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SOLID GEOMETRY
Definition of Terms: Spherical pyramid – portion of sphere bounded by a spherical 5. prismatoid. with bases b and B, midsection M
polygon and the plane of its sides.
Polyhedron – a solid bounded by planes. Spherical Sector – portion of sphere generated by the revolution of and altitude h Prismoidal Formula:
Regular Polyhedron – polyhedron whose faces are congruent circular sector about any diameter of the circle of which the
regular polygons and whose polyhedral angles are regular sector is apart.
polygons and whose polyhedral angles are equal. Spherical segment - portion of sphere included between two
parallel lines.
There are only five regular polyhedron: Spherical wedge – portion bounded by a lune and the planes of two
Tetrahedron – 4 faces great circles.
Hexahedron – 6 faces Focus – a solid formed by revolving a circle about a line not
Octahedron – 8 faces intersecting it.
Dodecahedron – 12 faces
Icosahedron – 20 faces
Cube – a polyhedron whose six faces are all squares
Formulas in Solid Mensuration
Rectangular Parallelepiped – polyhedron whose six faces are all 6. Sphere of radius r or diameter D:
rectangles. 1. Cube with edge s:
Prism – polyhedron of which two faces are equal polygon in parallel
planes and the other faces are equal parallelogram. Volume : Volume : or
Pyramid – a polyhedron of which one faces is a regular polygon and Surface Area :
other faces are triangles which have a common vertex.
Regular Prism – prism whose lateral edges are perpendicular to its Surface Area : or
2. Rectangular parallelepiped with edges a, b, c and diagonal D:
bases.
Regular Pyramid – pyramid whose base is a regular polygon and 7. Right circular cylinder with radius r and altitude h:
Volume :
whose altitude passes through the center of base.
Slant height – altitude of lateral faces. Volume :
Section – polyhedron is the plane figure formed by a plane passing Surface Area :
through the solid.
Lateral Area :
Frustum of Pyramid – section of the pyramid between the base Diagonal:
and a section parallel to the base.
Cone – a solid bounded by a conic surface and a plane intersecting
all the elements.
8. Right circular cone with radius r and altitude h:
Sphere – a solid bounded by a surface all points of which are 3. Volume of a prism with base B and altitude h:
equidistant from a point called center.
Volume :
Great circle – the intersection and a plane passing through the
center.
Lateral Area :
Small circle – the intersection of a sphere and a plane not passing
through the center.
Quadrant – one-fourth of a great circle. (l = slant height)
Zone – portion of sphere bounded by a spherical polygon and the
plane of its sides. 9. Frustum of a right circular cone with base radii r and R and
Lune – portion of a sphere lying between two semi – circles of great
circle. 4. pyramid with base B and altitude h: altitude h, slant height l:

Volume :
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3. What is the largest measure of a solid angle?
Lateral Area : Surface Volume : or a. 2π c. π/2
b. 4π d. 2π2
where: 4. The volume of a paraboloid is always equal to
V = volume of spherical sector ______ times the volume of the circumscribing
R = radius of the sphere cylinder.
h = altitude of the sphere a. ½ c. 2/3
Z = area of the zone which b. 1/3 d. ¼
10. Frustum of a pyramid with bases b and B and altitude h: forms the base of the sector
15. Ellipsiod
b a
Volume : c 5. A wedge is cut from a cylinder of radius 10 cm by
V = 4/3  abc
two planes, one perpendicular to the axis of the
cylinder and the other passing through the diameter
Lateral Area : For oblate spheroid
of the section made by the first plane and inclined to
V = 4/3  ab2
this plane at an angle of 45°. Find the volume of the
where l = slant height
For prolate Spheriod wedge in cm3.
p = perimeter of base b
V = 4 / 3  a2 b a. 612.5 c. 666.67
P = perimeter of base B
b. 512.6 d. 555.56
16. Paraboloid
11. Area Z of a zone with altitude h on a sphere of radius R: h 6. A prismatoid has its end areas 20 m 2 and 30 m2,
V=½a h 2 respectively. What is its volume (in m 3) if the
distance between end areas is 10 m and the area at
a the mid-section is 24 m2
a. 233.67 c. 223.67
b. 246.67 d. 243.33

