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Mensuration and Circle Theorems Practice Questions

The document contains a series of mathematical problems related to geometry, specifically focusing on calculating surface areas and volumes of various shapes including cuboids, cylinders, cones, spheres, and prisms. Each problem provides specific dimensions or conditions and requires the application of geometric formulas to find the requested measurements. The problems are structured for educational purposes, likely for a mathematics examination or practice.

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Mensuration and Circle Theorems Practice Questions

The document contains a series of mathematical problems related to geometry, specifically focusing on calculating surface areas and volumes of various shapes including cuboids, cylinders, cones, spheres, and prisms. Each problem provides specific dimensions or conditions and requires the application of geometric formulas to find the requested measurements. The problems are structured for educational purposes, likely for a mathematics examination or practice.

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1 Miguel has a closed box of pens.


The box is in the shape of a cuboid measuring 20 cm by 12 cm by 7 cm.

Calculate the surface area of the box.

................................................. cm2 [3]

[Total: 3]

2 Find the total surface area of a cuboid with length 8 cm, width 6 cm and height 3 cm.

................................................... cm2 [3]

[Total: 3]

3 A box, in the shape of a cuboid, has volume 357 cm3.


It has a length of 8.5 cm and a width of 6 cm.

Calculate the height of the box.

................................................... cm [2]

[Total: 2]
2

4 Find the radius of a hemisphere of volume 80 cm3.

[The volume, V, of a sphere with radius r is .]

................................................... cm [3]

[Total: 3]

5 A cylinder has a radius of 8 cm and a height of 12 cm.

Calculate, in terms of , the volume of the cylinder.

................................................... cm3 [2]

[Total: 2]

6 A beach ball is a sphere with radius 15 cm.

Calculate the volume of the beach ball.


Give the units of your answer.

[The volume, V, of a sphere with radius r is .]

.............................. .................... [3]

[Total: 3]
3

7 The volume of a solid cone is 310 cm3.


The height of the cone is twice the radius of its base.

Calculate the slant height of the cone.

[The volume, V, of a cone with radius r and height h is .]

................................................... cm [5]

[Total: 5]

8 A cuboid has a square base.


The volume of this cuboid is 867 cm3 and its height is 12 cm.

Calculate the length of one side of the square base.

...................................cm [3]

[Total: 3]
4

9 A solid cylinder has radius 3 cm and height 4.5 cm.

Calculate the total surface area of the cylinder.

................................................... cm2 [4]

[Total: 4]

10 A cube has a surface area of 384 cm2.

Find the length of one of its sides.

................................................... cm [3]

[Total: 3]
5

11

The diagram shows a right-angled triangular prism.

Work out the volume of the prism.

................................................... cm3 [3]

[Total: 3]

12 A cylinder with radius 6 cm and height h cm has the same volume as a sphere with radius 4.5 cm.

Find the value of h.


[The volume, V, of a sphere with radius r is .]

h = ................................................... [3]

[Total: 3]
6

13 A solid metal cube of side 20 cm is melted down and made into 40 solid spheres, each of radius r cm.

Find the value of r.


[The volume, V, of a sphere with radius r is .]

r = ................................................... [3]

[Total: 3]

14
A solid cylinder has radius x cm and height cm.
The surface area of a sphere with radius R cm is equal to the total surface area of the cylinder.

Find an expression for R in terms of x.


[The surface area, A, of a sphere with radius r is .]

R = ................................................... [3]

[Total: 3]
7

15

A prism with a right-angled triangle as its cross-section has a volume of 1000 cm3.

Calculate the value of x.

x = ................................................... [4]

[Total: 4]
8

16 A sphere with radius x cm has a volume of 1000 cm3.

Calculate the value of x.

[The volume, V, of a sphere with radius r is .]

x = ................................................... [3]

[Total: 3]

17 The volume of a solid metal sphere is 24 430 cm3.

(a) Calculate the radius of the sphere.

