SOLID GEOMETRY

1. The altitude of a parallelepiped is 20 and the base is a rhombus with diagonals 10 and 16.
Find the volume of the parallelepiped.
a. 1, 500 b. 1, 600 c. 1, 700 d. 1, 800
2. A sphere of radius r just fits into a cylindrical box. Find the empty space inside the box.
a. 2 r 3 / 3 b. 8 r 3 / 9 c. 4 r 3 / 9 d. 20 r 3 / 27
3. Find the volume of a pyramid having a pentagonal base with sides each equal to 12 cm and
an apothem of 8 cm. The altitude of the pyramid is 36 cm.
a. 2, 660 cm3 b. 2, 770 cm3 c. 2, 880 cm3 d. 2, 990 cm3
4. Find the volume of a spherical zone in a sphere of radius 17 cm if the radius of the zone is 8
cm.
a. 1,126 /3 cm 3 b. 1,136/3 cm 3 c. 1,146/3 cm 3 d. 1,156/3 cm 3
5. The base of a prism is a rhombus whose sides are each 10 cm and whose shorter diagonal is
12 cm. If the altitude is 12 cm, find its volume.
a. 1, 132 cm3 b. 1, 142 cm3 c. 1, 152 cm3 d. 1, 162 cm3
6. Find the volume of a spherical segment if the radii of the bases are 3 and 4 respectively and
its altitude is 2.
a. 83.27 b. 87.32 c. 83.72 d. 82.73
7. A stone is dropped into a circular tub 40 inches in diameter, causing the water therein to rise
20 inches. What is the volume of the stone?
a. 6, 000  in 3 b. 7, 000  in 3 c. 8, 000  in 3 d. 9, 000  in 3
8. The base of a right parallelepiped is a rhombus whose sides are each 10 cm long and one of
whose angles is 60 degrees. If the altitude of the parallelepiped is 4 cm, find its volume.
a. 100 3cm 3 b. 200 3cm 3 c. 300 3cm 3 d. 400 3cm 3
9. Find the volume of the largest cube that can be out from a circular log whose radius is 30.
a. 76, 367.53 b. 75, 567.33 c. 73, 675.36 d. 77, 653.36
10. Find the lateral area of a pyramid whose altitude is 27 cm and whose base is a square 8 cm on
a side.
a. 437.62 cm2 b. 436.72 cm2 c. 432.76 cm2 d. 427.63 cm2
11. Find the lateral area of the frustum of a regular square pyramid whose base edges are 6 and
12 and whose altitude is 4.
a. 150 b. 160 c. 170 d. 180
12. If the radius of a sphere is 8 and if a plane passes through the spheres at a distance of 5 from
its center, what are the areas of the circle of intersection?
a. 38 pi b. 39 pi c. 40 pi d. 41 pi
13. Find the lateral area of a right circular cone that cone that can be inscribed in a cube whose
volume is 64.
a. 28.1 b. 26.1 c. 24.1 d. 22.1
14. Find the lateral edge of a regular square pyramid whose slant height is 8 and whose base edge
is 6.
a. 6.54 b. 7.54 c. 8.54 d. 9.54
15. The base edges of a triangular pyramid are 12, 14 and 16. If its altitude is 22, what is the
volume of the pyramid?
a. 594.64 b. 564.94 c. 544.69 d. 596.44
16. The volume of the frustum of a right circular cone is 78 pi. The upper base radius is 2 and the
lower base radius is 5. What is the altitude of the frustum?
a. 5 b. 6 c. 7 d. 8
17. The volume of a right circular cone having a slant height of 13 and altitude 12 is
a. 100 b. 150 c. 200 d. 250
18. Find the lateral area of a regular triangular pyramid whose base edge is 4 and its lateral edge
is 6.
a. 21 2 b. 22 2 c. 23 2 d. 24 2
19. Find the height of a pyramid whose volume is 35 and whose base is a triangle with sides 4, 7
and 5.
a. 11.72 b. 10.72 c. 8.72 d. 9.72
20. The radii of the bases of the frustum of a right circular cone are 6 and 9 respectively and its
altitude is 4. Find its lateral area.
