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VOLUME

Volume of prisms

A prism is a solid that has two faces that are parallel and congruent.

Volume of a prism = Area of cross-section x Length

EXERCISE 1 (Take π = 3.14 and approximate answers to 1 decimal place unless


otherwise stated)

(1) Calculate the volume of the following solids

(a) (b)

22 cm
15 mm
5 cm

10 mm
20 mm

(2) An open rectangular water tank is 60 cm long, 30 cm wide and 20 cm high.

Calculate the volume of water in it when it is three quarters full.

(3) A swimming pool is 50 m long and 20 m wide. The depth varies uniformly from 1 m at
the shallow end to 2.5 m at the deep end.

Calculate the volume of water in the pool when it is full.

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(4) Find the volume of a right circular cylinder of radius 14 cm, height 20 cm. (take π = ).
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(5) A pipe has a bore of 8 cm and an outside diameter of 10 cm. If it is 8 m long, find the
volume of metal in the pipe in cubic centimetres.

(6) A tent has a triangular cross section whose base is 4 m and whose altitude is 2.5 m. If it
is 8 m long, what is the volume of the tent?

(7) The figure below shows the cross section of a block of wood. If the block is 1.75 m long,
calculate its volume. (Give your answer in cm3 correct to 3 significant figures.)

5cm

15 cm

(8) Find the weight of a metal right circular cylinder of radius 6 cm and height 14 cm if
1 cm3 of the metal weighs 4.7 g.

(9) The petrol tank of a car is a cuboid measuring 60 cm by 35 cm by 20 cm. How many
liters will it hold when full?

(10) 33 liters of water are poured into a rectangular tank 55 cm long and 48 cm wide.
Calculate the depth of the water.
Volume of a cone, sphere, and pyramid

1
Volume of a cone = πr2h
3

where r =radius of cone and h = height of cone

4
Volume of a sphere = πr3
3

where r =radius of sphere

1
Volume of a pyramid = x area of base x height
3

Exercise 2

(1) Find the volume of a cone whose base radius is 28 cm and whose height is 15 cm.

(2) A pyramid has a rectangular base 5 cm by 3. 5 cm and an altitude of 10 cm. Calculate its
volume.

(3) A sphere has a radius of 4.5m. Find its volume.

(4) A hemisphere has a diameter of 300 mm. Calculate its volume.


(5) A sphere has a volume of 100 cm3. Find its radius giving the answer to three significant
figures.

(6) Ten identical spheres, each of radius 5.7 cm, are melted down and recast into a single
cube. Calculate the length of the cube, giving your answer correct to three significant
figures.

(7) A pyramid has a square base of side 10 cm. Its volume is 400 cm3. Find the height.

(8) An iron ball has a diameter of 15 cm. The density of iron is 7.8 g/cm3. Calculate the mass
of the ball in kilograms correct to 3 significant figures.

(9) A wine glass has a conical shape. The diameter of the top is 7 cm, and the depth is 8 cm.
How many milliliters of wine can it hold?

(10) A boiler consists of a cylinder with a hemisphere at each end. The diameter of the boiler
is 200 cm, and its total length is 350 cm. calculate to the nearest liter, the capacity of the
boiler.
ANSWERS

Exercise 1

(1) (a) 3000 mm3 (b) 1889.7 mm3 (2) 27 000 cm3

(3) 1750 m3 (4) 12 320 c (5) 22 608 cm3

(6) 40 m3 (7) 33100 cm3 (8) 7438 g

(9) 42 litres (10) 12.5 cm

Exercise 2

(1) 12308.8 cm3 (2) 58.3 cm3 (3) 381.5 m3

(4) 7065000 mm3 (5) 2.88 cm (6) 13.5 cm

(7) 12 cm (8) 13.8 kg (9) 102.6 ml

(10) 8897 l

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