DBSE Learner Companion (Mathematics) MYP Year 5

UNIT 5 MENSURATION

Key concept Related concepts Global context

Form Change Orientation in space and time

Space individuals and civilizations, from

Quantity local and global perspectives.

Statement of inquiry

Form helps to experience change in space and quantity that impact individuals and civilization
from local and global perspectives.

Threshold concepts

3D shapes
2D shapes
Area
Perimeter

Worksheet 1
1. If the area of a circle is equal to sum of the areas of two circles of diameters 10 cm and 24 cm,
calculate the diameter of the larger circle .
2. The circumference of a circle is 22 cm. Calculate the area of its quadrant.
3. Find the ratio of the areas of a circle and an equilateral triangle whose diameter and a side are
respectively equal.
4. The length of the minute hand of a clock is 14 cm. Find the area swept by the minute hand in
5 minutes.
5. ABC is a triangle right angled at B, with AB = 14 cm and BC = 24 cm. With the vertices A, B
and C as centres, arcs are drawn, each of radius 7 cm. Find the area of the triangle excluding
the areas covered in three circles.
6. A chord of a circle of radius 14 cm subtends an angle of 120° at the centre. Find the area of
the corresponding minor segment of the circle.
7. Find the area of the sector of a circle of radius 14 cm and sector angle is 150°.
8. A chord subtends an angle of 90°at the centre of a circle whose radius is 20 cm. Compute the
area of the corresponding major segment of the circle.
9. A square is inscribed in a circle. Calculate the ratio of the area of the circle and the square.
10. Find the area of the sector of a circle with a radius of 4cm and of angle 30°. Also, find the
area of the corresponding major sector.
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Worksheet 2
1. The greater the surface area of an ice block, the faster it will melt. Which will melt faster, the bigger
rectangular prism shaped block with length 88cm, breadth 42 cm and height 28 cm or the four smaller
square prism shaped blocks each with the side of 28 cm? Explain your reasoning.
2. Find the LSA,TSA and volume of a triangular prism with vertical height of 16.5 cm and base triangle
dimensions are 8 cm, 9 cm and 10 cm.
3. If a trapezoidal prisms shaped metal block as shown in figure is to be electroplated @ Rs 25 per sq
meter. Find the expenditure of electroplating. Also find the volume of a metal box whose dimensions
are the same as that of this prism.
4. Frame real life word problems and solve them in the following situations.
i) You have to find the surface area of face A and face opposite to face A.
ii) You have to find the surface area of faces B & C and faces opposite to faces B & C.
iii) You have to find total surface area.
5. A public library has an aquarium in the shape of a rectangular prism. The base is 180 cm by 70 cm. The
height is 121 cm . How many square cm of glass were used to build the aquarium in the following
situations.
- The top of the aquarium is open.
- 0.5% of glass is wasted in the process of making
aquariums.
6. The Government asked tobacco companies to necessarily label
the 85% of the surface area of cigarette packs with pictures of
adverse health effects of tobacco on humans.Label the warning
area with dimensions on cigarette packs with a picture and
warning message in your notebook.
7. Rama has a beautiful glass hexagonal prisms shaped pen stand
whose base hexagon side is 3 cm and height is 9 cm. Find the
total outer surface area of the stand provided that stand is open from one end.
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8. Find the total surface area and volume of the following prism.

9. Find the total surface area of a cylinder if its radius and height are 7 cm and 15 cm respectively.
10. A can of baked beans has a paper label wrapped around the outside. The can has a height of 12 cm and
a radius of 3.5cm. The label covers the entire height of the can. The label has a 1.5 cm overlap
vertically so that it can be stuck together. Calculate the area of the label.
11. On a farm, there is a grain silo. The silo is cylindrical with a tile roof. The silo has a diameter of 8.4
meters and is 6.5 meters tall. The farmer wants to paint the curved surface of the silo. Each can of paint
will cover 20m². The paint costs Rs 80.75 per can. How much will it cost the farmer to paint the silo?
12. Find the height and radius of a cylindrical pot if lateral surface area of the pot is
2
13. 400π 𝑐𝑚 and diameter is double of its height.
14. Find the volume of the given right trapezoidal prism.
15. find the volume of a hexagonal prism whose base hexagon’s side is 7 cm and height is 13.5 cm.
16. Find the capacity of a triangular prism shaped container whose base triangle is a right triangle with
hypotenuse 6 cm and one side 4 cm. height of the container is 7 cm.
17. Find the capacity of a cylindrical container whose diameter is 5 cm and height is 9 cm.
18. Aadil is suffering from a bone related disorder. His doctor prescribed him to take 460 ml to 475 ml of
milk daily. There are cylindrical shaped glasses in his home whose diameter is 7 cm and height is 10
cm. Find how many glasses of milk is sufficient for Aadil.
19. The radii of the internal and external surfaces of a hollow spherical shell are 2 m and 4 m respectively.
If the same amount of material were formed into a solid cube what would be the length of the edge of
the cube?
20. How many liters of water is needed to fill a circular swimming pool of diameter 6.3 m and a depth of
2.4 m ?

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Worksheet 3
1. Derive the formula to find the surface area of any pyramid.
2. Fill in the Blanks:

radius of the cone in slant height in cm LSA in 𝑐𝑚

2
TSA in 𝑐𝑚
2
cm

7 14 …….. ………..