17. Ungula 7. Find the volume in cu. m. of a pyramid having a

h square base 8 cm and altitude of 10 cm.
2. Spherical segment of one base and altitude h on a sphere of
V = 2/3 r2h a. 213 c. 354 m
radius R: S = 2 rh b. 112 d. 51
r
8. What is the volume of a spherical pyramid whose spherical
Volume : SOLID GEOMETRY ASSIGNMENTS excess is 100° and the radius of the sphere is 10 units?
a. 512.78 c. 581.78
1. A prismatoid has its end areas 20 m2 and 30 m2 , b. 145.44 d. 312.74
Total Area : respectively. What is its volume in cu. m if the
distance between end areas is 10 m and the area at 9. The bases of a right prism are pentagons with each side 6 cm
the mid section is 24 m2? long. The bases are 12 cm apart. What is the volume of the
13. Spherical segment of two bases with radii a and b and
a. 243.33 c. 246.67 prism?
altitude h on a sphere of radius R:
b. 233.67 d 223.67 a. 473.2 cm3 c. 347.2 cm3
Volume : b. 734.2 cm 3
d. 743.2 cm3
2. A frustum of a cone have diameters of 5 cm and 2
cm at the lower and upper base respectively. What 10. A spherical wedge of a sphere of radius 10cm has an angle of
is the altitude in cm if its volume is 50 cm3? 40 deg. Its volume is _______ cu. cm.
Total Area :
a. 4.9 c. 4.3 a. 523.42 c. 683.42
b. 4.6 d. 3.4 b. 465.42 d. 723.45
4. Spherical Cone = a spherical sector having only one conical
11. If a solid steel ball is immersed in an eight cm. diameter
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cylinder , it displaces water to a depth of 2.25 cm. The radius of 27. A frustum of a cone whose upper base is 15 cm in diameter and
the ball is _________ 20. If the edge of a cube is increased by 30%, by how much is the lower base is 10cm in diameter with an altitude of 25 cm is filled
a. 3 cm c. 9 cm surface area increased? with water. It is wished that the water shall be transferred toa
b. 6 cm. d. 12 cm a. 44 % c. 96 % spherical container. Determine the diameter of the spherical
b. 88 % d. 69 % container.
12. Find the volume of a right circular cylinder whose lateral area is a. 11.90 cm c. 29.08 cm
25.918 m2 and base area of 7.068 m2 b. 18.11 cm d. 23.90 cm
a. 19.44 m3 c. 44.19 m3
b. 91.44 m 3
d. 41.49 m3

