Practice Problems No.

2 Math 112- Volume of Solids

1. A cylinder of volume 150 cu.cm is placed with a cone, whose
height is 4cm. If the height of cone and cylinder is equal,
then find the total volume of the shape formed by the
combination of cylinder and cone.

2. A cube has a volume of 343 cm3. Find its surface are

3. A cuboidal water tank is aluminum steel sheet which is 4.5 m

thick. The outer dimensions are 1.5 m × 2.5 m × 3 m. Find the
internal dimensions and total surface area of the tank.

4. How many tissue boxes of size 10 cm × 8 cm × 9 cm can be

adjusted inside a cupboard box of size 36 cm × 40 cm × 100 cm.

5. Find the volume of a sphere that has a radius of 55 yards.

Use π=3.14. Round your answer to the nearest tenth.

6. Calculate the volume of a sphere with a radius of 88 inches.

Use π=22/7π=22/7. Round your answer to the nearest whole
number.

7. Determine the volume of a sphere that has a diameter

of 30 meters. Use π=3.14
8. Find the volume of a cone, if radius is 4 cm and height is 9
cm.

9. Find the volume of a cone which has the base radius of 8 cm

and slant height (Sl) of 13 cm.cm

10. If the radius is 3.5 cm and the height is 12 cm. Find the
volume of the cone.

11. Find the volume of the cone. If the height and the slant
height of a cone are 18 cm and 21 cm, respectively.

12. If the volume of a cone is 1500 cm³ and the radius of the
base is 7 cm. Find the slant height (l) of the cone.

13. The height of a cone is 21 cm. If its volume is 1500 cm³,

find the radius of the base (r).

14. If the volume of a cone is 48π cm³ and the height is 10 cm.
Find the radius of its base.

15. A cone is cut by a plane horizontally. The radius of

circular top and base of frustum are 10m and 3m, respectively.
The height of frustum is 24m. If the height of the cone is
28m, then find the lateral surface area of frustum.
16. The bases of a frustum of a square pyramid are of lengths 10
units and 7 units. Its height is 12 units. Find the volume of
frustum.

17. Find the volume of the frustum of cone with radii 3 cm and 4
cm; and height 5 cm.

18. Find the volume of the frustum of a cone of height 20 in,

large base radius to be 25 in, and slant height to be 29 in.
Express the answer in terms of π.

19. An open plastic drum of height 63 cm with radii of lower and

upper ends as 15 cm and 25 cm respectively is filled with
Milk. Find the cost of milk which can completely fill the
bucket at Rs. 45 per litre. Also find the surface area of the
drum, if it needs to be coloured with at the rate of 50 ps/sq
cm.

20. A frustum of a pyramid consists of a square base of length

10 cm and a top square of length 7 cm. The height of the
frustum is 6 cm. Calculate the surface area and volume.

21. A frustum of a pyramid is 4 cm at the top and 7 cm at the

bottom square, and it's 6 cm high. Calculate the volume of the
frustum.
22. The frustum of a right circular cone has the diameters of
base 10 cm of top 6 cm and a height of 5 cm. Find the slant
height.

23. Twenty wooden bowls in the shape of a truncated cone should

be painted on the outside and inside with wood varnish. We
need 0.1 l of paint to paint 200 cm². How many liters of paint
do we have to buy if the bowls are 25 cm high, find the bottom
of the bowl?

24. Calculate the height of the rotating truncated cone with

volume V = 1354 cm³ and a base radii r1 = 9.1 cm and r2 = 5.4
cm.

25. The pit has the shape of a truncated pyramid with a

rectangular base and is 0.8 m deep. The pit's length and width
are the top 3 × 1.5 m bottom 1 m × 0.5 m. To paint one square
meter of the pit, we use 0.6 l of green color. How many liters
of paint are near?

26. A reservoir contains 28.54 m³ of water when complete. The

diameter of the upper base is 3.5 m, while the lower base is
2.5 m. Find the height if the reservoir is in the form of a
frustum of a right circular cone.

27. The 35 cm high teapot has the shape of a truncated pyramid

with the length of the edge of the lower square base a=50 cm
 and the edges of the rectangular base b: 20 cm and c: 30 cm.
How many liters of water will fit in the teapot?

28. The volume of the cut cone is V = 38000π cm³. The radius of
the lower base is 10 cm larger than the radius of the upper
base. Determine the radius of the base if height v = 60 cm.

29. Circular cone height 84 cm was cut plane parallel with the
base. The volume of these two small cones is the same.
Calculate the height of the smaller cone.
30. A container shaped like a rotating cylinder with a base
radius of 5 cm is filled with water. If a regular tetrahedron
with an edge of 7 cm is immersed in it, how much will the
water level in the container rise?

31. The surface of a truncated rotating cone with side s = 13 cm

is S = 510π cm². Find the radii of the bases when their
difference in lengths is 10cm.