4.2 14 …….. ……..

7 …….. 264 418

……… 15 165 203.5

3. Write a story that uses real-life cones. Include a diagram and label the dimensions. In your story,
explain why you would want to know the surface area of the cone. Then, estimate the surface area.
provided that the circumference of the cap is 22 inch and slant height 5 inch.
4. A paper cup shaped like a cone has a diameter of 6.3 centimeters and a slant height of 7 centimeters.
How much paper is needed to make the cup?
5. A cone has a diameter of x cm and a slant height of y cm. A square pyramid has a base side length of x
cm and a slant height of y cm. Which has the greater surface area? Explain.
6. Find the volume of the following pyramids.

7. Pyramid of Giza is a square pyramid of which the base side is 440 cubit and vertical height is 220
cubit. Find the area in square cubits and square meters. ( 1 cubit=0.5334 m)
8. A conical flask has a diameter of 20 centimeters and a height of 18 cm. Find the volume of air it can
occupy.
9. Construct the formulation to find the volume of a right circular cone.
10. A concrete heap is in the form of a cone with a height of 7 m and a diameter of 12 m. Determine its
volume.
11. Volume of a cone is 256 cubic meter, and its height is 10 m. Find the radius of a cone.
12. If the height of two cones are 12 units and 15 units respectively, if the radius of both the cones is equal
to ‘r’. Find the difference between their volumes.
13. A big conical tent having a radius of 18 m and a height of 15 m. If people inside the tent occupy
one-fourth volume of a cone. What is the remaining volume of a cone?
14. Construct the formulation to find surface area and volume of frustum of a cone (prism part) obtained
by the horizontal section of a cone.
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15. A bucket is made from the frustum of a cone. If both ends are 28 cm and 35 cm. Find the outer lateral
surface area of the bucket and also the capacity of the bucket in liters.
16. A reservoir contains 28.54 cubic meters of water when full. The diameter of the upper base is 3.5 m,
while at the lower base is 2.5 m. Find the height if the reservoir is in the form of a frustum of a right
circular cone.
17. The volume of the frustum of a cone is V = 38000π cubic centimeter. The radius of the lower base is 10
cm larger than the radius of the upper base. Determine the radius of the base if height v = 60 cm.
18. A well of diameter 3 m is dug 14 m deep. The earth taken out of it has been spread evenly all around it
in the shape of a circular ring of width 4 m to form an embankment. Find the height of the
embankment.
19. A cylindrical bucket, 32 cm high and with radius of base 18 cm, is filled with sand. This bucket is
emptied on the ground and a conical heap of sand is formed. If the height of the conical heap is 24 cm,
find the radius and slant height of the heap.
20. A drinking glass is in the shape of a frustum of a cone of height 14 cm. The diameters of its two
circular ends are 4 cm and 2 cm. Find the capacity of the glass.
21. A metallic right circular cone 20 cm high and whose vertical angle is 60° is cut into two parts at the
middle of its height by a plane parallel to its base. If the frustum is obtained be drawn into a wire of
diameter 1/16 cm. Find the length of the wire.

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Worksheet 4

1. Derive the formula to find the surface area of a sphere.

2. Derive the formula to find the volume of a sphere.
3. Find the surface area and volume of a sphere whose radius is 7 cm.
4. Two solid spheres each with 8 cm diameter are melted down and recast into a solid cone with a height
equal to the radius of its base, Find the height of the cone.
5. A storage tank, in the form of a cylinder with hemisphere ends, 15m. long overall and 2m. in diameter.
Calculate the weight of water, in litres, contained when the tank is one-third full provided density of
water is 1 gm/liter.
6. The decorative block is made of two solids — a cube and a hemisphere. The base of the block is a cube
with an edge 6 cm, and the hemisphere fixed on the top has a diameter of 4.9 cm. Find the total surface
area and volume of the block.
7. A wooden toy rocket is in the shape of a cone mounted on a cylinder. The height of the entire rocket is
25 cm, while the height of the conical part is 7 cm. The base of the conical portion has a diameter of 6
cm, while the base diameter of the cylindrical portion is 4 cm. If the conical portion is to be painted
orange and the cylindrical portion yellow, find the area of the rocket painted with each of these colours
up to two decimal places.
8. A toy is in the form of a cone of radius 4.2 cm mounted on a hemisphere of the same radius. The total
height of the toy is 16.2 cm. Find the total surface area of the toy.
9. A tent is in the shape of a cylinder surmounted by a conical top. If the height and diameter of the
cylindrical part are 2.8 m and 4 m respectively, and the slant height of the top is 3.8 m, find the area of
the canvas used for making the tent. Also, find the cost of the canvas of the tent at the rate of Rs 800
per square meter provided that the base of the tent will not be covered with canvas.
10. A wooden article was made by scooping out a hemisphere of radius 2.8 cm from each end of a solid
cylinder. If the height of the cylinder is 10 cm, and its base is of radius 3.5 cm, find the total surface
area of the article.
11. A glass decorative paper weight has been formed by scooping two cones of slant height 5 cm and
radius 2 cm from each end of a regular hexagonal prism of height 12 cm and both ends’ hexagons are
having the side of 4 cm. Find the surface area of the paper weight.

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