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M A T H E M A T C S - SOLID MENSURATION
PROBLEM SET #6
INSTRUCTION: Encitcle the letter that corresponds to the correct answer of
your choice. MULTIPLE CHOICE:
1. What is the value of each interior angle of a regular hexagon?
A 2TT/5 B. 2rr/7 C. 2TT/9 D. 2TT/3
2.A cubical container that measures 8 m on a side is tightly packed with
eight balls and is filled with water. All eight balls are in contact with the
walls of the container and the adjacent balls. All of the bails are the same
size, What is the volume of water in the container?3
3
B. 223.92 m3 C 233.92 D. 243.92 r-n

A, 213.92 m

3.What is the area of the portion of the circle shown? (Refer to Figure 5)
A. 81.78 B. 83.78 c. 89.78D. 85.78
4.All three sides of a triangle are initially 6 m in length. One of the triangle's
sides is oriented horizontally. The triangle is scaled down in size without
changing any of the angles. What is the new height of the triangle when
the area is exactly half of the original triangle's area?
A. 0.67 m B. 1.67 m C. 2.67 m D 3.67 m
5.Two 30 m diameter circles are placed so that the circumference of each
just touches the center of the other. What is the area common to each
circle? (Refer to Figure 6)
A. 216.38 m2 B. 236.38 m2 C. 256.38 m2 D. 276.38 m2 6, How
many diagonals are there in a polygon of 20. sides?
A. 200 B. 170 c. 100 D. 153
7. A regular pentagon has sides of 20 cm. An inner pentagon with sides of 10
cm is inside and concentric to the larger pentagon. Determine the area
inside and concentric to the larger pentagon but outside of the smaller
pentagon.
 A. 430 B. 573.26 cm2 C. 473.77 cm2 D. 516.14 cm2
8. What is the largest diameter circle that will fit inside a regular pentagon
with 4 in sides?
A. 5.51 in B. 6.81 in C. 7,31 in D. 10.81 in
9. The area of a circle is 150 in2 . What is the length of a side of a regular
hexagon inscribed in this circle?
A. 4.91 in B, 5.91 in C. 6.91 in D. 7.91 in
10. If the number of diagonals in a polygon is 9, what is the description of the
polygon?
A. pentagon B. nonagon C. octagon D. hexagon
Il. A car travels 36 kph due east and another car from the same point at N 300 E
at the rate of 72 kph. After 2 hrs, the distance between two points is:

A. li6.78 km B. 124.71 km C. 134.65 km D. km

12. Three circles of radii 110, 140 and 120 are tangent to one another. What are
the interior angles of the triangle formed by joining the centers of the
circles?
A. 300 , 600, goo B. 42.20 , 6250, 75.30 c. 65.44, 53.51 0 161 0 D. 450 ,
0 0
65 , 70
13. A square has a perimeter of 58 in. If the area of square is equal to the circle,
find the cirCumference of the circle.
A, 23.45 in B. 34.34 in C. 51.40 in D. 48.56 in
14. A large 20 m diameter cylindrical tank that sits on the ground is to be
painted. If one liter Of paint covers 10 m2 , how many liters are required if it
is 10 m high (include the top).
A. 94.25 liters B. 53.23 liters C. 47 liters D. 65.45 liters
15. Find the area of circle inscribed in a square whose area is 200 in2 .
 A. 216.16 in2 B. 314.16 in2 C. 412 34 in2 D. 15708 in2
16. Find the area of triangle whose sides are 30 crn, 35 cm and 45 cm.
A. 394.56 cm2 B. 402.34cm2 C. 524.40 cm2 D. 653.45 cm2
17. In a triangle ABC, A 300 angle B 800 and b 10 in. Find the area of triangle. A. 23.85 in2
B. 27.34 in2 C. 29.03 in? D. 32.63 in2 18 Find the area of equilateral triangle whose side is
10 in.
A. 13.30 in2 B. 23.30 in2 C, 33.30 in? D. 43.30 in2
A rectangular tot has a width of 15 m and length of 20 m. Find the diameter of a circular lot
whose area is twice that of rectangular lot.
A. 20.64m B. 23.64 m C. 25.64m D. 27.64m
20. A square has a diagonal of 16 in. Find the length of its sides.
A. 11.31 inB. 15.66 in C. 12.123 in D. 19.230 in
21. The sides of a triangle are 8 cm, 10 cm and 14 cm. Determine the radius of the inscribed
circle.
A. 2.25 cm B. 2.35cm C. 2.45cm D. 2.55cm
22 The area of a triangle inscribed in a circle is 39.19 cm 2 and the radius of the
circumscribed circle is 7.14 cm. If the two sides of the inscribed triangle are 8 cm and
10 cm, respectively, find the third side.
A. 11 cm B. 12 cm C. 13 cm D. 14 cm
23. A rhombus has diagonals of 32 and 20 inches. Determine its area.
A. 360 in2 B. 280 in2 C. 320 in2 D. 400 in2
24. What is the area of an ellipse with an aspect ratio of two and total perimeter of 25 inches? A.
29.78 B. 34.78 in2 C 36.78 D. 39.78 in2
25. The area of a circle is 250 in2y What is the diameter of the circle?
11.84 in B. 13.84 in C. 15.84 in D. 17.84 in 26 The area of a
circle is 300 in2. What is the circumference?
A. 51.40 in B. 61„40 in C. 71.40 in D. 81.40 in
27, A rectangle has a width of 10 m and area of 120 m2- If the perimeter of rectangle is equal to
the perimeter of equilateral triangle, find the area of equilateral triangle.
A. 763.08 m2 B, 93.14 C. 97.45 m2 D. 102.38 m2
28. Find the length of side of an equitateraE triangle whose area is equal to 400 in 2. A.
24.30 in B. 26.36 in C. 28.38 in D, 30.39 in
29. A trapezoid has a bottom base of 10 in and top base of 6 in. If height is 5 in, find its
area. A. 30in2 B. 45 in2 C. 35 in2 D. 40 in2
30 What is the radius of a circle inscribed in a triangle with sides of 6, 9 and 13 in?
A. 1.074 B. 1.244 c. 1.69 D. 1.478
 31. in the study of open channel fluid flow, the hydraulic radius is defined as the ratio of flow
area to wetted perimeter. What is the hydraulic radius of a 8 in diameter pipe filled to a
depth of 3
inches?
A. 3.23. in B. 1.63 in C. 6.34 in D. 2.34 in
32. What is the total surface area including the base, of a 6-foot-high fight circular cone with a 4
feet base? 52.30 re B. 32.30 ft2 C. 42.30 ft2 D.
33. What is the percent increase in volume is achieved for a sphere whose diameter increases
from 4 cm to 5 cm? c. 88.04% D. 98.34%
A. 95.31% B. 83 44%
34. A sphere whose diameter increases from 4 cm to 5 cm? What is the percent increase in
surface area? D. 86.25%
c. 76.25%
35' The inner surface area in square meters of a closed (both ends) cylinder 3 meters in height
and 4 m in diameter is
A. 21/2 % B. 3314 7t C. 20 TC

