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14. The area of a circle is 89.4 square inches. What is the

Practice Problems (Plane and Solid Geometry) circumference?
A. 35.33 inches B. 32.25 inches
1. The sum of the interior angles of a dodecagon is: C. 33.52 inches D. 35.55 inches
A. 2160° B. 1980°
C. 1800° D. 2520° 15. The corresponding sides of two similar triangles are in the ratio
3:2. What is the ratio of their areas?
2. The diagonals of a parallelogram are 18 cm and 30 cm A. 3 B. 2
respectively. One side of a parallelogram is 12 cm. Find the area of C. 9/4 D. 3/2
the parallelogram.
A. 214 B. 216 16. The area of a rhombus is 132 square cm. if its shorter diagonal is
C. 361 D. 108 12 cm, the length of the longer diagonal is:
A. 20 centimeter B. 21 centimeter
3. How many diagonals can be drawn from a 12 sided polygon? C. 22 centimeter D. 23 centimeter
A. 66 B. 48
C. 54 D. 36 17. The length of the side of a rhombus is 5 cm. If the shorter
diagonal is of length 6 cm. What is the area of the rhombus?
4. Find the area of a regular polygon whose side is 25m and A. 24 cm2 B. 14 cm2
apothem is 17.2m. C. 18 cm2 D. 25 cm2
A. 1075 B. 925
C. 1175 D. 1275 18. If the radius of the circle is decreased by 20%, by how much is its
area decreased?
5. Find the area of a pentagon which is circumscribing a circle having A. 36% B. 26%
an area of 420.60 sq. cm. C. 46% D. 56%
A. 386.57 B. 450.54
C. 486.29 D. 260.24 19. A sector has a radius of 12 cm. if the length of its arc is 12 cm, its
area is:
6. In a triangle ABC, angle B has a size of 50o, angle A has a size of A. 66 sq. cm. B. 82 sq. cm.
32o and the length of side BC is 150 units. The length of side AB is C. 144 sq. cm. D. 72 sq. cm
A. 232 B. 280
C. 260 D. 270 20. A circle is divided into two parts by a chord, 3 cm away from the
center. Find the area of the smaller part, in cm square, if the circles
7. Find the area of a hexagon with a square having an area of 72 sq. has an area of 201 cm square.
cm. inscribed in a circle which is inscribed in a hexagon. A. 51.4 B. 57.8
A. 124.71 sq. cm. B. 150.26 sq. cm. C. 55.2 D. 53.7
C. 150.35 sq. cm. D. 130.77 sq. cm.
21. Two triangles have equal bases. The altitude of one triangle is 3
8. The length of the side of a square is increased by 100%. Its units more than its base and the altitude of the other is 3 units less
perimeter is increased by: than its base. Find the altitudes, if the areas of the triangle differ by
A. 25% B. 100% 21 square units.
C. 200% D. 300% A. 5 & 11 B. 4 & 10
C. 6 & 12 D. 3 & 9
9. One side of a parallelogram is 10 m and its diagonals are 16 m and
24 m, respectively. Its area is: 22. The corners of a 2-meter square are cut off to form a regular
A. 156.8 sq. m. B. 185.6 sq. m. octagon. What is the length of the sides of the resulting octagon?
C. 158.7 sq. m. D. 142.3 sq. m. A. 0.525 B. 0.626
C. 0.727 D. 0.828
10. Two squares each of 12 cm sides overlap each other such that
the overlapping region is a regular polygon. Determine the area of 23. Two circles with radii 8 and 3 m are tangent to each other
the overlapping region thus formed. externally. What is the distance between the points of tangency of
A. 110.9 cm2 B. 119.3 cm2 one of their common external tangencies?
C. 121.5 cm2 D. 117.4 cm2 A. 7.8 m B. 9.8 m
C. 10.7 m D. 6.7 m
11. If three sides of a triangle of an acute triangle is 3 cm, 4 cm, and
“x” cm, what are the possible values of x? 24. A triangular piece of wood having a dimension 130 cm, 180 cm,
A. 1 < x < 5 B. 0 < x > 5 and 190 cm is to be divided by a line bisecting the longest side
C. 0 < x < 7 D. 1 < x > 7 drawn from its opposite vertex. The area of the part adjacent to the
180-cm side is:
12. Two sides of a triangle measure 8 cm and 12 cm. find its area if A. 5126 sq. cm. B. 5162 sq. cm.
its perimeter is 26 cm. C. 5612 sq. cm. D. 5216 sq. cm.
A. 21.33 sq. m. B. 32.56 sq. cm.
C. 3.306 sq. in. D. 32.56 sq. in. 25. Each interior angle of a regular polygon is 165°. How many sides?
A. 23 B. 24
13. A regular hexagon with an area of 93.53 square centimeters is C. 25 D. 26
inscribed in a circle. The area in the circle not covered by hexagon is:
A. 18.38 cm2 B. 16.72 cm2 26. A regular triangular pyramid has an altitude of 9 m and a volume
C. 19.57 cm2 D. 15.68 cm2 of 187.06 cu.m. What is the base edge in meters?
A. 10 B. 11 C. 1210.56 D. 2316.75
C. 12 D. 13
40. The volume a regular pyramid whose base is a regular hexagon is
27. If the edge of a cube is increased by 30%, by how much is the 156 m3. If the altitude of the pyramid is 5 m., find the sides of the
surface increased? base.
A. 30% B. 21% A. 4 m B. 8 m
C. 69% D. 33% C. 6 m D. 3 m