a. 75 b. 85 c. 95 d. 65
21. Find the volume of a sphere whose surface area is 64 .
 a. 256 / 3 b. 254 / 3 c. 252 / 3 d. 250 / 3
22. What is the area of a sphere if a zone on it having an area of 18 , has an altitude of 2?
a. 79 pi b. 80 pi c. 81 pi d. 82 pi
23. A spherical bowl of radius 8 inches contains water to a depth of 3 inches. Find the volume of
the water in the bowl.
a. 199.72 in3 b. 197.92 in3 c. 179.29 in3 d. 192.27 in3
24. What is the diameter of a sphere for which its volume is equal to its surface area?
a. 5 b. 6 c. 7 d. 8
25. The lateral area of a regular pyramid is 2, 048 and the perimeter of the base is 128. Find the
slant height.
a. 42 b. 22 c. 32 d. 52
26. The area of the base of a right circular cone is 144 . If its altitude is 14, find its slant height.
a. 18.44 b. 17.33 c. 16.22 d. 15.11
27. Find the volume of the largest circular cylinder that can be inscribed in a cube whose volume
is 64 cu cm.
a. 13 cm 3 b. 14 cm 3 c. 15 cm 3 d. 16 cm 3
28. The altitude of a square pyramid is 10 and a side of the base is 15. Find the area of a cross
section at a distance of 6 from the vertex.
a. 81 b. 82 c. 83 d. 84
29. The diameter of one solid ball is 3 times the diameter of another ball of the same material. If
the weight of the smaller ball is 250 pounds, what is the weight of the larger ball?
a. 6, 057 lb b. 6, 750 lb c. 6, 507 lb d. 6, 570 lb
30. Find the volume of a regular tetrahedron whose edges are each equal to 6.
a. 16 2 b. 17 2 c. 18 2 d. 19 2
31. The lateral area of a regular pyramid is 514.5 and the slant height is 42. Find the perimeter of
the base.
a. 24.5 b. 26.5 c. 22.5 d. 28.5
32. A wedge is cut from a circular tree whose diameter is 2 m by a horizontal plane up to the
vertical axis and another cutting plane which is inclined at 45 degree from the previous plane.
The volume of the wedge is
a. ¼ b. ½ c. 2/3 d. ¾
33. The zone of a spherical cone has an altitude of 2 cm and a radius of 4 cm. Find the volume of
the spherical cone.
a. 115  / 3 cm 3 b. 110  / 3 cm 3 c. 105  / 3 cm 3 d. 100  / 3 cm 3
34. The capacities of two hemispherical tanks are in the ratio 64:125. If 4.8 kg of paint is required
to paint the outer surface of the smaller tank, then how many kg of paint would be needed to
paint the outer surface of the larger tank?
a. 6.5 kg b. 7.5 kg c. 8.5 kg d. 9.5 kg
35. Find the volume of a sphere that is circumscribed about a cube of edge 4.
a. 30 3  b. 32 3  c. 34 3  d. 36 3 
36. A sphere is inscribed in a right circular cone. The slant height of the cone is equal to the
diameter of its base. If the altitude of the cone is 15, find the surface area of the sphere.
a. 125  b. 120  c. 110  d. 100 
37. If the length of each edge of a cube is increased by 3 cm, its volume is increased by 387 cu
cm. Find the length of each edge of the original cube.
a. 5 cm b. 6 cm c. 7 cm d. 8 cm
38. The lateral area of a regular pyramid is 2 048 and the perimeter of the base is 128. It is base is
a regular octagon, find the altitude of the pyramid
a. 24.5 b. 25.5 c. 26.5 d. 27.5
39. Find the area illuminated by a candle h meters from the surface of a ball r meters in radius.
2 rh 2 2 rh 2 2 r 2 h 2 r 2 h
a. b. c. d.
r+h r−h r+h r−h
40. Find the volume of the frustum of a pyramid whose bases are regular hexagons with base
edges 5 cm and 10 cm respectively and the altitude is 15 cm.
a. 2, 273.31 cm3 b. 2, 171.33 cm3c. 2, 327.13 cm3 d. 2, 713.32 cm3
41. What is the volume of a cube if the number of cubic units in its volume is twice the number
of square units in its total surface area?
a. 1, 827 b. 1, 287 c. 1, 872 d. 1, 728
42. Find the lateral area of regular hexagonal pyramid whose lateral edges are each 13 cm and
whose base has sides 10 cm each.
 a. 350 b. 360 c. 370 d. 380
43. The ratio of the volumes of two spheres is 8:27. What is the ratio of their surface areas?
a. 2/9 b. 4/9 c. 5/9 d. 7/9
44. Find the volume of a solid formed by revolving an equilateral triangle with side e about an
altitude.
