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These documents contain 11 multi-part math word problems. The problems involve concepts like volumes and surface areas of spheres, cones and cylinders, properties of regular polygons, percentages of shapes within other shapes, rates of filling containers, and calculating perimeters of composite shapes. The problems require setting up and solving equations to find unknown side lengths, angles, areas, volumes, and other values.
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Mensuration Hardest

These documents contain 11 multi-part math word problems. The problems involve concepts like volumes and surface areas of spheres, cones and cylinders, properties of regular polygons, percentages of shapes within other shapes, rates of filling containers, and calculating perimeters of composite shapes. The problems require setting up and solving equations to find unknown side lengths, angles, areas, volumes, and other values.
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1 Find the radius of a hemisphere of volume 80 cm3.

[The volume, V, of a sphere with radius r is .]

................................................... cm [3]

[Total: 3]
2

The diagram shows a solid metal shape made from a cone and a hemisphere, both with radius 6.2 cm.
The total surface area of the solid shape is 600 cm2.

Calculate the slant height, l, of the cone.


[The surface area, A, of a sphere with radius r is .]
[The curved surface area, A, of a cone with radius r and slant height l is .]

l = ................................................... cm [4]

[Total: 4]

3 ABCDEFGH is a regular octagon with sides of length 6 cm.


The diagram shows part of the octagon.
O is the centre of the octagon and M is the midpoint of AB.
3

A M B

NOT TO
SCALE

(a) (i) Show that angle OAM is 67.5°.

[2]

(ii) Calculate the area of the octagon.

................................................... cm2 [4]

(b) Find the area of the circle that passes through the vertices of the octagon.

................................................... cm2 [3]

[Total: 9]
4

4
NOT TO
SCALE

4m
0.45 m

The diagram shows a horizontal container for water with a uniform cross-section.
The cross-section is a semicircle.
The radius of the semicircle is 0.45 m and the length of the container is 4 m.

(a) Calculate the volume of the container.

................................................... m3 [2]

(b)
NOT TO
SCALE

0.3 m

The greatest depth of the water in the container is 0.3 m.


The diagram shows the cross-section.

Calculate the number of litres of water in the container.


Give your answer correct to the nearest integer.

................................................... litres [6]


5

[Total: 8]

5 A regular 12-sided polygon has side length 6 cm.

(a) Show that one interior angle of the polygon is 150°.

[1]

(b) The polygon is enclosed by a circle, centre O, so that each vertex touches the circumference of the circle.

(i) Show that the radius, AO, of the circle is 11.6 cm, correct to 1 decimal place.

[3]
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(ii) Calculate

A the circumference of the circle,

................................................... cm [2]

B the perimeter of the shaded minor segment formed by the chord AB.

................................................... cm [2]

(c) The regular 12-sided polygon is the cross-section of a prism of length 2 cm.

Calculate the volume of the prism.

................................................... cm3 [3]

[Total: 11]
7

6 The volume of a solid cone is 310 cm3.


The height of the cone is twice the radius of its base.

Calculate the slant height of the cone.

[The volume, V, of a cone with radius r and height h is .]

................................................... cm [5]

[Total: 5]
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7
O R

X NOT TO
4 cm SCALE

P 11 cm Q

The diagram shows a rectangle OPQR with length 11 cm and width 4 cm.
OQ is a diagonal and OPX is a sector of a circle, centre O.

Calculate the percentage of the rectangle that is shaded.

................................................... % [5]

[Total: 5]

8 An empty fuel tank is filled using a cylindrical pipe with diameter 8 cm.
Fuel flows along this pipe at a rate of 2 metres per second.
It takes 24 minutes to fill the tank.

Calculate the capacity of the tank.


Give your answer in litres.

................................................... litres [4]

[Total: 4]
9

9
O
O
NOT TO
SCALE

A B
2.4 cm AB

The volume of a paper cone of radius 2.4 cm is 95.4 cm3.


The paper is cut along the slant height from O to AB.
The cone is opened to form a sector OAB of a circle with centre O.

Calculate the sector angle x°.


[The volume, V, of a cone with radius r and height h is .]

................................................... [6]

[Total: 6]
10

10

NOT TO
SCALE
41°

The diagram shows two sectors of a circle.


The major sector is shaded.
The area of the major sector is 74.5 cm2.

Calculate the radius of the circle.

................................................... cm [3]

[Total: 3]
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11

NOT TO
A
SCALE

B C

The diagram shows a shape made from an equilateral triangle ABC and a sector of a circle.
Points B and C lie on the circle, centre A.
The side length of the equilateral triangle is 12.4 cm.

Work out the perimeter of the shape.

................................................... cm [3]

[Total: 3]
12

12
O

60°
NOT TO
24 cm SCALE

P Q

The diagram shows a sector OPQ of a circle with centre O and radius 24 cm.
The sector angle is 60°.

A cone is made from this sector by joining OP to OQ.

NOT TO
SCALE

P
Q

Calculate the volume of the cone.

[The volume, V, of a cone with radius r and height h is .]

