O Level Cambridge (CIE) Maths 1 hour 19 questions

Non-Calculator Questions

Volume & Surface

Area
Volume / Problem Solving with Volumes / Surface Area

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Hard (4 questions) /25

Very Hard (3 questions) /14

Total Marks /70

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Easy Questions
1 The diagram shows a prism.

Work out the volume of the prism.

(3 marks)

2 Here is a triangular prism.

Work out the volume of this triangular prism.

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 (3 marks)

3 The diagram shows a prism.

The area of the cross section of the prism is 30 cm2.

The length of the prism is 25 cm.

Work out the volume of the prism.

(2 marks)

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ABCDEFGH is a cuboid.
AB = 8 cm, BC = 5 cm and CG = 11 cm.

Work out the volume of the cuboid.

.......................................... cm3

(2 marks)

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Medium Questions
1 A solid cylinder has radius 3 cm and height 4.5 cm.

Calculate the total surface area of the cylinder.

Give your answer in terms of π .

................................................ cm2

(4 marks)

2 The volume of a cuboid is 180 cm3.

The base is a square of side length 6 cm.

Calculate the height of this cuboid.

....................................... cm

(2 marks)

3 A water tank in the shape of a cuboid has length 1.5 metres and width 1 metre.
The water in the tank is 60 centimetres deep.

Calculate the number of litres of water in the tank.

....................................... litres

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 (3 marks)

The diagram shows a solid cuboid with base area 7 cm2.

The volume of this cuboid is 21 cm3.

Work out the total surface area.

......................................... cm2

(3 marks)

5 Find the volume of a cylinder of radius 5 cm and height 8 cm. Give your answer in terms
of π .
Give the units of your answer.

(3 marks)

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The diagram shows a hemisphere with radius 6 cm.

Calculate the volume.

Give your answer in terms of π .
Give the units of your answer.
4 3
[The volume, V , of a sphere with radius r is V = πr .]
3

(3 marks)

7 A cube has side length x cm. The volume of the cube is 1000 cm3.

Calculate the value of x .

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

(1 mark)

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

Calculate the volume of this cone.

Give your answer in terms of π .
1 2
[The volume, V , of a cone with radius r and height h is V= πr h .]
3

......................................... cm3

(2 marks)

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Hard Questions
1

The diagram shows a solid made from a cylinder and a hemisphere, both of radius 7cm.
The cylinder has length 12 cm.

Work out the total surface area of the solid.

Give your answer in terms of π .
[The surface area, A , of a sphere with radius r is A = 4π r 2 ]

........................................... cm2

(4 marks)

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2 A container is made from a cylinder and a cone, each of radius 5 cm.
The height of the cylinder is 12 cm and the height of the cone is 4.8 cm.

The cylinder is filled completely with water.

The container is turned upside down as shown below.

Calculate the depth, d , of the water.

1 2
[The volume, V , of a cone with radius r and height h is V = πr h .]
3

d = ............................................. cm

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 (5 marks)

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3 (a)

The diagram shows a solid cylinder and a solid sphere.

The cylinder has radius 3 r and height 8 r .
The sphere has radius r .

Find the volume of the sphere as a fraction of the volume of the cylinder.
Give your answer in its lowest terms.
4 3
[The volume, V , of a sphere with radius r is V = πr .]
3

(4 marks)

(b) The surface area of the sphere is 81 π cm2.

Find the curved surface area of the cylinder.

Give your answer in terms of π .
[The surface area, A , of a sphere with radius r is A = 4πr 2 .]

........................................... cm2

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 (4 marks)

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4 (a)

The diagram shows a container in the shape of a prism with an open top.
The cross-section of the prism, ABCD , is a trapezium. AB = 14 cm, CD = 26 cm
and BF = 30 cm.
The height of the container is 8 cm.
The area of the cross-section is 160 cm2

Calculate the capacity of the container in litres.

...................................... litres

(2 marks)

(b) Calculate the total surface area of the inside of the container.

......................................... cm2

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 (6 marks)

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Very Hard Questions
7x
1 A solid cylinder has radius x cm and height cm.
2
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 A = 4πr 2 .]

R = ................................................

(3 marks)

2 The diagram below shows a solid circular cone and a solid sphere.

The cone has radius 5x cm and height 12x cm.

The sphere has radius r cm.
The cone has the same total surface area as the sphere.

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Show that r2 = x 2.
2
[The curved surface area, A , of a cone with radius r and slant height l is A = πrl .]
[The surface area, A , of a sphere with radius r is A = 4πr 2 .]

(5 marks)

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3 (a)

The diagram shows three solids.

The base radius of the cone is 6 cm and the slant height is 12 cm.

Show that the total surface area of the cone is 108 π cm2.
[The curved surface area, A , of a cone with radius r and slant height l is A = πrl .]

(2 marks)

(b) 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.

Find the value of x and the value of y .

Give the value of x as a simplified surd.
[The surface area, A , of a sphere with radius r is A = 4πr 2 .]

x = ..............................................
y = ...............................................

(4 marks)

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