[The volume, V, of a sphere with radius r is .]

................................................... cm [3]
9

(b) The metal sphere is placed in an empty tank.


The tank is a cylinder with radius 50 cm, standing on its circular base.
Water is poured into the tank to a depth of 60 cm.

Calculate the number of litres of water needed.

................................................... litres [3]

[Total: 6]

18 A cone with radius x cm and slant height cm has a volume of 1000 cm3.

Calculate the value of x.

[The volume, V, of a cone with radius r and height h is .]

x = ................................................... [4]

[Total: 4]
10

19

The diagram shows a hemispherical bowl of radius 5.6 cm and a cylindrical tin of height 10 cm.

(a) Show that the volume of the bowl is 368 cm3, correct to the nearest cm3.

[The volume, V, of a sphere with radius r is .]

[2]

(b) The tin is completely full of soup.


When all the soup is poured into the empty bowl, 80% of the volume of the bowl is filled.

Calculate the radius of the tin.

................................................... cm [4]

[Total: 6]
11

20 A pipe is full of water.


The cross-section of the pipe is a circle, radius 2.6 cm.
Water flows through the pipe into a tank at a speed of 12 centimetres per second.

Calculate the number of litres that flow into the tank in one hour.

................................................... litres [3]

[Total: 3]

21 A cone with height 14.8 cm has volume 275 cm3.

Calculate the radius of the cone.


[The volume, V, of a cone with radius r and height h is .]

................................................... cm [3]

[Total: 3]
12

22

The diagram shows a prism with length 18 cm and volume 253.8 cm3.
The cross-section of the prism is a right-angled triangle with base 6 cm and height h cm.

(a) (i) Show that the value of h is 4.7 .

[3]
(ii) Calculate the value of x.

x = ................................................... [2]

(b) Calculate the total surface area of the prism.

................................................... cm2 [6]

[Total: 11]
13

23

A solid metal cone has radius 10 cm and height 36 cm.

(a) Calculate the volume of this cone.

[The volume, V, of a cone with radius r and height h is .]

................................................... cm3 [2]

(b) The cone is cut, parallel to its base, to give a smaller cone.

The volume of the smaller cone is half the volume of the original cone.
The smaller cone is melted down to make two different spheres.
The ratio of the radii of these two spheres is 1 : 2.

Calculate the radius of the smaller sphere.

[The volume, V, of a sphere with radius r is .]

................................................... cm [4]

[Total: 6]
14

24

The diagram shows three solids.


The base radius of the cone is 6 cm and the slant height is 12 cm.
The radius of the sphere is x cm and the radius of the hemisphere is y cm.
The total surface area of each solid is the same.

(a) Show that the total surface area of the cone is 108π cm2.

[The curved surface area, A, of a cone with radius r and slant height l is .]

[2]

(b) Find the value of x and the value of y.

[The surface area, A, of a sphere with radius r is .]

x = ...................................................

y = ................................................... [4]

[Total: 6]
15

25

The diagram shows a solid prism with length 15.2 cm.


The cross-section of this prism is a regular hexagon with side 7 cm.

(a) Calculate the volume of the prism.

................................................... cm3 [5]

(b) Calculate the total surface area of the prism.

................................................... cm2 [3]

[Total: 8]
16

26 A solid metal prism with volume 500 cm3 is melted and made into 6 identical spheres.

Calculate the radius of each sphere.

[The volume, V, of a sphere with radius r is .]

................................................... cm [3]

[Total: 3]
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27
P

NOT TO
SCALE

8 cm

D C

20 cm
M

A 20 cm B

The diagram shows a solid pyramid on a square horizontal base ABCD.


The diagonals AC and BD intersect at M.
P is vertically above M.
AB = 20 cm and PM = 8 cm.

Calculate the total surface area of the pyramid.

Answer ................................................... cm2 [5]

[Total: 5]

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