SOLID GEOMETRY

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SOLID GEOMETRY 15. A truncated prism has a horizontal triangular base ABC. AB = 10
cm, BC = 12 cm and CA = 8 cm. The vertical edges through A, B
INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions.
and C are 20 cm, 12 cm and 18 cm respectively. Determine the
Mark only one answer for each item by shading the box corresponding to the
volume of the prism.
letter of your choice on the answer sheet provided. STRICTLY NO
a. 661.50 cm3 c. 548.21 cm3
ERASURES ALLOWED. Use pencil no. 1 only.
b. 421.30 cm3 d. 309.12 cm3

MULTIPLE CHOICE  Pyramid

Prism 16. A regular triangular pyramid has an altitude of 9 m and a volume

of 187.06 m3. What is the base edge?
Situation 1: A trough whose end are isosceles trapezoid is 10 m. a. 18 m c. 12 m
long. The lower base is 2 m., the upper base is 6 m. b. 14 m d. 16 m\
and the depth is 4 m. The trough contains 100,000
liters of liquid, Situation 4: Two identical closed conical tanks contain equal
amount of liquid. The first tank has its base at the
1. Compute the depth of the liquid in the trough. bottom while that of the second is at the top. The liquid
a. 1.45 m c. 3.41 m in the first tank stands 3 m. deep.
b. 1.96 d. 2.90 m
17. Determine the volume of the liquid in the tank.
2. Compute the wetted area of the trough. a. 33.51 m3 c. 23.14 m3
a. 82.3 m2 c. 117.8 m 2
b. 28.17 m3 d. 21.99 m3
b. 104.8 m2 d. 99.1 m2
18. Determine the depth of the liquid in the second tank if it has an
3. How many spherical balls of 2.4 diameter should be placed in the altitude of 6 m. and a base radius of 2 m.
trough so that the liquid surface is at the top edge of the latter? a. 5.15 m c. 3.77 m
a. 9 c. 6 b. 4.65 m d. 5.74 m
b. 7 d. 8
19. Determine the weight of the liquid in quintals if its unit weight is
 Cube 9.3 kN/m3.
a. 217.25 c. 204.52
Situation 2: One edge of a regular hexahedron is 24 cm. long. b. 208.49 d. 221.78
4. Which of the following gives the ratio of the volume to the surface  Similar Figures
area?
a. 4 c. 3
b. 6 d. 2 20. A right circular cone having an altitude of 8 cm is cut by a plane
parallel to the base. One part is a smaller circular cone whose
5. Which of the following gives the percentage increase of the volume is one-fourth of the original cone. Find the altitude of the
volume if the edges are increased by 50%? smaller cone.
a. 235.7% c. 265.1% a. 6.03 cm c. 4.69 cm
b. 256.1% d. 237.5% c. 5.56 cm d. 5.04 cm

6. Which of the following gives the percentage decrease of the Situation 5: A solid consists of a cone surmounted by a
surface area if the edges are decreased by 50%? hemisphere. The volumes of these two are equal.
a. 25% c. 75%
b. 55% d. 45% 21. Determiner the angle that the slant height of the cone makes with
the horizontal.
7. How much percentage should the edges of a cube be increased a. 26°34’ c. 14°02’
to double its volume? b. 63°26’ d. 75°57’
a. 15.7% c. 23.1%
b. 26.0% d. 11.8% 22. Determine the total altitude of the solid if it has a slant height of
4.47 m.
8. How much percentage should the edges of a cube be decreased a. 6.0 m c. 4.0 m
so as to decrease its volume by 40%? b. 5.1 m d. 4.7 m
a. 15.7% c. 23.1%
b. 26.0% d. 11.8% 23. Determine the total surface area of the solid.
a. 51.74 m2 c. 55.89 m2
9. How much percentage should the edges of a cube be increased b. 53.22 m2 d. 58.12 m2
so as to increase its surface area by 25%?
a. 15.7% c. 23.1%  Frustum
b. 26.0% d. 11.8%
24. The frustum of a rectangular pyramid has an upper base of 8 m x
 Cylinder 80 m, a lower base of 10 m x 100 m, and an altitude of 5 m. Find
the volume of the frustum.
10. A circular cylinder with a volume of 6.54 m3 is circumscribed about a. 4,366.67 m3 c. 4,333.33 m3
a right prism whose base is an equilateral triangle of side 1.25 m. b. 4,666.67 m3 d. 4,066.67 m3
What is the altitude of the cylinder?
a. 3.52 m c. 3.67 m  Sphere
b. 4.00 m d. 3.80 m
Situation 6: A sphere of radius 5 cm. and a right circular cone of
Situation 3: A horizontal cylindrical tank has a radius of 600 mm base radius 5 cm. and height of 10 cm. stand on a
and a length of 5 m. horizontal floor.