36. A spherical water tank 5 m diameter is filled with 4 m in height, Find the
volume of water in
the tank
A. 58.64 m3 B. 68.64 m3 C, 78.64 m3 D. 88.64

37 A cube has a diagonal of 5 ft. Find the diameter of a sphere whose volume is
thrice that of the

cube,

A. 2.58ft B. 3.58 ft C. 4.58 ft D. 5.17 ft

38. A cylindrical truncated prism has a base diameter of 10 m. The shortest

height is 5 m and longest height is 10 m. Find the volume of the prism.

A. 589 ma B. 689 ma C. 789 m3 D. 889 m'

39, A steel plate made of 1 in x4 ftx 10 ft has a density of 0.283 lb/in3. Find the
weight of the

material.

A. 1330 lbs B. 1430 lbs C. 1530 lbs D. 1630 lbs

40 What is the percentage increase in the volume of sphere when its surface
area is increased by

21%?
MI B. 10% c. 21% D. 33%
41. The ratio of the volume to the lateral area of a right circular cone is 2:1- If
the altitude is 15 m', what is the ratio of the slant height to the radius?
A. 5:6 c. 53
42. A large 20 m diameter cylindrical tank that sits on the ground is to be
painted. If one liter of paint covers 10 m2 , how many liters are required if it
is 15 m high (include the top).
A. 238.45 B. 539.45 c 125.66 D. 65.88
43. A spherical water tank 9 m diameter is filled to a height of 5/4 of its radius.
Find the volume of water in the tank.
160.93 m3 B. 260.93 m3 C. 360.93 m3 D. 460.93 ms
A.
44. A pyramid has a rectangular base of 10 in x 12 in, If the height is 14 in, find
the volume of pyramid.
A. 560 in' B. 580 in 3 C. 600 in3 D. 620
45. A closed cylinder has a height of 3 m and diameter of 6 m. Find the inner
surface area
A. 36T rn2 B. 21/2 TT t-n2 C. 25/3 Tt m2 D. 10 n m2
46. A 5 inches high plastic beverage glass has a 2.5 inches diameter base. Its
sides slope outward at 140 angle. What is the volume capacity of the glass?
MII A. 229 in3 B. 239 in3 C 249 in3 D 259 in3
47, A square piece of sheet metal is to be made into a cake pan by cutting a 2
inches square from each comer and then turning up the sides. What size
piece of sheet metal is needed if the volume of the pan is to be 128 cubic
inches?
 A. 10 in B. 12 in C. 14 in D. 16 in

