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Mensuration Worksheet
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1 [Volume of a sphere = rr 3 ]
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[Surface area of a sphere = 4rr 2 ]

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The diagram shows a wooden bowl.

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It is made in the shape of a large hemisphere with a small hemisphere removed from the centre.
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The width of the rim of the bowl is 2 cm.

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(a) Show that the total surface area of the bowl is 364r cm 2 .
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2 The perimeter of a regular hexagon is equal to the perimeter of a regular octagon.
Each edge of the octagon is 9 cm long.

Find the length of one edge of the hexagon.

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(i) Calculate the area of the pentagon.

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(ii) Find the perimeter of the pentagon.

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(b) [Volume of a sphere = rr 3 ]
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A sphere has a volume of 2572 cm 3 .

Find the radius of the sphere.

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A cuboid has dimensions 2 cm by 6 cm by 22.5 cm.

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(i) Calculate the surface area of the cuboid.

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 (ii) A cube of edge x cm has the same surface area as the cuboid.

Form an equation in x and solve it to find the length of the edge of the cube.
Show your working.

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The area of the rectangle is 9 cm 2 .

The area of the triangle is 85 mm 2 .
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Calculate the shaded area.

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Give your answer in cm 2 .

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5

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The diagram shows the major sector of a circle with centre O and radius 3 cm.

Calculate the area of this sector.

Give your answer in the form kr, where k is an integer.

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[Curved surface area of a cone = rrl ]
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The diagram shows a paper cup in the shape of a cone.

The diameter of the top of the cup is 7 cm.
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The volume of the cup is 110 cm 3 .

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(a) Show that the height of the cup, h cm, is 8.57 correct to 2 decimal places.
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(b) Calculate the slant height, l cm, of the cup.

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The cup is cut along the line OA.

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It is opened out into a sector of a circle with centre O and sector angle x°.
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Calculate the value of x.

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 (d) A second paper cup is mathematically similar to the cup with volume 110 cm 3 .
The volume of the second cup is 165 cm 3 .

Calculate the diameter of the top of the second cup.

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The diagram shows an open box in the shape of a cuboid.

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The height of the box is x cm.

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The width of the box is 5 cm more than its height.

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The length of the box is two times its width.

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(a) Write down expressions, in terms of x, for the width and the length of the box.
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(b) The external surface area of the open box is 210 cm 2 .

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Form an equation in x and show that it simplifies to 4x 2 + 25x - 80 = 0 .

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8 [Volume of a cone = rr h]
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[Curved surface area of a cone = rrl ]

A cone has radius 6 cm and slant height l cm.

The total surface area of the cone is 84r cm2.

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(a) Show that l = 8.

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(b) Calculate the volume of the cone.

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(c) A similar cone has a total surface area of 47.25r cm2.

Find the radius of this cone.

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

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9 (a) [Volume of a sphere = rr 3 ]
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[Surface area of a sphere = 4rr 2 ]

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The diagram shows a solid formed by joining a cylinder to a hemisphere.

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The diameter of the cylinder is 9 cm and its height is 16 cm.

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Show that the radius of the hemisphere is 7.86 cm, correct to 2 decimal places.

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(ii) Calculate the total surface area of the solid.

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10 A birthday cake is in the shape of a cylinder.
There are two layers of cake and one layer of icing.

10 cm
3 cm
12 mm
3 cm

Each layer of cake has radius 10 cm and height 3 cm.

The icing, between the two layers of cake, has radius 10 cm and height 12 mm.

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Give your answer in cm3.

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(b) The top and curved surface of the birthday cake are now covered with chocolate.
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Calculate the area of the birthday cake that is covered with chocolate.
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(c) Anil has a slice of this chocolate-covered birthday cake.

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His slice is a prism of height 7.5 cm.

The top of the cake is a sector, radius 10.3 cm and angle x°.
The volume of his slice is 200 cm3.

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Calculate the value of x.

