustum.


Give your answer to 2 decimal places.
[3 marks]

Answer m3

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2 A frustum is shown below.


The slanted height of the frustum 14 m
The slanted height of the original cone is 23.3 m
The radius of the base is 10 m
The top radius is 4 m

4m

14 m

10 m

Calculate the surface area of the frustum above.


Give your answer to 2 decimal places.
[5 marks]

Answer cm2

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3 A frustum is cut from a square based pyramid as shown below.


The height of the frustum is 7 m
The height of the pyramid on top of the frustum is 8.75 m
The large square base is 9 m wide.
The square top is 5 m wide.

8.75 m

𝐵 𝐸

7m
5m

𝐶 𝐷
9m

Calculate the volume of the frustum.


Give your answer to 2 decimal places.
[3 marks]

Answer m3

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4 A section is cut from the top of a square-base pyramid of height 14 cm to create a


frustum as shown below.
The base of the frustum has a width of 7 cm.
The top of the frustum has a width of 2 cm.

14 cm

2 cm 10 cm

7 cm

Calculate the volume of the frustum shown above.


[3 marks]

Answer cm3

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5 A cone with radius 7 cm and height 10 cm, has a smaller cone of radius 3 cm, cut from
its top.

10 cm
3 cm

7 cm

Find the height of the frustum after the smaller cone is removed.
Give your answer to 2 decimal places.
[3 marks]

Answer cm

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6 A cone has a radius of 12 m and a slanted height 15 m.


A smaller cone of radius 3 m is cut from its top.
𝑥 is the slanted height of the frustum remaining.

15 cm

3 cm
𝑥

12 cm

Find 𝑥
Give your answer to 2 decimal places.
[3 marks]

Answer cm

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7 A triangular pyramid is 20 cm tall.


The top is cut off leaving a 6 cm tall frustum.
The base of the pyramid is an equilateral triangle, with each length 11 cm.
The top of the frustum has a width of 7 cm.

14 cm

7 cm

6 cm

11 cm

Calculate the volume of the 6 cm tall frustum.


[4 marks]

Answer cm3

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