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Solid Mensuration Problems
Solid Mensuration Problems
32. The volume of a cube is reduced by how much if all sides are
halved? 7/8
36. A rectangular bin 4 feet long, 3 feet wide, and 2 feet high is
solidly packed with bricks whose dimensions are 8 in. by 4 in. by 2
in. The number of bricks in the bin is: 648
37. Find the total surface area of a cube of side 6 cm. 216 sq. cm.
38. The space diagonal of a cube is 4√3 m. Find its volume. 64 cubic
meters
39. A reservoir is shaped like a square prism. If the area of its base
is 225 sq. cm, how many liters of water will it hold? 3.375
40. Find the angle formed by the intersection of a face diagonal t the
diagonal of a cube drawn from the same vertex. 35.26°
41. The space diagonal of a cube (the diagonal joining two non-
coplanar vertices) is 6 m. The total surface area of the cube is: 72
44. The base of a right prism is a hexagon with one side 6 cm long.
If the volume of the prism is 450 cc, how far apart are the bases?
4.81 cm
45. A trough has an open top 0.30 m by 6 m and closed vertical
ends which are equilateral triangles 30 cm on each side. It is filled
with water to half its depth. Find the volume of the water in cubic
meters. 0.058
60. The slant height of a right circular cone is 5m long. The base
diameter is 6m. What is the lateral area in sq. m?
62. The volume of a right circular cone is 36π. If its altitude is 3, find
its radius.
64. A cone was formed by rolling a thin sheet of metal in the form of
a sector of a circle 72 cm in diameter with a central angle of 210°.
What is the volume of the cone in cc?
65. A cone was formed by rolling a thin sheet of metal in the form of
a sector of a circle 72 cm in diameter with a central angle of 150°.
Find the volume of the cone in cc.
67. The base areas of a frustum of a cone are 25 sq. cm. and 16 sq.
cm, respectively. If its altitude is 6 cm, find its volume.
70. The surface area of the sphere is 4πr2. Find the percentage
increase in its diameter when the surface area increases by 21%.
74. How much will the surface area of a sphere be increased if its
radius is increased by 5%?
75. The volume of a sphere is 904.78 cu. m. Find the volume of the
spherical segment of height 4 m.
78. The diameter of two spheres is in the ratio 2:3. If the sum of
their volumes is 1,260 cu. m., the volume of the larger sphere is:
79. A hemispherical bowl of radius 10 cm is filled with water to such
a depth that the water surface area is equal to 75π cm2 The volume
of water is:
81. Find the volume of a spherical sector of altitude 3 cm. and radius
5 cm
86. Determine the area of the zone of a sphere of radius 8 in. and
altitude 12 in.
87. The corners of a cubical block touch the closed spherical shell
that encloses it. The volume of the box is 2744 cc. What volume in
cc, inside the shell is not occupied by the block?
93. The volume of the sphere is 3π cu. m. The surface area of this
sphere in sq. m. is:
95. A solid has a circular base of radius r. find the volume of the
solid if every plane perpendicular to a given diameter is a square.
96. A solid has circular base of diameter 20 cm. Find the volume of
the solid if every cutting plane perpendicular to the base along a
given diameter is an equilateral triangle.
99. The volume generated by rotating the curve 9×2 + 4y2 = 36
about the line 4x + 3y = 20 is:
Answer Key
51. C. 7m
52. B. 360
53. D. 5.67 ft
54. D. 4
55. C. 54.6 cubic meters
56. D. 26:27
57. D. 8:27
58. B. 381.7
59. C. 5.04 cm
60. B. 47
61. A. 16√5 π cm2
62. D. 6
63. C. 28.274
64. B. 13,504
65. D. 7711
66. B. 0.79 cm
67. B. 122 cm3
68. A. 52.7 m2
69. B. 33.1%
70. B. 10%
71. B. 33.1%
72. D. 72.8%
73. B. 243 cu. m.
74. D. 10.25%
75. A. 234.57 cu. m.
76. D. (2/3)πr3
77. A. 3 cm
78. A. 972 cu. m.
79. B. 625π/3 cm3
80. B. 92,011
81. C. 50π cu. cm.
82. B. 4 cm
83. A. 2613
84. A. 654.5 cu. m.
85. C. 581.78 sq. m.
86. A. 192π sq. in.
87. B. 4721 cm3
88. C. 3.8 cu. in.
89. B. 6
90. A. 1.0
91. B. 7.33
92. C. 2.3
93. A. 36π
94. D. 25.73 cc
95. A. 16 r3/3
96. C. 2309 cc
97. A
98. D. 3422 cubic units
99. D. 48π2
100. B. 355.31 cu. units
101. B. 2228.8
102. D. π a3 (sin Ѳ + cos Ѳ)
103. D. 144π cu. cm
104. B. 23.54 cu. in.