................................................... cm3 [6]

[Total: 6]
13

13
O

53°
NOT TO
9.5 cm
A B SCALE

X Y

The diagram shows a sector OXY of a circle with centre O and radius 9.5 cm.
The sector angle is 53°.
A lies on OX, B lies on OY and OA = OB.

(a) Show that the area of the sector is 41.7 cm2 , correct to 1 decimal place.

[2]

(b) The area of triangle OAB is of the area of sector OXY.

Calculate OA.

OA = ................................................... cm [4]

[Total: 6]
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14

The diagram shows a sector of a circle of radius 8 cm.


The length of the arc PQ is 6.4 cm.

Find the area of the sector.

................................................... cm2 [4]

[Total: 4]

15

The diagram shows a sector of a circle with centre O, radius 8 cm and sector angle 165°.
15

(a) Calculate the total perimeter of the sector.

................................................... cm [3]

(b) The surface area of a sphere is the same as the area of the sector.

Calculate the radius of the sphere.


[The surface area, A, of a sphere with radius r is .]

................................................... cm [4]

(c)

A cone is made from the sector by joining OA to OB.


16

(i) Calculate the radius, r, of the cone.

r = ................................................... cm [2]

(ii) Calculate the volume of the cone.


[The volume, V, of a cone with radius r and height h is .]

................................................... cm3 [4]

[Total: 13]

16 A cylinder with radius 6 cm and height h cm has the same volume as a sphere with radius 4.5 cm.

Find the value of h.


[The volume, V, of a sphere with radius r is .]

h = ................................................... [3]
17

[Total: 3]

17 A solid metal cube of side 20 cm is melted down and made into 40 solid spheres, each of radius r cm.

Find the value of r.


[The volume, V, of a sphere with radius r is .]

r = ................................................... [3]

[Total: 3]

18
A solid cylinder has radius x cm and height cm.
The surface area of a sphere with radius R cm is equal to the total surface area of the cylinder.

Find an expression for R in terms of x.


[The surface area, A, of a sphere with radius r is .]

R = ................................................... [3]

[Total: 3]
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19

Water flows at a speed of 20 cm/s along a rectangular channel into a lake.


The width of the channel is 15 cm.
The depth of the water is 2.5 cm.

Calculate the amount of water that flows from the channel into the lake in 1 hour.
Give your answer in litres.

................................................... litres [4]

[Total: 4]
19

20

The diagram shows two sectors of circles with the same centre.

Calculate the shaded area.

................................................... cm2 [3]

[Total: 3]
20

21 A pipe is completely full of water.


Water flows through the pipe at a speed of 1.2 m/s into a tank.
The cross-section of the pipe has an area of 6 cm2.

Calculate the number of litres of water flowing into the tank in 1 hour.

................................................... litres [4]

[Total: 4]

22

The diagram shows a sector of a circle with radius 6.2 cm and sector angle 217°.

Calculate the area of this sector.

................................................... cm2 [2]


21

[Total: 2]

23

A prism with a right-angled triangle as its cross-section has a volume of 1000 cm3.

Calculate the value of x.

x = ................................................... [4]

[Total: 4]
22

24 A sphere with radius x cm has a volume of 1000 cm3.

Calculate the value of x.

[The volume, V, of a sphere with radius r is .]

x = ................................................... [3]

[Total: 3]

25

The diagram shows the surface of a garden pond, made from a rectangle and two semicircles.
The rectangle measures 3 m by 1.2 m.

(a) Calculate the area of this surface.

................................................... m2 [3]
23

(b) The pond is a prism and the water in the pond has a depth of 20 cm.

Calculate the number of litres of water in the pond.

................................................... litres [3]

(c) After a rainfall, the number of litres of water in the pond is 1007.

Calculate the increase in the depth of water in the pond.


Give your answer in centimetres.

................................................... cm [3]

[Total: 9]

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24

The diagram shows a field ABCDE.

(a) Calculate the perimeter of the field ABCDE.

................................................... m [4]

(b) Calculate angle ABD.

Angle ABD = ................................................... [4]

(c) (i) Calculate angle CBD.

Angle CBD = ................................................... [2]

(ii) The point C is due north of the point B.

Find the bearing of D from B.

................................................... [2]
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(d) Calculate the area of the field ABCDE.


Give your answer in hectares.
[1 hectare = 10 000 m2]

................................................... hectares [4]

[Total: 16]

27 The volume of a solid metal sphere is 24 430 cm3.

(a) Calculate the radius of the sphere.

[The volume, V, of a sphere with radius r is .]

................................................... cm [3]
26

(b) The metal sphere is placed in an empty tank.


The tank is a cylinder with radius 50 cm, standing on its circular base.
Water is poured into the tank to a depth of 60 cm.

Calculate the number of litres of water needed.

................................................... litres [3]

[Total: 6]

28 A cone with radius x cm and slant height cm has a volume of 1000 cm3.

Calculate the value of x.