32. Calculate the surface and volume of the cut rotating cone
with base radii of 14cm and 8cm height of 11cm.

33. The flowerbed has the shape of a truncated pyramid. The

bottom edge of the base a = 10 m, and the upper base b = 9 m.
The deviation angle between the edge and the base is alpha =
45°. What volume is needed to make this flowerbed? How many
plants can be put?
34. Calculate the surface and volume of a truncated rotating
cone with base radii of 8 cm and 4 cm and a height of 5 cm.

35. The pit has the shape of a regular quadrilateral truncated

pyramid. The edges of the bases are 14m and 10m long. The
sidewalls form an angle of 135° with a smaller base. Find how
many m³ of soil were excavated when digging the pi.

36. The upper and lower radii of a frustum of a right circular

cone are 8 cm and 32 cm, respectively. If the altitude of the
frustum is 10 cm, how far from the bottom base must a cutting
plane be made to form two similar frustums?

37. Calculate the volume of a regular 6-sided cut pyramid if the

bottom edge is 30 cm, the top edge is 12 cm, and the side edge
length is 41

38. A cone with a base radius of 10 cm and a height of 12 cm is

given. At what height above the base should we divide it by a
section parallel to the base so that the volumes of the two
resulting bodies are the same? Express the result in cm.

39. The concrete pedestal in a regular quadrilateral truncated

pyramid has a height of 12 cm; the pedestal edges have lengths
of 2.4 and 1.6 dm. Calculate the surface of the base.

40. A regular quadrilateral pyramid with base edge length a =

15cm and height v = 21cm is given. We draw two planes parallel
to the base, dividing the height of the pyramid into three
 equal parts. Calculate the ratio of the volumes of the 3
bodies created.

41. Find the volume and surface area of a regular quadrilateral

truncated pyramid if base lengths a1 = 17 cm, a2 = 5 cm, and
height v = 8 cm.

42. Find the volume of a regular 4-sided truncated pyramid if a1

= 14 cm, a2 = 8 cm, and the angle that the side wall with the
base is 42 degrees.

43. The surface of the rotating cone and its base area is in the
ratio 18:5. Determine the volume of the cone if its body
height is 12 cm.

44. The truncated rotating cone has bases with radii r1 = 8 cm,
r2 = 4 cm, and height v = 5 cm. What is the volume of the cone
from which the truncated cone originated?

45. How many cubic meters is the volume of a regular four-sided

truncated pyramid with edges of one meter and 60 cm and high
250 mm?

46. The foundations of a regular truncated quadrilateral pyramid

are squares. The lengths of the sides differ by 6 dm. Body
height is 7 dm. The body volume is 1813 m³. Calculate the
lengths of the edges of both bases.
47. The truncated regular quadrilateral pyramid has a volume of
74 cm3, a height v = 6 cm, and an area of the lower base 15
cm² greater than the upper base's area. Calculate the area of
the upper base.

48. Calculate the volume of the pillar shape of a regular

tetrahedral truncated pyramid if his square has sides a = 10,
b = 19, and height is h = 28.

49. The surface of the truncated rotating cone S = 7697 meters

square, the substructure diameter is 56m and 42m, find the
height of the tang.

50. Calculate the surface and volume of the truncated cone. The
radius of the smaller figure is 4 cm, the height of the cone
is 4 cm, and the side of the truncated cone is 5 cm.

51. The top-open tank has the shape of a truncated rotating

cone, which stands on a smaller base. The tank's volume is 465
m3, and the radii of the bases are 4 m and 3 m. Find the depth
of the tank.

52. The height of a cone is 7 cm, the length of a side is 10 cm,

and the lower radius is 3cm. What could be the possible answer
for the upper radius of a truncated cone?
53. A sphere has a radius of 5.5 cm. Determine its volume and
surface area. A frustum of the sphere is formed by two
parallel planes. One through the diameter of the curved
surface of the frustum is to be of the surface area of the
sphere. Find the height and volume?

54. The cone has a base radius of 12 cm and a height of 20 cm.

It was truncated at 6 cm from the base. We created a truncated
cone - frustum. Find the radius of the base of the truncated
cone.

55. Calculate the surface area and volume of a regular

quadrilateral truncated pyramid if the base edges are 87 cm
and 64 cm and the wall height is 49 cm.

56. We pour so much water into a container with the shape of an

equilateral cone, the base of which has a radius r = 6 cm,
that one-third of the volume of the cone is filled. How high
will the water reach if we turn the cone upside down?

57. Find the volume and surface area of the truncated cone if r1
= 12 cm, r2 = 5 cm, and side s = 10 cm.

58. A concrete pedestal has the shape of a right circular cone

and a height of 2.5 feet. The diameters of the upper and lower
bases are 3 feet and 5 feet, respectively. Determine the
pedestal's lateral surface area, total surface area, and
volume.
59. A truncated cone has bases with radiuses 40 cm and 10 cm and
a height of 25 cm. Calculate its surface area and volume.

60. A hardwood for a column is in the form of a frustum of a

regular heptagonal pyramid. The lower base edge is 18 cm, and
the upper base of 14 cm. The altitude is 30 cm. Determine the
weight in kg if the wood density is 10 grams/cm³.

