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Volume of prism V = A h where A is the area of a cross-section and h is the perpendicular

length.

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Volume of a right pyramid V = A h where A is the area of a cross-section and h is the
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perpendicular height.
1. The diagram below shows a cylinder with a base radius of 5 cm and a height of 12 cm.

Use π=3.14

(a) Calculate:

(i) the volume

(ii) the total surface area of the cylinder.

(b) 500 cm3 of water is poured in the cylinder, determine the height of the water in the
cylinder, correct to 2 d.p.

Solution:

r = 5
h = 12

Vwater = 500 cm3

(a) (i) the volume of the cylinder

V = π r2h
= 3.14 ×5 2 ×12
= 942 cm3 ans.

(ii) the total surface area of the cylinder

T.S.A. = 2 πr ( r +h )
= 2 ×3.14 ×5 × ( 5+12 )
= 533.8 cm 2 ans.
 (b) the height of the water

v water
hwater = 2
πr
500
= 2
3.14 ×5
500
=
78.5
= 6.37 cm ans. (Correct to 2 d.p.)

2. The diagram below, not drawn to scale, shows a cylindrical container with a diameter of 9 cm
and a perpendicular height of 15 cm.

Calculate:

(a) the volume, in cm³

(b) the total surface area, in cm².

3. The diagram below, not drawn to scale, shows a block of wood in the shape of a semicircular
prism. The cross section of the prism is a semi-circle with diameter 30 cm. The length of the
prism is 1.2 metres.

Use   3.14

(a) Calculate, giving your answer to 3 significant figures

(b) the area, in cm2, of the cross section

(c) the volume, in cm3, of the prism.

4. The diagram below, not drawn to scale, shows a cone with radius 4 cm and height 8 cm.

Using π=3.14 , calculate:

(a) the length of AB, the slant height of the cone

(b) the volume of the cone

(c) the total surface area of the cone

Solution:

r = 4
h = 8

(a) the length of the slant height

c² = a 2+ b2
where c is the hypotenuse and a and b are the other two sides of the cone.

c = √ a2 +b 2
c = √ 4 2+ 8 2
= √ 80
= 8.94 cm ans.

(b) the volume of the cone

 1 2
V = πr h
3
1 2
= ×3.14 × 4 × 8
3
= 134.0 cm3 ans.

(c) Total surface area

T.S.A. = πr ( r+ l )
where l is the slant height of the cone

T.S.A. = 3.14 × 4 ( 4+8.94 )

= 162.53 cm 2 ans.
5. The diagram below, not drawn to scale, shows two cylindrical water tanks, A and B.
Tank B has base diameter 8 m and height 5 m. Both tanks are filled with water.

Take  = 3.14.

(a) Calculate the volume of water in Tank B.

(b) If the area of the base of A is 314 m2, calculate the length of the radius of Tank A.

(c) Tank A holds 8 times as much water as Tank B. Calculate the height, h, of Tank A.
6. The diagram below, not drawn to scale, shows a hollow cylinder with height 8 cm and
diameter 12 cm.

Use π = 3.14

(a) Calculate for the cylinder:

(i) The radius (1 mark)

(ii) The circumference of the cross section (2 marks)

(b) The rectangle shown below, not drawn to scale, represents the net of the curved
surface of the cylinder shown above.

(i) State the values of a and b.

(ii) Hence, calculate the area of the curved surface of the cylinder.

(c) If 0.5 litres of water is poured into the cylinder, calculate, correct to one decimal place,
the height of water in the cylinder.
7. The diagram below, not drawn to scale, represents right circular cone with a slant height of 20
cm and angle AOC = 50°.

(a) Calculate, in cm:

(i) the length of the diameter AC

(ii) the length of the arc AC

(iii) the perpendicular height of the cone.

(b) Determine the area, in cm2, of

(i) the base

(ii) the curved surface area

(iii) the total surface area of the cone.

(c) Find the volume of the cone.

8. The diagram below, not drawn to scale, shows a right circular cone with a base radius of 9 cm
and a slant height of 15 cm.

Calculate:

(a) the length of OA, the perpendicular height of the cone.

(b) the volume of the cone, in cm³

(c) the total surface area of the cone, in cm².