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SOLID GEOMETRY 16. The base of a truncated prism is a rectangle with length twice its
width. The edges perpendicular to the base are 12 m, 12 m, 16 m,
INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following
and 16 m, consecutively. If the volume of the truncated prism is
questions. Mark only one answer for each item by shading the box
8,200 m3, find the length of its base.
corresponding to the letter of your choice on the answer sheet provided.
a. 42.33 m c. 43.23 m
STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED. Use pencil no. 1 only.
b. 24.33 m d. 34.23 m
MULTIPLE CHOICE Pyramid
Prism • Triangular Pyramid
• Cube 17. A regular triangular pyramid has an altitude of 9 m and a volume of
187.06 m3. What is the base edge?
1. The numerical value of the volume of a cube is equal to the
a. 18 m c. 12 m
numerical value of its total surface area. Find the edge.
b. 14 m d. 16 m
a. 3 units c. 4 units
b. 8 units d. 6 units 18. The sides of a regular tetrahedron measure 3 m. Find its volume.
a. 4.19 m3 c. 3.67 m3
• Rectangular Parallelepiped
b. 3.85 m3 d. 3.18 m3
2. A solid material in the form of a rectangular parallelepiped, 4’  6’  19. How far from a vertex is the opposite face of a regular tetrahedron
8’, is painted blue. If you cut completely through the whole block to having an edge of 50 cm?
form cubes one foot on an edge, how many cubes will have 3 blue a. 35.69 cm c. 38.70 cm
faces? b. 32.19 cm d. 40.82 cm
a. 16 c. 8
b. 4 d. 12 20. A regular tetrahedron has a surface area of 140 m 2. Find its
altitude.
3. A solid material is in the form of a rectangular parallelepiped 4 ft  6 a. 6.34 m c. 7.34 m
ft  8 ft. The solid is cut completely to form cubes 1 ft  1 ft  1 ft. b. 7.80 m d. 5.38 m
How many cubes will there be?
a. 192 c. 156 21. The volume of a regular tetrahedron is 20.70 m3. Determine the
b. 188 d. 208 dimension of its lateral edge.
a. 5.20 m c. 5.60 m
4. A rectangular parallelepiped has dimensions 3 cm  4 cm  6 cm. b. 5.40 m d. 5.80 m
Find the radius of the smallest sphere that can circumscribe the
given solid. 22. A regular tetrahedron has a total surface area of 276.15 cm 2. Find
a. 3.54 cm c. 3.91 cm its volume.
b. 7.82 cm d. 7.07 cm a. 237.25 cm3 c. 290.18 cm3
b. 255.70 cm3 d. 223.59 cm3
• Cylinder
• Cone
5. A circular cylinder with a volume of 6.54 m 3 is circumscribed about
a right prism whose base is an equilateral triangle of side 1.25 m. 23. A cone was formed by rolling a thin sheet of metal in the form of a
What is the altitude of the cylinder? sector of a circle 72 cm in diameter with a central angle of 210.
a. 3.52 m c. 3.67 m What is the volume of the cone?
b. 4.00 m d. 3.80 m a. 13,318.39 cm3 c. 13,716.96 cm3
b. 13,602.48 cm3 d. 13,503.63 cm3
6. A square hole of side 2” is cut through a 4” diameter log. The axis of
the hole intersects the axis of the log at right angles. Find the 24. A right circular cone has an altitude of 2e and a base diameter of e.
volume of wood cut out. Find its volume. (Ans. a)
3 3
a. 21.90 in3 c. 19.72 in3 e e
b. 23.54 in3 d. 15.31 in3 a. c.
