MEP Jamaica: STRAND E UNIT 14 Volumes: CSEC Revision Test
UNIT 14 Volumes CSEC Revision Test
1. A cylindrical can has a radius of 6 centimetres.
The capacity of the can is 2000 cm 3 .
6 cm
Calculate the height of the can.
Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place. (3 marks)
2. Tins of SUPER SOUP come in three sizes.
Not to
scale
400 ml
Standard size Family size Giant size
The height and the radius of the family size tin are each 1.2 times the height and radius
of the standard size tin.
(a) The volume of the standard size tin is 400 ml.
Calculate the volume of a family size tin. (2 marks)
The height of the giant size tin is 1.2 times the height of the family size tin. The radius
of the giant size tin is 1.5 times the radius of the family size tin.
(b) Calculate the volume of the giant size tin. (4 marks)
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3. (a) The triangular prism, shown in the diagram below, not drawn to scale,
is 18 cm long. Triangle GHI has a height of 3 cm. H I = 8 cm and GH = GI .
K
18 cm
G
J
3 cm
H 8 cm I
Calculate
(i) the area of triangle GH I
(ii) the volume of the triangular prism
(iii) the length of GI
(iv) the TOTAL surface area of the prism. (8 marks)
(b) The triangular prism is melted down and made into a cube.
Calculate the length of an edge of the cube. (3 marks)
(CXC)
4.
28 cm
C D
O
18 cm
A M B
h cm
The diagram above, not drawn to scale, shows ABCD, a bucket of height 18 cm.
The bucket is made by removing a cone VAB, of height h cm, from a larger cone VCD.
AMB, the diameter of the circular base of the bucket is 17 12 cm . COD, the diameter
of the open top, is 28 cm.
h 5
(i) Show, giving reasons, that = .
18 + h 8
(ii) Determine the value of h.
(8 marks)
(CXC)
(TOTAL MARKS: 28)
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ANSWERS
1. π × 6 2 × h = 2000
B1
2000
h= ≈ 17.7 M1 A1 (3 marks)
36π
3
2. (a) Volume = 400 × (1.2) = 691.2 ml M1 A1
3 2
(b) Volume = 400 × (1.2) × (1.2) × (1.5) M2 A1
= 1866.24 ml A1 (6 marks)
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3. (a) (i) Area = × 8 × 3 = 12 cm 2 M1 A1
2
Volume = 18 × 12 = 216 cm 3 M1 A1
GI = 32 + 4 2 = 5 cm M1 A1
(iv) Surface area = 2 × 12 + 2 × (5 × 18) + 8 × 18
= 348 cm 2 M1 A1
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(b) If x = length of edge of cube, x 3 = 216, x = (216) 3 = 6 cm
M1 A1 A1 (11 marks)
14 cm 35
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4. (i) ratio = 4 M1 A1
18 + h h
18 h 35 5
= = A1 A1
35 18 + h 56 8
4 cm
(ii) 8h = 5 (18 + h) = 90 + 5h M1 A1
3h = 90 A1
h = 30 cm A1 (8 marks)
(TOTAL MARKS: 28)
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