IG-1 Mathematics (chapter #12)

Volume and Surface Area of Pyramid

IG-1 Mars

Mathematics

Volume and Surface Area

Pyramid

By: Shazia Anjum

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Pyramid:

Volume:

Surface Area:

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Q#1. Label the pyramid.

Apex:

Height of pyramid :

Slant height:

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Q#2. Name each type of pyramid.

a)

b)

c)

d)

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e)

Q#3.

a) OABC is a triangular pyramid with a base area of 25cm2 and height of 8cm.
Find the volume of the triangular pyramid.

b) A triangular pyramid has a base area of 36cm2 and height of 7cm. Find the
volume of the triangular pyramid.

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c) The height of a Great Pyramid of Egypt is 146m and its base is a square of
sides 229m. Find the volume of the pyramid.

Q#4. Find the volume of each pyramid.

a)

b)

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c)

d)

e)

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f)

Q#4. Find the volume of each pyramid.

g)

Q#5. Find the volume of a pyramid with a base area of 48 square feet and a height of
5 feet.

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Q#6. Find the volume of a pyramid with a height of 3 inches and a square base with
side lengths of 4 inches.

Q#7 Find the volume of the following pyramids.

a)

b)

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c)

Q#8. a)Find the slant height of the Rainforest Pyramid.

b) Find the slant height of the square pyramid.

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Q#9. Find the height of the square pyramid.

Q#10. Find the slant height of the square pyramid.

Q#11. A glass figurine is in the shape of a pyramid. Given that it has volume of 42cm3
and a base area of 8cm2. Find the height of the figurine.

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Q12. A pyramid has a right angled triangular base and a volume of 160cm3. The
lengths of the two shorter sides of a triangular base are 12m and 5m. Find the height
of the pyramid.

Q#13. Find height of the pyramid.

Q#14. Draw Net of the given pyramids.

a)

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b)
25.3
2

c)

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d)

e)

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Q#15. Find the total surface of each pyramids.

a)

b)

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c)

d)

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e)

f)

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Q#16. VPQRS is a pyramid with a rectangular base of sides 10cm by 8cm. Given
that the volume of the pyramid is 180cm3, find its

a) Height

b) Total surface area.

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Q#17. VABCD is a square-based pyramid with vertex V and ABEDCOV base
ABCD, with V vertically above the centre of the square base. The height of the
pyramid is 4 cm and the side length of the base is 6cm, find the surface area of
the pyramid.

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Q#18. VABCD is a pyramid with a rectangular base of sides 15cm by 9cm. Given that
the slant height VQ of the pyramid is 16cm, find its

a) Height
b) Volume.

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Q#19. Find the volume of the Great Pyramid of Cheops whose height is 145.75m and
whose base is a square of side length 229m.

Q20. Find the surface area of this square-based pyramid:

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Q#21. The base of a pyramid is a right triangle. The triangle has a base of 5
centimeters and a height of 3 centimeters. The pyramid has a height of 6 centimeters.
What is the volume of the pyramid?

Q#22. A square pyramid has a height of 12 meters. If a side of the base measures 5.5
meters, what is the volume of the pyramid?

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Q#23.

OWXYZ is a rectangular pyramid where WX=66cm and XY=32cm. Given that the

slant heights OA and OB of the pyramid are 65cm and 63cm respectively, draw a

net and hence, find its total surface area.

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Q#24.

A glass paper of weight is in the shape of a solid pyramid with a square base of
length 6cm and a height of 7cm. Given that the density of the glass is 3.1g/cm3 ,
find the mass of four identical paper weights.

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Q#25.

A solid pentagonal pyramid has a mass of 500g. It is made of a material with a

density of 6g/cm3. Given that the base area of the pyramid is 30cm2, find its height.

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Q#26.

A pyramid has a rectangular base of sides 16m by 14m. Given that the volume of the
pyramid is 700m3, find its

a) Height

b) Total surface area.

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Q#27.

VPQRS is a pyramid with a rectangular base of sides 10cm by 8cm. Given that the
volume of the pyramid is 180cm3, find its

a) Height

b) Total surface area.

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Q#28.

VABCD is a pyramid with a rectangular base of sides 15cm by 9cm. Given that the
slant height VQ of the pyramid is 16cm, find its

a) Height

b) Volume.

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