6 4
7. A right circular cylindrical tank has a lateral area of 28.08 m 2 and a 3
e
3
base area of 5.94 m2. Find its volume. e
b. d.
a. 16.32 m3 c. 18.21 m3 12 3
b. 17.80 m3 d. 19.30 m3
25. The lateral area of a right circular cone of base radius 5 m is 141.37
8. A cylindrical tank with one end open is made of a metal sheet of m2. Find its slant height.
area 72 m2. If the diameter is 2/3 the height, find the height of the a. 8m c. 10 m
tank. b. 9m d. 11 m
a. 6.23 m c. 4.15 m
b. 3.62 m d. 5.43 m 26. The base diameter of a cone is 20 cm and its axis is inclined at 60
with the base. Find the volume of the cone if the length of its axis is
9. A closed right circular cylinder 1 m in diameter and 2 m tall is 25 cm.
partially filled with water. When lying horizontally, the depth of the a. 2,834.06 cm3 c. 2,267.25 cm3
water is two-thirds the diameter. How high will the water be when b. 3,272.49 cm3 d. 2,617.99 cm3
the cylinder is vertical?
a. 1.56 m c. 1.21 m 27. A cone has a total surface area of 386 cm2. If its diameter is one-
b. 1.42 m d. 0.95 m half its altitude, find its altitude.
a. 18.76 cm c. 20.19 cm
10. A cylinder is inscribed in a cube of sides measuring 2 cm. Find the b. 17.04 cm d. 19.59 cm
volume inside the cube but outside the cylinder.
a. 1.59 cm3 c. 1.72 cm3 28. Each side of a cube measures 1 m. Find the volume of a cone
b. 1.27 cm3 d. 1.95 cm3 inscribed in the cube if the base of the cone is on one face of the
cube.
• Polygonal Prism a. 0.20 m3 c. 0.33 m3
11. A right hexagonal prism is inscribed in a right circular cylinder. The b. 0.47 m3 d. 0.26 m3
difference between the perimeters of the two bases is 4 cm. Similar Figures
Determine the volume of the hexagonal prism if it has an altitude of
20 cm. 29. If the edge of a cube is increased by 30%, by how much is the
a. 10,867 cm3 c. 11,367 cm3 surface area increased?
b. 10,367 cm3 d. 11,867 cm3 a. 63% c. 65%
b. 69% d. 67%
12. A prism with an altitude of 15 cm has a base in the form of a regular
octagon inscribed in a square 10 cm  10 cm. Find the volume of 30. A right circular cone with an altitude of 9 m is divided into two
the prism. segments. One is a smaller circular cone having the same vertex
a. 1,435.66 cm3 c. 1,242.65 cm3 with an altitude of 6 m. Find the ratio of the volume of the two
b. 1,105.77 cm3 d. 1,327.39 cm3 cones.
a. 1:3 c. 2:3
13. A trough having equilateral triangle end sections of side 0.45 m is b. 19:27 d. 8:27
full of water with a volume of 1 m3. Find the length of the trough.
a. 9.88 m c. 14.10 m 31. A right circular cone having an altitude of 8 cm is cut by a plane
b. 8.99 m d. 11.40 m parallel to the base. One part is a smaller circular cone whose
volume is one-fourth of the original cone. Find the altitude of the
• Truncated Prism smaller cone.
14. A truncated prism with a square base has a volume of 2,000 m 3. Its a. 6.03 cm c. 4.69 cm
vertical edges are 7 m, 7 m, 10 m, and 10 m, consecutively. Find its b. 5.56 cm d. 5.04 cm
base area. 32. A right circular cone has a radius of 1.20 m at the top and an
a. 210.53 m2 c. 266.67 m2 altitude of 4.80 m. It contains oil at a depth of 2.40 m. What will be
b. 222.22 m2 d. 235.29 m2 the depth of oil If the cone is inverted?