[The volume, V, of a cone with radius r and height h is .]

x = ................................................... [4]

[Total: 4]
27

29 Brad travelled from his home in New York to Chamonix.

• He left his home at 16 30 and travelled by taxi to the airport in New York.
This journey took 55 minutes and had an average speed of 18 km/h.

• He then travelled by plane to Geneva, departing from New York at 22 15.


The flight path can be taken as an arc of a circle of radius 6400 km with a sector angle of 55.5°.
The local time in Geneva is 6 hours ahead of the local time in New York.
Brad arrived in Geneva at 11 25 the next day.

• To complete his journey, Brad travelled by bus from Geneva to Chamonix.


This journey started at 13 00 and took 1 hour 36 minutes.
The average speed was 65 km/h.
The local time in Chamonix is the same as the local time in Geneva.

Find the overall average speed of Brad’s journey from his home in New York to Chamonix.
Show all your working and give your answer in km/h.

................................................... km/h [11]

[Total: 11]
28

30

The diagram shows a hemispherical bowl of radius 5.6 cm and a cylindrical tin of height 10 cm.

(a) Show that the volume of the bowl is 368 cm3, correct to the nearest cm3.

[The volume, V, of a sphere with radius r is .]

[2]

(b) The tin is completely full of soup.


When all the soup is poured into the empty bowl, 80% of the volume of the bowl is filled.

Calculate the radius of the tin.

................................................... cm [4]

[Total: 6]

31

The diagram shows a sector of a circle of radius 3.8 cm.


29

The arc length is 7.7 cm.

(a) Calculate the value of y.

y = ................................................... [2]

(b) Calculate the area of the sector.

................................................... cm2 [2]

[Total: 4]

32

The diagram shows a cone with radius 1.75 cm and height 6 cm.
30

(a) Calculate the total surface area of the cone.


[The curved surface area, A, of a cone with radius r and slant height l is .]

................................................... cm2 [5]

(b)

The cone contains salt to a depth of 4.5 cm.


The top layer of the salt forms a circle that is parallel to the base of the cone.

(i) Show that the volume of the salt inside the cone is 18.9 cm3, correct to 1 decimal place.
[The volume, V, of a cone with radius r and height h is .]

[4]
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(ii) The salt is removed from the cone at a constant rate of 200 mm3 per second.

Calculate the time taken for the cone to be completely emptied.


Give your answer in seconds, correct to the nearest second.

................................................... s [3]

[Total: 12]

33 A pipe is full of water.


The cross-section of the pipe is a circle, radius 2.6 cm.
Water flows through the pipe into a tank at a speed of 12 centimetres per second.

Calculate the number of litres that flow into the tank in one hour.

................................................... litres [3]

[Total: 3]
32

34 A cone with height 14.8 cm has volume 275 cm3.

Calculate the radius of the cone.


[The volume, V, of a cone with radius r and height h is .]

................................................... cm [3]

[Total: 3]

35

The diagram shows a company logo made from a rectangle and a major sector of a circle.
The circle has centre O and radius OA.
OA = OD = 0.5 cm and AB = 1.5 cm.
E is a point on OC such that OE = 0.25 cm and angle OED = 90°.
33

(a) Calculate the perimeter of the logo.

................................................... cm [5]

(b) Calculate the area of the logo.

................................................... cm2 [3]

(c) A mathematically similar logo is drawn.


The area of this logo is 77.44 cm2.

(i) Calculate the radius of the major sector in this logo.

................................................... cm [3]
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(ii) A gold model is made.


This model is a prism with a cross-section of area 77.44 cm2.

This gold model is 15 mm thick.


One cubic centimetre of gold has a mass of 19 grams.

Calculate the mass of the gold model in kilograms.

................................................... kg [3]

[Total: 14]
35

36

The diagram shows an equilateral triangle ABC with sides of length 10 cm.
AMN is a sector of a circle, centre A.
M is the mid-point of AC.

Work out the area of the shaded region.

................................................... cm2 [4]

[Total: 4]
36

37

The diagram shows a sector of a circle with radius 6 cm and sector angle 72°.
The perimeter of this sector is cm.

Find the value of p and the value of q.

p = ...................................................

q = ................................................... [3]

[Total: 3]

38

The diagram shows a prism with length 18 cm and volume 253.8 cm3.
The cross-section of the prism is a right-angled triangle with base 6 cm and height h cm.
37

(a) (i) Show that the value of h is 4.7 .

[3]

(ii) Calculate the value of x.

x = ................................................... [2]

(b) Calculate the total surface area of the prism.

................................................... cm2 [6]

[Total: 11]

39

The diagram shows a circle, centre O.


The straight line ABC is a tangent to the circle at B.
OB = 8 cm, AB = 15 cm and BC = 22.4 cm.
AO crosses the circle at X and OC crosses the circle at Y.
38

(a) Calculate angle XOY.

Angle XOY = ................................................... [5]

(b) Calculate the length of the arc XBY.

................................................... cm [2]

(c) Calculate the total area of the two shaded regions.

................................................... cm2 [4]


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[Total: 11]

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