48. Find the maximum volume of spherical ball placed in cubical box that has a
side of 12 inches.
A. 904.78 ina B. 914.78 in3 C. 924.78 in 3 D. 934.78 in3
49. Find the area of the rhombus whose diagonals are 8 m and 24 m
respectively
A. 82 m2 B. 86 rn2 C. 90 m2 DL 96 m2
50. The three dimensions of a rectangular parallelepiped are in the ratio 3.46. if
the volume is 2620 cu cm, what is the length of the shonest side?
MIII A. 656cm B. 8.56 cm C 10.56 cm D. 12.56 cm
51. Find the radius of circle circumscribed about the triangle for which A = 650,
B = 580, and c = 35 inches.
A. 14.86 ire B. 16.86 ire C. 18.86 in2 D. 20.86 in2
52. The two bases of a trapezoid are 14 inches and 18 inches respectively. If the
angles at the extremities of one base are 650 and 550 respectively, find the
area of trapezoid.
A. 44.86 B. 54.86 ire C. 64.86 in2 D. 74.86 in2
53. The volume of the right frustum of a right circular cone is 78 cu cm, The
upper base radius is 2 cm and the lower base radius is 5 Find the
altitude in cm.
c. 2 11 D. 2 21
54. A circle having an area of 452 sq. m is cut into two segments by a chord
which is 6 m from the center. Compute for the area of the bigger segment
in sq m.
A. 354.89 B. 363.68 c. 378.42 D. 383.64
55. Find the interior angle of a decagon. 0 A. 1440 B. 1360 c. 1560 D. 166
56. The sum of interior angle of nonagon is:
A. 10280 B. 11080 c. 12600 D. 13800
57. A hexagon has an apothem of 5 in. Find the length of side of the polygon.
A. 4.02 in B. 5.77 in C. 6.93 in D. 7.20 in
58. A pentagon is inscribed in a circle whose radius is 10 in. Find the area of the polygon.
237.76 in B. 247.76 in C 257.76 in D. 267.76 in
A.
59. A heptagon is circumscribed in a circle whose area is 150 cm2. Find the length of side of heptagon.
A. 3.66 cm B. 4.66 cm C. 5.66 cm D. 6.66 cm
60 Three circles are externally tangent to each other. The distances and between between their
centers are A and50 cm between circles A and B, 46 cm between circles B and C, 40 cm circles C.
Determine the diameters, in cm of each circle A, B, and C, respectively.

A. 56 for A, 36 for B, 44 C C. 50 for A, 46 for B, 40 for C

B. 40 for A, 50 for B, 46 for C D. 44 for A, 56 for B, 36 for C
61. The radii of the two circles that are tangent externally are 8 and 3 m, respectively. What is the
distance between the points of tangency of one of their common external tangents? A. 6.90 B.
7.80 c. 8.90 D. 9.80
62 A trapezoid has two equal slanting sides a 6 cm base and 3 cm top parallel to and 5 cm above base.
Determine the moment of inertia of the trapezoidal area relative to the base, in crn 4

A. 142.05 B. 171 88 c. 129 13 D. 156.25

63. Three circles C', C2 and C3 are extemaliy tangent to each other. Center to center distances are 10
cm between Cland C2, 8 cm between C2 and C3, and 6 cm between C3 and Cl. Determine the total
areas of the three circles, in sq. cm'

A. 184.72 B. 175.93 c. 180.32 D. 158.32

64, A chord is 40 cm long and its midpoint is 40 cm from the midpoint of the longer arc. Find the area of
the circle.

MIV A. 25T B. 625 IT C. 568 D. 455

65. Given a square with 20 cm sides. Another square is to be inscribed in the given square such that the
vertices of the former lies on the sides of the tatter. Determine the area, in sq. cm of the smallest
inscribed square?
A. 200 B. 220 c. 180 D. 160
66. A central circle has a 10-cm radius. Six equal smaller circles are to be arranged so that they are
externally tangent each other and the centers lie in the circumference of the central circle. What
should be the radius in cm, of the small circle?
MV A. 4.167 B. 6.000 c. 3.472 D. 5.000
67. Two equilateral triangles, each with 12-cm sides, overlap each other to form a 6-point 'Star of
David". Determine the overlapping area, is sq-crn.
A. 34.64 B. 41.57 c. 28.87 D. 49.88
68. An isosceles triangle with equal sides of 20 cm has these sides at variable equal angles with the base.
Determine the maximum area attainable by the triangle.
A. 250 sq. cm B. 200 sq. cm C. 180 sq. cm D. 300 sq. cm
69. A cylindrical tank open at the tank is made of metal sheet having a total area of 49.48 square meters. If the
height of the tank is 1.5 times its base diameter, detemine the base diameter of the tark A. 3.5 m B. 2.5 m C. 3
m D. 3.2 m
70. The volume of a regular tetrahedron is 3.182 cubic meter. Find its total surface area.
A. 12.47 sp. m. a. 15.59 sq. m. C. 16.87 sq. m, D. 10.42 sq. m.
B.