15. A truncated prism has a horizontal triangular base ABC with AB = a. 0.32 m c. 0.44 m
10 cm, BC = 12 cm, and CA = 8 cm. The vertical edges through A, b. 0.21 m d. 0.60 m
B, and C are 20 cm, 12 cm, and 18 cm, respectively. Determine the 33. A conical vessel having a diameter of 1 m at the top and an altitude
volume of the prism. of 60 cm holds salt at a depth of 36 cm. How much salt does it
a. 561.44 cm3 c. 661.44 cm3 contain?
b. 691.44 cm3 d. 621.44 cm3 a. 29,452.43 cc c. 33,929.20 cc
b. 19,634.95 cc d. 22,619.47 cc

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34. A closed conical vessel with a base radius of 1 m and an altitude of 52. The upper and lower bases of a frustum of a rectangular pyramid
2.50 m has its axis vertical. It contains water to a depth of 0.50 m. If are 3 m  4 m and 6 m  8 m, respectively. If the volume of the solid
the container is inverted, how deep is the water in it? is 140 m3, find the distance between the bases.
a. 1.97 m c. 1.79 m a. 3m c. 4m
b. 1.64 m d. 1.46 m b. 6m d. 5m
Situation 1: A closed conical vessel whose base radius and altitude are 53. The frustum of a rectangular pyramid has an upper base of 2.50 m
2 m and 6 m, respectively, contains liquid 3 m high. by 4 m, a lower base of 5 m by 8 m, and an altitude of 6 m. Find its
volume.
35. Find the volume of the liquid.
a. 140 m3 c. 160 m3
a. 17.80 m3 c. 3.14 m3
b. 150 m3 d. 120 m3
b. 10.64 m3 d. 21.99 m3
54. The base diameters of a frustum of a right circular cone are 2 m
36. If the vessel is held inverted, how deep will the liquid be?
and 4 m. Find its lateral area if it has an altitude of 5 m.
a. 5.74 m c. 5.35 m
a. 74.92 m2 c. 48.06 m2
b. 4.51 m d. 3.00 m
b. 101.51 m2 d. 92.06 m2
37. If the unit weight of the liquid is 9,810 N/m 3, find the weight of the
55. The volume of a frustum of a rectangular pyramid is 79.17 m 3. Its
liquid in quintals.
a. 106.41 c. 178.05 upper base is 2.50 m  4 m and its altitude is 5 m. Find the area of
b. 219.91 d. 31.42 the lower base.
a. 32.50 m2 c. 22.50 m2
38. A conical buoy has a top base diameter of 1.20 m and a height of 2 b. 42.50 m2 d. 62.50 m2
m. It is submerged in water with a draft of 1.50 m. Find the volume
submerged. 56. The upper and lower bases of a frustum of a pyramid are 10 cm 
a. 0.3181 m3 c. 0.2318 m3 10 cm and 18 cm  18 cm, respectively. Its lateral surface area is
b. 0.0118 m3 d. 0.1381 m3 448 cm2. Find the altitude of the frustum.
a. 6.93 cm c. 9.36 cm
39. The sides of the base of a pentagonal right prism measure 3 cm, 5 b. 9.63 cm d. 6.39 cm
cm, 6 cm, 8 cm, and 9 cm, consecutively. Another prism similar to
the first has its shortest side measuring 2 cm and a lateral area of 57. A rectangular block of alloy having dimensions 4.30 cm by 7.20 cm
144 cm2. Find the altitude of the larger prism. by 12.40 cm was melted and recast into a frustum of a square
a. 11.45 cm c. 9.45 cm pyramid, 10% of the material being lost in the process. If the ends
b. 8.45 cm d. 10.45 cm of the frustum are squares of sides 3 cm and 8 cm, find the height
of the frustum.