28. Compute the volume of a regular icosahedron with sides equal 41. If the surface areas of two spheres are 24 cm2 and 96 cm2
to 6 cm. respectively. Find the ratio of their volume.
A. 470.88 cm3 B. 520.78 cm3 A. ¼ B. 5
C. 340.89 cm3 D. 250.56 cm3 C. 1/8 D. 3/5

29. What is the shape of the base of a hexagonal prism? 42. If the edge of a cube is doubled, which of the following is
A. hexagon B. rectangle incorrect?
C. pentagon D. square A. The lateral area will be quadrupled
B. The volume is increased 8 times
30. Which of the following relates the number of faces, vertices and C. The diagonal is doubled
edges in a polyhedron? D. The weight is doubled
A. Plato’s formula B. Euler’s formula
C. Calma’s formula D.Heron’s formula 43. 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?
31. It is a three-dimensional shape consisting of two parallel circular A. 3.375 B. 3375
bases, joined by a curved surface. C. 33.75 D. 3375
A. cone B. prism
C. cylinder D. frustum 44. The altitude of the frustum of a regular rectangular pyramid is
5m the volume is 140 cu. m. and the upper base is 3m by 4m. What
32. Spherical balls 1.5 cm in diameter area packed in a box are the dimensions of the lower base in m?
measuring 6 cm by 3 cm by 3 cm. If as many balls as possible are A. 9 x 10 B. 6 x 8
packed in the box, how much free space remains in the box? C. 4.5 x 6 D. 7.50 x 10
A. 28.41 cc B. 20.47 cc
C. 29.87 cc D. 25.73 cc 45. The volume of a right circular cone is 36 π. If its altitude is 3, find
its radius.
33. The volume of the sphere is 3π cu.m. The surface area of this A. 3 B. 4
sphere in sq. m. is: C. 5 D. 6
A. 36 π B. 24 π
C. 18 π D. 12 π 46. A cubical container that measures 2 inches on each side is tightly
packed with 8 marbles and is filled with water. All 8 marbles are in
34. Given two spheres whose combined volume is known to be 819 contact with the walls of the container and the adjacent marbles. All
cu. m. if their radii are in the ratio 3:4, what is the volume of the of the marbles are of the same size. What is the volume of water in
smaller sphere? the container?
A. 576 cu. m. B. 243 cu. m. A. 0.38 cu. in. B. 2.5 cu. in.
C. 343 cu. m. D. 476 cu. m. C. 3.8 cu. in. D. 4.2 cu. in.