61. Calculate the surface of a lampshade shaped like a rotary

truncated cone with a base diameter of 32 cm and 12 cm and a
height of 24 cm.

62. Calculate the radius of the base of a cylindrical container

of volume 440 cm3. Height of the cylindrical container is 35
cm. (Take pi = 22/7)

63. Calculate the volume of a given cylinder having height 20 cm

and base radius of 14 cm. (Take pi = 22/7)

64. A plumber installs a cylindrical pipe measuring 15 inches

tall with a radius of 1 inch. What is the volume of this pipe?
Find in in3?

65. A can of soup is a cylinder with a height of 12 centimeters

and a radius of 4 centimeters. Find the volume of the can of
soup. Find in cm3

66. Compute the volume of a cylindrical garbage can that is 4

feet tall and has a radius of 1 foot. Find in ft3?
67. A glass petri dish shown below is in a form of a cylinder.
It has a radius of 40 millimeters and a height of 15
millimeters. Calculate the volume of the petri dish. Find in
mm3?

68. A cylindrical container of oatmeal measures 10 inches tall

and has a radius of 3 inches. Find the volume of this
container. Find in in3?

69. If a cylindrical pail of ice cream is 15 centimeters tall

and has radius of 10 centimeters, what is the volume of the
pail? Find in cm3?

70. The radius of a cylindrical fruit cup is 3 centimeters and

its height is 5 centimeters as shown below. What is the volume
of this fruit cup? Find in cm3?cm

71. How do you find the volume of a hollow cylinder from the
inside and has outer and inner radii of units 6 and 8,
respectively? The height of this hollow cylinder is 15 units.

72. One day, Alex was wondering, “How do I find the volume of a
cylinder whose height is 6 inches and radius is 3 inches.” Can
you help her to find the volume of that cylinder?
73. A cylinder has a radius of 50 cm and a height of 100 cm. How
to find the volume of a cylinder?

74. How do you find the volume of a cylinder whose one of the
radii is 40 cm and another is 60 cm? The cylinder has a height
of 200 cm.

75. The figure shows a section of a metal pipe. Given the

internal radius of the pipe is 2 cm, the external radius is
2.4 cm and the length of the pipe is 10 cm. Find the volume of
the metal used.

76. Find the volume of the cylinder. The diameter is 1 foot. So,
the radius is 0.5 foot.

77. A cylindrical swimming pool has a diameter of 16 feet and a

height of 4 feet. About how many gallons of water can the pool
contain? Round your answer to the nearest whole number. (1 ft3
≈ 7.5 gal)

78. What is the volume of a cylinder with a radius of 10 meters

and a height of 17 meters? Use 3.14 as the value of pi.

79. What is the volume of a cylinder with a height of seven

inches and a base measuring 14 in²?
80. What is the volume of a cylinder with a diameter of 40 cm
and a height of 10 cm? Use 3.14 as the value of pi.
81. For example, a cylinder can hold 15 liters of petrol. Find
the volume of the cylinder in cm³?

82. The height of a cylinder is10 cm and the radius of one

circular base is 7 cm. Find its volume.

83. The height of a cylinder is10 cm and the radius of one

circular base is 7 cm. Find its volume.

84. Total surface area of a cylinder is 660 cm² calculate the

height of the cylinder of radius 5 cm.

85. A pipe is 21 cm long. The inside and outside radiuses

are 6 cm and 4 cm respectively. What is the volume of the
water required to fill the pipe completely?

86. The diameter and height of a cylinder are 28 cm and 10 cm,

respectively. What is the volume of the cylinder?

87. The depth of water in a cylindrical tank is 8 feet. Suppose

the radius and height of the tank are 5 feet and 11.5 feet,
respectively. Find the volume of water required to fill the
tank to the brim.
88. The depth of water in a cylindrical tank is 8 feet. Suppose
the radius and height of the tank are 5 feet and 11.5 feet,
respectively. Find the volume of water required to fill the
tank to the brim.

89. The radius and height of a cylindrical water tank are 10 cm

and 14 cm, respectively. Find the volume of the tank in
liters.

90. The external radius of a plastic pipe is 240 mm, and the
internal radius is 200 mm. If the pipe’s length is 100 mm,
find the volume of material used to make the pipe.

91. A cylindrical solid block of a metal is to be melted to form

cubes of edge 20 mm. Suppose the radius and length of the
cylindrical block are 100 mm and 490 mm, respectively. Find
the number of cubes to be formed.

92. Find the radius of a cylinder with the same height and
volume as a cube of sides 4 ft.

93. A solid hexagonal prism has a base length of 5 cm and a

height of 12 cm. Find the height of a cylinder with the same
volume as the prism. Take the radius of the cylinder to be 5
cm.
94. The radius and height of a cylinder are 5 cm and 16 cm,
respectively. What is the volume of the cylinder? Use pi-3.14
95. If the cylindrical paint box’s volume and radius
are 640π cubic cm and 8 cm, respectively, what is its height?