Situation 2: A conical tank has a bottom radius of 0.30 m and a height a. 11.64 cm c. 10.69 cm
of 0.65 m. b. 12.32 cm d. 12.98 cm
40. Which of the following most nearly gives the total volume of the 58. A water tank is cylindrical with diameter of 2 m and altitude of 3 m.
tank? Since the tank is old and leaking, it is to be replaced with another
a. 0.0613 m3 c. 0.0559 m3 tank of the same capacity in the shape of a frustum of a cone. If the
b. 0.0680 m3 d. 0.0429 m3 lower and upper base diameters of the frustum measure 2.50 m
41. Which of the following most nearly gives the amount of water and 1.50 m, respectively, find the altitude.
required to fill the tank if the tank initially contains 0.022 m3 of a. 2.49 m c. 2.17 m
water? b. 2.71 m d. 2.94 m
a. 0.0393 m3 c. 0.0460 m3 59. A loud speaker diaphragm is in the form of a frustum of a cone. The
b. 0.0209 m3 d. 0.0339 m3 end diameters measure 28 cm and 6 cm and the vertical distance
42. Which of the following most nearly gives the depth of water in the between the ends is 30 cm. The curved surface is to be covered
tank if it contains 0.022 m3 of water? with felt composite material. Determine the area of the felt
a. 0.0591 m c. 0.0896 m composite material needed.
b. 0.1962 m d. 0.1161 m a. 1,815.02 cm2 c. 1,665.88 cm2
b. 1,544.79 cm2 d. 1,706.52 cm2
43. A conical tank has an upper base diameter of 100 cm and a height
of 70 cm. Salt, having a volume of 30,000 cm 3, is poured into it. Sphere
Find the depth of the salt in the tank. 60. The corners of a cubical block touch the closed spherical shell that
a. 39.28 cm c. 38.29 cm encloses it. The volume of the box is 2,744 cm3. What volume
b. 39.82 cm d. 32.89 cm inside the shell is not occupied by the block?
44. A cone has an altitude of 9 m. A plane parallel to its base cuts the a. 4,500.89 cm3 c. 4,721.68 cm3
cone y meters from the vertex. Find the value of y if the volume of b. 4,364.07 cm3 d. 4,931.27 cm3
the small cone is one-third the volume of the big cone. 61. A spherical steel ball having a radius of 10 cm is placed into a
a. 6.76 m c. 6.42 m vertical circular cylinder containing water, causing the water level to
b. 6.92 m d. 6.24 m rise by 10 cm. Find the radius of the cylinder.
45. A closed conical tank has a diameter of 2 m at the bottom and a a. 25.99 cm c. 23.09 cm
height of 5 m. It contains water at a depth of 3 m. If the cone is b. 11.55 cm d. 17.33 cm
inverted, determine the depth of water. 62. The volume of a sphere is 696.91 cm3. Find its surface area.
a. 4.89 m3 c. 4.39 m3 a. 440.77 cm2 c. 353.02 cm2
b. 4.57 m3 d. 4.02 m3 b. 411.80 cm2 d. 380.13 cm2
46. A pyramid has a square base 8 cm  8 cm and an altitude of 20 cm. 63. If the surface area of a sphere is 2,123.72 cm2, find its volume.
It is cut by a plane parallel to the base. If the distance of the cutting a. 11,494.04 cm3 c. 5,575.28 cm3
plane from the base of the pyramid is 7 cm, find the volume of the b. 9,202.77 cm3 d. 7,238.23 cm3
smaller pyramid formed.
a. 166.82 cm3 c. 277.33 cm3 64. The corners of a cubical block touch the spherical shell that
b. 117.17 cm3 d. 309.49 cm3 encloses it. If the volume of the block is 27,000 cc, find the volume
inside the shell that is not occupied by the block.