13. The volume of a cube is reduced by how much if all sides are
halved 21. A right circular cone with an altitude of 8 cm is divided into two 28. A goat is tied to a corner of a 30 ft by 35 ft. building . If the rope
a. 1 /8 c. 6 / 8 segments. One is a smaller circular cone having the same is 40 ft. long and the goat can reach 1ft. farther than the rope
b. 5 / 8 d. 7 / 8 vertex with volume equal to ¼ of the bigger cone. Find length, what is the maximum area the goat can cover?
the altitude of the smaller cone a. 4840 ft c. 4804 ft
14. If 23 cu.m. of water is poured into a conical vessel, it reaches a a. 21 cm c. 12 cm b. 8004 ft d. 4084 ft
depth of 12 cm. How much water must be added so that the b. 30 cm d. nota
depth reaches 18 cm ? 29. The volume of a sphere is 904.78 cu.m . Find the volume of the
a. 95 cu.cm. c. 54.6 cu.cm. 22. A conical vessel has a height of 24 cm and a base diameter of spherical segment of height 4m
b. 100 cu.cm. d. 76.4 cu. cm. 12 cm. It holds water to a depth of 18 cm above its vertex. Find a. 134.57 cu.m c. 145.69 cu.m
the volume of its content b. 234.57 cu.m d. 145.22 cu.m
15. A regular triangular pyramid has an altitude of 9 m and a a. 381.7 cm3 c. 831.7 cm3
volume of 187.06 m3. What is the base edge? b. 138.7 cm3 d. 318.7 cm3 30. The space diagonal of a cube is 4 times the square root of 3
a. 42 m c. 12 m meters. Find the volume of the cube
b. 24 m d. 21 m 23. The diameter of sphere and the base of a cone are equal. What a. 16 cu.m c. 64 cu.m
percentage of that diameter must the cone’s height be so that b. 48 cu.m d. 86 cu.m
16. A cylindrical tank lying horizontally , 0.90 m in diameter and 3 m both volumes are equal ?
long is filled to a depth of 0.60 m. How many gallons of gasoline a. 50 % c. 150%
does it contains? b. 100 % d. 200% 31. An artificial lake, 5 m deep, is to be dug in the form of a frustum
a. 250 c. 300 of an inverted pyramid. The level bottom is 8 m by 80 m and its
b. 350 d. 270 24. If the volume of the sphere is 345cc’ solve for its diameter top is 10 m by 100 m. How many cubic meters of earth are to be
a. 8.7 m c. 8.7 mm removed?
17. The surface area of a sphere is 4πr2. Find the percentage b. 8.7 cm d. 8.7 km a. 6,047 m3 c. 4,067 m3
increase in its diameter when the surface area is increase by b. 7,064 m 3
d. 7,046 m3
21%? 25. A cubical container that measures 2 inches on a side is tightly
a. 5% c. 15% packed with 8 marbles and is filled with water. All 8 marbles are 32. A sector of radius 6 cm. and central angle of 60 degrees is bent
b. 10% d. 20% in contact with the walls of the container and the adjacent to form a cone . Find the volume of the cone in cu. cm
marbles. All marbles are of the same size. What is the volume a. 6.19 c. 5.9
18. Determine the volume of a regular tetrahedron whose side of water in the container? b. 18.58 d. 10.23
is 3 m a. 4.21 cu. in. c. 2.51 cu. in
a. 2.183 m3 c. 8.132 m3 b. 0.381 cu. in. d. 3.81 cu.in 33. A solid steel ball immersed in an 8cm diameter cylinder
b. 3.182 m3 d. 1.382 m3 displaced water to a depth of 2.25 cm. The radius of the ball is
26. A cone was formed by rolling a thin sheet of metal in the form of _______
19. A right circular conical vessel is constructed to have a volume a sector of a circle 72 cm in diameter with a central angle of a. 3 cm. c. 1.5 cm
of 100,000 liters. Find the diameter if depth is to be 1.25 times 210°. What is the volume of the cone? b. 9 cm d. 2.0 cm
the diameter a. 31,504 cm3 c. 15,304 cm3
a. 6.736 m c. 8.24 m b. 13,504 cm3 d. 51,304 cm3 34. What is the surface area of a sphere whose volume is 36 m3?
b. 5.85 m d. 2.75 m a. 52.7 m2 c. 25.7 m2
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b. 72.5 m2 d. 25.7 m2

35. The solid formed by revolving the elipse about its major axis is
called _________
a. Spheroid c. prolate spheroid
b. Oblate spheroid d. ellipsoid

36. It is a regular solid which is also known as the cube?

a. hexahedron c. icosahedrons
b. dodecahedron d. tetrahedron

37. A solid with 20 faces is known as ___________

a. decadecahedron c. dodecahedron
b. icosahedrons d. bidecahedron

38. What is the area of the zone of a spherical segment having a

volume of 1,470.265 m3 if the diameter of the sphere is 30 m?
a. 556.487 m2 c. 568.457 m2
b. 487.565 m 2
d. 565.487 m2

39. The central angle of a spherical wedge is 1 radian. Find the

volume if the radius is 1 unit.
a. 2 / 3 c. 1.4
b. 1.2 d. none

40. The volume of two spheres is in the ratio of 27 : 343 and the
sum of their radii is 10. Find the radius of the smaller sphere
a. 6 c. 5
b. 3 d. 4