35. If the surface area of a sphere is increased by 21%, its volume is 47. How many polyhedrons are there in all?
increased by: A. 5 B. 6
A. 13.31% B. 33.1% C. 7 D. 8
C. 21% D. 30%
48. A trough has an open top 0.30 m by 6 m and closed vertical ends
36. The base areas of a frustum of a cone are 25 sq. cm. and 16 sq. which are equilateral triangles 30 cm on each side. It is filled with
cm, respectively. If its altitude is 6 cm, find its volume. water to half its depth. Find the volume of the water in cubic
A. 120 cm3 B. 122 cm3 meters.
C. 129 cm3 D. 133 cm3 A. 0.058 B. 0.046
C. 0.037 D. 0.065
37. The slant height of a right circular cone is 5m long. The base
diameter is 6m. What is the lateral area in sq. m? 49. The capacities of two hemispherical tanks are in the ratio 64:125.
A. 37.7 B. 47 If 4.8 kg of paint is required to paint the outer surface of the smaller
C. 44 D. 40.8 tank, then how many kilograms of paint would be needed to paint
the outer surface of the larger tank?
38. A frustum of a pyramid has an upper base 100 m by 10 m and a A. 8.5 kg B. 6.7 kg
lower base of 80 m by 8 m. if the altitude of the frustum is 5 m, find C. 7.5 kg D. 9.4 kg
its volume.
A. 4567.67 cu. m. B. 3873.33 cu. m. 50. Find the volume of a spherical segment of radius 10 m and the
C. 4066.67 cu. m. D. 2345.98 cu. m. altitude 5 m.
A. 654.5 cu. m. B. 659.8 cu. m.
39. Find the volume of a spherical cone in a sphere of radius 17 cm if C. 675.2 cu. m. D. 680.5 cu. m.
the radius of its zone is 8 cm.
A. 2120.35 B. 1426.34
51. Which of the following statements is false? 64. If each interior angle of a regular polygon has a measure of 160°,
A. The diagonals of a rhombus are perpendicular to each other. how many sides has the polygon ?
B. The diagonals of a rectangle are equal. A. 16 B. 17
C. The diagonals of a rhombus are equal. C. 19 D. 18
D. The diagonals of a parallelogram bisect each other.
65. If in triangle ABC, A = 76°30', B = 81°40' and c = 368, find the
52. The sum of the interior angles of a convex polygon of n sides is diameter of the circumscribed circle.
equal to how many right angles? A. 989.5 B. 959.8
A. 2(n-1) B. 2(n-2) C. 395.8 D. 958.9
C. 2(n-3) D.2(n-4)
66. A circle whose radius is 10 cm is inscribed in a regular hexagon.
53. The area of a circle is 6 times its circumference. What is its The area of the hexagon is
radius? A. 346.4 cm² B. 634.4 cm²
A. 12 B. 11 C. 364.4 cm² D. 436.6 cm²
C. 10 D. 13
67. Find the area of a rhombus whose diagonals are 32 cm and 40
54. If the length of a side of a square is increased by 100%, its cm.
perimeter is increased by A. 540 cm² B. 340 cm²
A. 100 % B. 150 % C. 640 cm² D. 440 cm²
C. 200 % D. 250 %
68. If the sum two exterior angles of a triangle is 230°, find the
55. Find the area of a triangle whose sides are 9, 12 and 15. measure of the third exterior angle.
A. 54 B. 53 A. 130° B. 120°
C. 52 D. 51 C. 110° D. 100°