Frustum a. 55,033.93 cc c. 63,138.72 cc
47. The volume of the frustum of a regular triangular pyramid is 135 m 3. b. 50,057.61 cc d. 46,459.20 cc
The lower base is an equilateral triangle with an edge of 9 m. The 65. What is the surface area of a sphere whose volume is 80 m3?
upper base is 8 m above the lower base. What is the upper base a. 79.79 m2 c. 99.79 m2
edge? b. 89.79 m2 d. 69.79 m2
a. 1.99 m c. 3.99 m
b. 2.99 m d. 4.99 m 66. A spherical tank having a capacity of 7,200 cm3 is partially filled
with water. Find the area of the circle formed by the water surface if
48. An artificial lake, 5 m deep, is to be dug in the form of a frustum of it is 7.20 cm from the center of the sphere.
an inverted regular pyramid. The level bottom is 8 m by 80 m and a. 320.71 cm2 c. 287.93 cm2
its top is 10 m by 100 m. How much earth is to be removed? b. 379.05 cm2 d. 213.99 cm2
a. 4,066.67 m3 c. 4,286.67 m3
b. 4,441.67 m3 d. 4,636.67 m3 67. A solid spherical ball has a volume of 1,500 cm 3. Find the thickness
of a hollow spherical ball of the same volume such that its inside
49. The altitude of the frustum of a regular rectangular pyramid is 5 m. diameter is the same as the diameter of the solid ball.
The volume is 140 m3 and the upper base is 3 m by 4 m. What are a. 1.85 cm c. 2.71 cm
the dimensions of the lower base? b. 2.17 cm d. 1.58 cm
a. 7.50 m  10 m c. 6m8m
b. 4.50 m  6 m d. 9 m  10 m 68. A gasoline tank is composed of a cylindrical portion 5 m long and
hemispherical section at each end. The cylindrical and the
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50. The volume of the frustum of a triangular pyramid is 135.10 m . Its hemispherical portions have the same diameter of 1.20 m. Find the
bases 8 m apart are equilateral triangles in which the bottom base capacity of the tank.
edge is 9 m. Find the upper base edge. a. 6.56 m3 c. 6.80 m3
a. 2m c. 4m b. 6.95 m3 d. 6.71 m3
b. 3m d. 5m
69. The diameters of two spherical balls are in the ratio 2:5. Find the
51. The lateral edge of a frustum of a regular pyramid is 1.80 m long. ratio of their volumes.
The upper base is 1 m  1 m square and the lower base is 2.40 m  a. 0.400 c. 0.082
2.40 m square. What is the volume of the frustum? b. 0.064 d. 0.160
a. 4.73 m3 c. 4.95 m3
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70. A metal sphere has a density of 8,000 kg/m3 and a mass of 24 kg. It 88. Find the volume of a spherical sector with a central angle of 30 in a
is to be melted and recast into a solid cone with base radius of 8 sphere of radius 12 cm.
cm. During the process, 15% of the material is lost. Find the a. 123.32 cm3 c. 92.49 cm3
diameter of the sphere. b. 184.98 cm3 d. 61.66 cm3
a. 13.42 cm c. 26.84 cm
b. 8.95 cm d. 17.89 cm 89. A spherical sector has a vertex angle of 30. If the volume is 180
m3, find the radius.
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71. A metal sphere has a density of 8,000 kg/m and a mass of 24 kg. It a. 13.61 m c. 16.31 m
is to be melted and recast into a solid cone with base radius of 8 b. 15.40 m d. 14.50 m
cm. During the process, 15% of the material is lost. Find the altitude
of the cone. General Prismatoid
a. 38.05 cm c. 24.16 cm 90. The base diameter of a certain solid is 40 m. Find the volume of the
b. 12.08 cm d. 19.02 cm solid if every cutting plane perpendicular to a given diameter is a
Spherical Segment / Zone square.
a. 43,666.67 m3 c. 42,333.33 m3
• Spherical Segment with One Base b. 43,333.33 m3 d. 42,666.67 m3
72. What is the area of the zone of a spherical segment having a 91. Two cylinders each with radius of 3 m intersect at right angles. Find
volume of 1,470.265 m3 if the diameter of the sphere is 30 m? the volume in the first octant common to the two cylinders.