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11 [Volume of cone = rr 2 h ]
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[Curved surface area of a cone = rrl ]

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12

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The diagram shows a bowl with a circular base.

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The curved surface of the bowl is formed by removing a cone with radius 12 cm and height 45 cm from a
larger cone as shown in the diagram.
The radius of the top of the bowl is 16 cm and its height is 15 cm.
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(a) Calculate the volume of the bowl.

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(b) The slant height of the cone that has been removed is c cm.
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Show that c = 46.6, correct to 3 significant figures.

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(c) The bowl is completely filled with water.

Calculate the total surface area of the bowl that is in contact with the water.

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Water drips from a tap into a container which stands on a horizontal surface.
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The container is a cuboid with base 5 cm by 4 cm.

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The volume of each drop of water is 0.08 cm3.

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Calculate the change in water level caused by 400 drops.

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13 A cuboid has a square base.
The length of the base of the cuboid is y cm.
The height of the cuboid is twice the length of its base.
The total surface area of the cuboid is 360 cm2.

Find the height of the cuboid.

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The diagram shows two circles, both with centre O.

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The radius of the small circle is 3 cm and the radius of the large circle is 6 cm.
The minor sector AOB has an angle of 60°.
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The total area of the shaded regions is k r cm2.

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Find the value of k.

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15

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AC and BD are diameters of the circle, centre O.

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AC = 12 cm and AOBt = 130° .

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16 (a)

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A B

OAB is a sector of a circle, centre O, radius 11 cm.

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(ii) Calculate the shortest distance from O to the line AB.

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(b) [Volume of a cone = rr h]
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[Curved surface area of a cone = rrl]

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A cone has height 9.5 cm and volume 115 cm3.

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(ii) Calculate the curved surface area of the cone.

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17 (a) The ventilation shaft for a tunnel is in the shape of a cylinder.
The cylinder has radius 0.4 m and length 15 m.

Calculate the volume of the cylinder.

Answer ..................................... m3 [2]

(b) The diagram shows the cross-section of the tunnel.

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The radius of the circle is 4.5 m and AOB
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Calculate the area of the cross-section of the tunnel.

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Answer ..................................... m2 [4]

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18

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An open rectangular tray has inside measurements

length 11 cm width 6 cm height 5 cm.

(a) Calculate the total surface area of the four sides and base of the inside of the tray.

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(b) Cubes are placed in the tray and a lid is placed on top.
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Each cube has an edge of 2 cm.

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Find the maximum number of cubes that can be placed in the tray.
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19
O

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OAB is a sector of a circle, centre O, and radius 10 cm.

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AÔB = 72° and C is the point on the arc AB such that OC bisects AÔB.

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(a) Calculate the perimeter of sector OAB.

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(b) (i) Calculate the area of sector OAB.

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(ii) Calculate the total shaded area.

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20 [The volume of a sphere is rr ]
3
During a storm, raindrops fall into a cylinder which stands on horizontal ground.
The cylinder was empty before the storm started.

The cylinder has radius 20 mm.

Each raindrop is a sphere of radius 2 mm.
After the storm, the depth of water in the cylinder is 16 mm.

Calculate the number of raindrops that fell into the cylinder.

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The diagram shows a square piece of card, from which a triangle and two small squares are removed.
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All lengths on the diagram are in centimetres.

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(a) Calculate the area of the shaded card.

Answer ................................... cm2 [2]

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(b) Calculate the perimeter of the shaded card.

1 2 Answer .................................... cm [2]

22 [ Volume of a cone = πr h ]
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(a)

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Solid I is a cylinder with a small cylinder removed from its centre, as shown in the diagram.
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The height of each cylinder is 20 cm and the radius of the small cylinder is r cm.
The radius of the large cylinder is 3.5 cm greater than the radius of the small cylinder.
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The volume of Solid I is 3000 cm3.