56. Each of four circles ( see figure ) is tangent to the other three. If 69. The ratio of the sum of the exterior angles to the sum of the
the radius of each of the smaller circles is 3, what is the radius of the interior angles of a polygon is 1:3. Identify the polygon.
largest circle ? A. hexagon B. heptagon
A. 6.46 B. 6.64 C. octagon D. nonagon
C. 4.64 D.4.46
70. If the perimeter of a regular hexagon is 24, what is the apothem?
57. A regular five-pointed star is inscribed in a circle of radius b cm. A. 3√3 B. 4√3
Find the area between the circle and the star. C. 2√3 D. 5√3
A. 4.04 b² B. 3.03 b²
C. 1.01 b² D. 2.02 b² 71. If the perimeter of a rhombus is 40 and one of its diagonals is 12,
find the other diagonal.
58. If BC = 2(AB), what fraction of the circle is shaded? A. 16 B. 15
A. 1/4 B. 1/3 C. 18 D. 17
C. 1/2 D. 1/5
72. If a regular polygon has 54 diagonals, then it has how many
sides?
59. A diagonal of a parallelogram is 56.38 ft long and makes an angle A. 10 B. 11
of 26°13' and 16°24' respectively with the sides. Find the area of the C. 14 D. 12
parallelogram.
A. 595 ft² B. 585 ft² 73. If four angles of a pentagon have measures 100°, 96°, 87° and
C. 575 ft² D. 565 ft² 97°, find the measure of the fifth angle.
A. 150° B. 160°
60. A convex polygon is a polygon each interior angle of which is less C. 140° D. 130°
than
A. 45° B. 60° 74. The area of the triangle inscribed in a circle is 40 sq. cm. and the
C. 180° D. 90° radius of the circumscribed circle is 7 cm. If two sides of the triangle
are 8 cm and 10 cm, find the third side.
61. Find the common area of two intersecting circles of radii 12 and A. 10 cm B. 12 cm
18 respectively if their common chord is 14 long. C. 13 cm D. 14 cm
A. 34.19 B. 35.29
C. 36.39 D. 37.49 75. Which of the following points is equidistant from the vertices of
a triangle?
62. Compute the difference between the perimeters of a regular A. incenter C. orthocenter
pentagon and a regular hexagon if the area of each is 12. B. centroid D. circumcenter
A. 0.31 B. 0.21
C.0.41 D.0.51 76. The circumference of two circles are 6π and 10π. What is the
ratio of their areas?
63. The sides of a triangle are 17, 21 and 28. Find the length of the A. 9/25 B. 8/25
line segment bisecting the longest side and drawn from the opposite C. 7/25 D.6/25
angle.
A. 11 B. 12 77. Find the area of a regular hexagon of side 3 cm.
C. 13 D. 14 A. 22.28 cm² B. 23.38 cm²
C. 24.48 cm² D. 25.58 cm²
78. The area of a sector of a circle, having a central angle of 60° is 24 92. The volume of a sphere whose diameter is 20 cm is
pi. Find the radius of the circle. A. 4198.87 cm³ B. 4179.88 cm³
A. 11 B. 12 C. 4188.79 cm³ D.4187.89 cm³
C. 13 D. 14
93. It is a polyhedron whose faces are all squares.
79. The sides of triangle ABC are a = 14, b = 12 and c = 10. Find the A. tetrahedron B. octahedron
length of the median from vertex A to side A. C. hexahedron D. dodecahedron
A. 8.34 B. 8.44
C. 8.54 D.8.64 94. Find the length of the diagonal of a rectangular box whose edges
are 6, 8 and 10.
80. The minute hand of a large clock is 2 m long. Find the distance A. 7√2 B. 8√2
traveled by the tip of the minute hand in 5 minutes. C. 9√2 D. 10√2
A. pi/4 B. pi/2
C. pi/6 D. pi/3 95. Find the area of the base of a prism whose volume is 516.6 cu. ft
and whose height is 16.4 in.
81. The angles between the diagonals of a rectangle is 30° and each A. 372 ft² B. 374 ft²
diagonal is 12 cm long. Find the area of the rectangle. C. 376 ft² D. 378 ft²
A. 26 cm² B. 36 cm²
C. 46 cm² D. 56 cm² 96. What is the volume of a pyramid whose altitude is 27 and whose
base is a square 8 on a side?
82. How many sides has a convex polygon if the sum of the measure A. 756 B. 657
of its angles is 1080°? C. 576 D. 675
A. 8 B. 7
C. 6 D. 5 97. The base radii of the frustum of a cone are 6 cm and 10 cm
respectively. Find the altitude of the frustum if its volume is 1176π
83. Find the altitude of a trapezoid of area 180 cm² if the bases are cu. cm?
16 and 14 cm. A. 16 cm B. 17 cm
A. 11 cm B. 12 cm C. 18 cm D. 19 cm
C. 13 cm D. 14 cm
98. What is the diameter of a sphere for which its volume is equal to
84. What is the measure of each interior angle of a regular its surface area?
pentagon? A. 7 B. 6
A. 106° B. 109° C. 5 D. 4
C. 107° D. 108°
99. Find the volume of a right circular cone whose base radius is 8
85. The solid formed by revolving a circle about an external axis in its cm and whose altitude is 15 cm.
plane is called. A. 320 pi cm³ B. 330 pi cm³
A. annulus B. conoid C. 340 pi cm³ D. 350 pi cm³
C. torus D. prismatoid
100. It is a polyhedron of which one face is a polygon and the other
86. The intersection of two faces of a pyramid is called the faces are triangles which have a common vertex.
A. lateral edge B. slant height A. prism B. pyramid
C. altitude D. hypotenuse C. cone D. prismatoid

87. What is the total area of a cube whose edge is 5 cm?

A. 150 cm² B. 145 cm²
C. 140 cm² D. 135 cm²

88. Find the volume of the frustum of a right circular cone whose
altitude is 6 and whose base radii are 2 and 3.
A. 35π B. 36π
C. 37π D. 38π

89. A sphere of radius R is inscribed in a cube of edge e. What is the

ratio of the volume of the sphere to the volume of the cube?
A. 0.6523 B. 0.5236
C. 0.3652 D. 0.2635

90. The slant height of a right circular cone is 13 and the altitude is
12. Find the radius of the base.
A. 8 B. 7
C. 6 D. 5

91. A hemispherical bowl of radius 10 cm is filled with water to a

depth of 5 cm. Find the volume of the water.
A. 615π/3 cm³ B. 620π/3 cm³
C. 625π/3 cm³ D. 630π/3 cm³