a. 659.73 m2 c. 848.23 m2 a. 21 m3 c. 16 m3
b. 565.49 m2 d. 753.98 m2 b. 24 m3 d. 18 m3
73. A hemispherical bowl was filled to a depth of 6 in. with a mixture 92. A solid has a circular base 40 cm in diameter. Find the volume of
compounded from equal parts of two liquids, one white and the the solid if every section perpendicular to a certain diameter is an
other black. After standing for a short time the mixture separated, isosceles right triangle with its hypotenuse lying on the base.
the black liquid settling below the white. If the thickness of the a. 10,666.67 cu. units
segment of white liquid is 2 in., find the volume of liquid in the bowl. b. 16,666.67 cu. units
a. 656.67 in3 c. 622.45 in3 c. 12,666.67 cu. units
b. 640.89 in3 d. 603.18 in3 d. 14,666.67 cu. units
• Spherical Segment with Two Bases Miscellaneous Problems
74. One meter curved strip around and above the base of a 93. A sedimentation tank has a base B and a depth H. Find the volume
hemispherical dome is to be painted with two coats of enamel which of the tank.
has a spreading capacity of 200 ft2 per gallon. Determine the 1
number of gallons of paint needed if the diameter of the dome is 16 a. BH
m. 2
a. 3.21 gal c. 5.39 gal b. BH
b. 2.70 gal d. 6.42 gal 1
c. BH
75. A sphere of radius 18 m is cut by two parallel planes which are 16 3
m apart. One of the two cross sections has a radius of 15 m. Find
d. cannot be determined
the volume included between these cutting planes.
a. 13,580.29 m3 c. 14,558.64 m3
b. 15,022.61 m3 d. 11,182.04 m3
Situation 3: A frustum of a sphere has base diameters of 18.50 cm and
32.90 cm. The distance between the bases is 6.60 cm.
76. Find the volume of the frustum.
a. 3,842.99 cm3 c. 3,609.15 cm3
b. 4,120.63 cm3 d. 3,471.80 cm3
77. Find the radius of the sphere.
a. 18.56 cm c. 20.03 cm
b. 18.07 cm d. 19.63 cm
78. Find the area of the zone.
a. 830.95 cm2 c. 814.19 cm2
b. 749.28 cm2 d. 769.68 cm2
Situation 4: A frustum of a sphere is 3.40 cm thick. The base diameters
measure 12.60 cm and 18.90 cm.
79. Find the volume of the frustum of the sphere.
a. 816.47 cm3 c. 861.47 cm3
b. 790.49 cm3 d. 709.49 cm3
80. Find the radius of the sphere.
a. 13.49 cm c. 12.46 cm
b. 10.98 cm d. 11.50 cm
81. Find the area of the zone.
a. 243.62 cm2 c. 217.22 cm2
b. 271.22 cm2 d. 234.62 cm2
Situation 5: A sphere has a radius of 18 cm. The sphere is cut by two
parallel planes. One cutting plane is 10 cm below the
center and the other is 15 cm above the center.
82. Find the radius of the upper base.
a. 14.97 cm c. 12.45 cm
b. 9.95 cm d. 10.62 cm
83. Find the radius of the lower base.
a. 9.95 cm c. 10.62 cm
b. 12.45 cm d. 14.97 cm
84. Find the volume of the frustum of the sphere.
a. 20,865.40 cm3 c. 19,488.97 cm3
b. 18,702.41 cm3 d. 17,303.54 cm3
Spherical Wedge / Lune
85. Find the radius of the spherical wedge whose volume is 12 m3 with
a central angle of 1.80 radians.
a. 2.51 m c. 2.73 m
b. 2.15 m d. 2.37 m
86. Find the volume of a spherical wedge having a radius of 2 m and a
central angle of 1.25 radians.
a. 7.67 m3 c. 5.67 m3
b. 4.67 m3 d. 6.67 m3
Spherical Cone
87. Find the volume of a spherical sector with a central angle of 60 in a
sphere of radius 15 cm.
a. 891.44 cm3 c. 947.00 cm3
b. 850.87 cm3 d. 974.39 cm3

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