COLEGIO DE DAGUPAN

PRELIM EXAMINATION
Solid Mensuration
(SET A)
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I. PROBLEM SOLVING. Answer the following problems and provide the necessary
mathematical solutions in your test booklets. Enclose your final answers in
a rectangle with a degree of accuracy of up to two decimal places.

1. If the edge of a cube is doubled, which of the following is incorrect?

A. The lateral area will be quadrupled
B. The volume is increased 8 times
C. The diagonal is doubled
D. The weight is doubled

2. The volume of a cube is reduced by how much if all sides are halved?
A. 1/8
B. 5/8
C. 6/8
D. 7/8

3. Each side of a cube is increased by 1%. By what percent is the volume of the
cube increased?
A. 23.4%
B. 33.1%
C. 3%
D. 34.56%

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Solid Mensuration
(SET A)

4. 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:
A. 68
B. 386
C. 648
D. 956

5. Find the total surface area of a cube of side 6 cm.

A. 214 sq. cm.
B. 216 sq. cm.
C. 226 sq. cm.
D. 236 sq. cm.

6. The space diagonal of a cube is 4√3 m. Find its volume.

A. 16 cubic meters
B. 48 cubic meters
C. 64 cubic meters
D. 86 cubic meters

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Solid Mensuration
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7. 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?
A. 3.375
B. 3375
C. 33.75
D. 337.5

8. The space diagonal of a cube (the diagonal joining two non-coplanar

vertices) is 6 m. The total surface area of the cube is:
A. 60
B. 66
C. 72
D. 78

9. The base edge of a regular hexagonal prism is 6 cm and its bases are 12 cm
apart. Find its volume in cu. cm.
A. 1563.45 cm3
B. 1058.45 cm3
C. 1896.37 cm3
D. 1122.37 cm3

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Solid Mensuration
(SET A)
10. The base edge of a regular pentagonal prism is 6 cm and its bases area 12 cm
apart. Find its volume in cu. cm.
A. 743.22 cm3
B. 786.89 cm3
C. 567.45 cm3
D. 842.12 cm3

11. 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?
A. 5.74 cm
B. 3.56 cm
C. 4.11 cm
D. 4.81 cm

12. 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.
A. 0.058
B. 0.046
C. 0.037
D. 0.065

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Solid Mensuration
(SET A)
13. Determine the volume of a right truncated prism with the following
dimensions: Let the corner of the triangular base be defined by A, B, and C.
the length AB = 10 feet, BC = 9 feet and CA = 12 feet. The sides at A, B and
C are perpendicular to the triangular base and have the height of 8.6 feet,
7.1 feet, and 5.5 feet, respectively.
A. 413 ft3
B. 311 ft3
C. 313 ft3
D. 391 ft3

14. The volume of a regular tetrahedron of side 5 cm is:

A. 13.72 cu. cm
B. 14.73 cu.cm
C. 15.63 cu. cm
D. 17.82 cu. Cm

15. A regular hexagonal pyramid whose base perimeter is 60 cm has an

altitude of 30 cm, the volume of the pyramid is:
A. 2958 cu. cm.
B. 2598 cu. cm.
C. 2859 cu. cm.
D. 2589 cu. cm.

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