3 e 3 3 e 3 2 e 3 2 e 3
a. b. c. d.
24 12 24 12
45. If the diameter of a sphere is increased by 40%, by what percent is the volume increased?
a. 144.7% b. 147.4% c. 177.4% d. 174.4%
46. If the ratio of the lateral area of the frustum of a cone to its volume is 15:28, find the altitude
of the frustum if its base radii are 3 and 6 respectively.
a. 6 b. 5 c. 4 d. 3
47. The lateral area of a right circular cone is 3 times the area of its base. Find the angle at which
the slant height of the cone is inclined with the base.
a. 71.350 b. 72.150 c. 70.530 d. 73.250
48. The volume of a rectangular parallelepiped is 162. The three dimensions are in the ratio 1:2:3.
Find the total area.
a. 198 b. 197 c. 196 d. 195
49. The area of the base of a pyramid is 25 and its altitude is 10. What is the distance from the
base of a section parallel to the base whose area is 9?
a. 4 b. 3 c. 5 d. 2
50. The edge of a regular tetrahedron is 5. Find the edge of a cube which has the same volume as
the tetrahedron.
a. 2.35 b. 2.45 c. 2.55 d. 2.65
51. A right circular cone whose slant height is 18 cm and the circumference of whose base is 6
cm is cut by a plane parallel to the base such that the cone is cut off, has a slant height of
4cm. Find the lateral area of the frustum formed.
a. 48.3 b. 49.1 c. 50.2 d. 51.3
52. A tank has the force of a cylinder of revolutions whose diameter is 60 cm and whose height is
244 cm. The tank is in horizontal position and is filled with water to a depth of 46 cm. Find
the approximate number of liters of water in the tank.
a. 566 b. 567 c. 568 d. 569
53. A solid has a circular base of radius 20. Find the volume of the solid if every section
perpendicular to a certain diameter is an equilateral triangle.
a. 18, 475.21 b. 14, 871.52 c. 17, 845.12 d. 15, 781.25
54. Find the total area of a regular hexagonal pyramid whose slant height is 5 ft and whose base
is 4 ft.
a. 105.71 ft2b. 107.15 ft2 c. 101.57 ft2 d. 110.75 ft2
55. The slant height of the frustum of a right circular cone makes an angle of 60 degrees with the
larger base. If the slant height is 30 cm and the radius of the smaller base is 5 cm find the
volume of the frustum.
a. 15, 283.7 cm3 b. 14, 283.7 cm3c. 13, 283.7 cm3 d. 12, 283.7 cm3
56. The lateral area of the frustum of a regular pyramid is 336 sq. cm. If the lower base is a
square having a side of 8 cm, the upper base is a square of side x cm and its slant height is 12
cm, find the value of x.
a. 6 b. 4 c. 7 d. 5
57. If the area of the base of a regular hexagonal prism is 3 3 / 2 sq. cm and the total area is
45 3 sq.cm, find the volume of the prism.
a. 20.5 cm3 b. 31.5 cm3 c. 21.5 cm3 d. 30.5 cm3
58. If a cylinder has a lateral area of 88 pi and a volume of 176 pi, what is its total area?
a. 120 pi b. 125 pi c. 130 pi d. 135 pi
59. A rectangular prism has a width of 2 cm, a height of 4 cm and a length of 3 3 cm. If its
volume is equal to the volume of a cube with diagonal d, find the value of d.
a. 8 cm b. 7 cm c. 6 cm d. 5 cm
60. The axes of two right circular cylinders of equal radii 3 a long, intersect at right angles. Find
the volume of the common part.
a. 122 m3 b. 133 m3 c. 144 m3 d. 155 m3