11. Determine the volume of the water in the tank if it is 7/8 full. 25. Determine the vertical distance of a plane from the horizontal
a. 3.75 m3 c. 2.99 m3 floor so that it will cut the two solids into equal circular sections.
b. 5.65 m3 d. 4.95 m3 a. 1.5 cm c. 2.6 cm
b. 3.3 cm d. 2.0 cm
12. Determine the depth of water in the tank when it is in the horizontal
position. 26. Determine the volume of the spherical segment below the plane.
a. 0.981 m c. 1.007 m a. 54.45 cm3 c. 66.23 cm3
b. 1.093 m d. 0.881 m b. 59.21 cm3 d. 68.50 cm3

13. Determine the depth of water in the tank when it is in the vertical 27. Determine the volume of the conical segment below the plane.
position. a. 131.71 cm3 c. 127.76 cm3
a. 4.11 m c. 3.82 m b. 140.54 cm3 d. 156.89 cm3
b. 3.56 m d. 4.38 m
Situation 7: The diameters of two spheres are in the ratio of 2:3
and the sum of their volumes is 1260 cu. m.
 Polygonal Prism
28. What is the volume of the larger sphere?
14. A prism with an altitude of 15 cm has a base in the form of a a. 927cu. m c. 829 cu. m
regular octagon inscribed in a square 10 cm x 10 cm. Find the b. 892 cu. m d. 972cu. m
volume of the prism.
a. 1,435.66 cm3 c. 1,105.77 cm3 29. What is the radius of the smaller sphere?
b. 1,242.65 cm3 d. 1,327.39 cm3 a. 4.1 m c. 4.8 m
b. 3.7 m d. 3.2 m

30. What is the sum of the surface areas of the spheres?

 Truncated Prism a. 677.21 cm2 c. 633.89 cm2
b. 686.53 cm2 d. 656.61 cm2

Engr. Karren May A. Simplina

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Spherical Segment / Zone

31. 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. 659.73 m2 c. 848.23 m2
b. 565.49 m2 d. 753.98 m2

Spherical Wedge / Lune

32. Find the radius of the spherical wedge whose volume is 12 m3 with
a central angle of 1.80 radians.
a. 2.51 m c. 2.73 m
b. 2.15 m d. 2.37 m

Spherical Cone

33. Find the volume of a spherical sector with a central angle of 60°
in a sphere of radius 15 cm.
a. 891.44 cm3 c. 947.00 cm3
b. 850.87 cm3 d. 974.39 cm3

General Prismatoid

34. A solid has un upper base of triangle with length of 5 m and width
of 3 m and lower base of rectangle with length of 5 m and width of
7 m. If the distance between the two bases is 10 m, find the
volume of the solid.
a. 445 m3 c. 225 m3
b. 552 m3 d. 335 m3

35. The base diameter of a certain solid is 40 m. Find the volume of

the solid if every cutting plane perpendicular to a given diameter
is a square.
a. 43,666.67 m3 c. 43,333.33 m3
b. 42,333.33 m3 d. 42,666.67 m3

Engr. Karren May A. Simplina