Area and Volume 3
Area and Volume 3
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2 volume = π m3
surface area = 100π cm 3
500
6. The volume of a sphere is π cm 3 . Find its diameter.
3
7. The figure shows a hemisphere. The area of its base is 900π mm2.
Find its volume in terms of π.
8. The diameter of a spherical Christmas ball is 7 cm. Find the surface area of the ball in
terms of π.
9. The curved surface area of a hemisphere is 200 m2. Find the circumference of its base, correct
to 3 significant figures.
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10. The figure shows a toy. It consists of a right circular cone and a hemisphere with a common
base. Find the total surface area of the toy.
(Give the answer in terms of π.)
6 cm 14 cm
Level 2
12. The volumes of the sphere and the cylinder in the figure are the same. Find the base radius of
the cylinder.
9 cm
6.75 cm
13. In the figure, there is some water in a cylindrical container of base radius 4.8 cm. An iron
sphere of diameter 7.2 cm is immersed in water. Then, the depth of water rises to 13 cm. Find
the original depth of water.
4.8 cm
13 cm
14. A large solid metal sphere of radius 15 cm is melted and recast into 27 identical small solid
metal spheres. Find the surface area of each small sphere in terms of π.
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15. The figure shows a steel bowl in the shape of a hemisphere. The bowl is 0.2 cm thick with an
internal diameter of 15.6 cm. If there is 600 cm3 of steel, at most how many bowls can be made?
0.2 cm
15.6 cm
16. The solid in the figure is formed by two hemispheres. The radius of the smaller hemisphere is
4 cm. The curved surface area of the larger hemisphere is 40.5π cm2. Find the total surface area
of the solid, correct to the nearest cm2.
4 cm
17. The figure shows a right circular cone of base radius 14.4 cm and a hemisphere of radius
12 cm. Their total surface areas are the same.
12 cm
14.4
cm
(a) Find the slant height of the cone.
(b) Is the volume of the hemisphere greater than that of the cone? Explain your answer.
18. In the figure, a vessel consists of a hemisphere and a cylinder with a common base. The base
diameter of the hemisphere is 30 cm. The capacity of the vessel is 9 000π cm3. Is the height of
the vessel less than 40 cm? Explain your answer.
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19. The solid in the figure consists of a right circular cone and a hemisphere with a common base.
The height of the cone is 24 cm. The ratio of the volume of the cone to the volume of the
hemisphere is 2 : 3.
24 cm
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