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(i) Calculate r.
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 (ii) Solid II is a cone with volume of 3000 cm3.
The perpendicular height of the cone is twice its radius.

Which solid is the taller and by how much?

Solid II

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Its cross-section is an equilateral triangle with sides 8 cm.

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Calculate the total surface area of the prism.

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23

a° r

3r

The diagram shows a sector of a circle with radius 3r cm and angle a° and a circle

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The ratio of the area of the sector to the area of the circle with radius r cm is 8 : 1.

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24 (a) OAB is a sector of a circle, centre O, radius 6 cm.
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(i) Calculate the length of the arc AB. 6
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Answer .................................... cm [2]

(ii) Calculate the area of the sector OAB.

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(b) The sector OAB from part (a) is the cross-section of a slice of cheese.

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The slice has a height of 5 cm. 25°

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(i) Calculate the volume of this slice of cheese.
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(ii) Calculate the total surface area of this slice of cheese.

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 (iii) Another 25° slice of cheese has 3 times the height and twice the radius.

Calculate its volume.

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(c) A dairy produces cylindrical cheeses, each with a volume of 800 cm3. r
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The height h cm and the radius r cm can vary. h

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Answer .......................................... [1]

(ii) What happens to the height if the radius is doubled?

Answer .................................................................................................................................. [1]

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25 [The volume of a sphere is rr ]
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(a)

A spoon used for measuring in cookery consists of a hemispherical bowl and a handle.
The internal volume of the hemispherical bowl is 20 cm3.
The handle is of length 5 cm.

(i) Find the internal radius of the hemispherical bowl.

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

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(ii) The hemispherical bowl of a geometrically similar spoon has an internal volume of 50 cm3.
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Find the length of its handle.

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(b) [The surface area of a sphere is 4πr2]

An open hemisphere of radius 5.5 cm is used to make a metal kitchen strainer.

50 holes are cut out of the curved surface.
Assume that the piece of metal removed to make each hole is a circle of radius 1.5 mm.

Calculate the external surface area that remains.

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26
100

The diagram shows the perimeter of a 400 m running track.

It consists of a rectangle measuring 100 m by d metres and two semicircles of diameter d metres.
The length of each semicircular arc is 100 m.

(a) Calculate d.

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(c)
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S is the starting point and finishing point for the 400 m race for a runner in the inside lane.
A runner in an outer lane is always 3 m from the inner perimeter.

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The runner in the outer lane starts at A, runs 400 m and finishes at T.

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27

10

x°
6
r

A hollow cone has a base radius 6 cm and slant height 10 cm.

The curved surface of the cone is cut, and opened out into the shape of a sector of a circle, with angle
x° and radius r cm.

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(b) Calculate x.

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28 [The volume of a sphere is 43 rr 3 ]
20 spheres, each of radius 3 cm, have a total volume of kr cm 3 .

(a) Find the value of k.

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The cylinder stands on a horizontal surface and contains enough water to cover the spheres.

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29 A cylindrical, open container has a
diameter of 21 cm and height of 8 cm.
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(a) (i) Calculate the total external surface area 8
of this container.

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(ii) A manufacturer receives an order for 30 000 containers.

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He needs an extra 150 cm2 of material for each container to cover wastage.
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Calculate the area of material needed to make these containers.

Give your answer in square metres.
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[The Surface area of a sphere is 4πr2] [The Volume of a sphere is πr3]
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(b) A circular top that can hold 4 hemispherical bowls can be placed on the container.

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Container and Top Top Cross-section

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The top is a circle of diameter 21 cm with four circular holes of diameter 7 cm.
A hemispherical bowl of diameter 7 cm fits into each hole.

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The cross-section shows two of these bowls.

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Calculate the inside curved surface area of one of these hemispherical bowls.

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Calculate the total surface area of the top of the container, including the inside curved
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surface area of each bowl.

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With the top and the 4 bowls in place, calculate the volume of water required to fill the
container.

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