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10th Maths Chapter 7 Mensuration Notes

Chapter 7 focuses on mensuration, providing various exercises related to the calculation of surface areas, volumes, and dimensions of different geometric shapes such as cylinders, cones, and spheres. It includes problems involving ratios, dimensions, and conversions between different solid shapes. The chapter aims to enhance understanding of geometric properties and their applications in real-world scenarios.

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10th Maths Chapter 7 Mensuration Notes

Chapter 7 focuses on mensuration, providing various exercises related to the calculation of surface areas, volumes, and dimensions of different geometric shapes such as cylinders, cones, and spheres. It includes problems involving ratios, dimensions, and conversions between different solid shapes. The chapter aims to enhance understanding of geometric properties and their applications in real-world scenarios.

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Chapter 7 Mensuration

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Exercise 7.1
1. The radius and height of a cylinder are in the ratio 5:7 and its curved surface area is 5500 sq.cm. Find its
radius and height.

2. A solid iron cylinder has total surface area of 1848 sq.cm. Its curved surface area is five – sixth of its total
surface area. Find the radius and height of the iron cylinder.

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3. The external radius and the length of a hollow wooden log are 16 cm and 13 cm respectively. If its thickness
is 4 cm then find its T.S.A.

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Exercise 7.2
1. A 14 m deep well with inner diameter 10 m is dug and the earth taken out is evenly spread all around the well
to form an embankment of width 5 m. Find the height of the embankment.

2. A cylindrical glass with diameter 20 cm has water to a height of 9 cm. A small cylindrical metal of radius 5
cm and height 4 cm is immersed completely. Calculate the raise of the water in the glass?

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3. If the circumference of a conical wooden piece is 484 cm then find its volume when its height is 105 cm.

4. A conical container is fully filled with petrol. The radius is 10m and the height is 15 m. If the container can
release the petrol through its bottom at the rate of 25 cu. meter per minute, in how many minutes the container
will be emptied. Round off your answer to the nearest minute.

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5. A right angled triangle whose sides are 6 cm, 8 cm and 10 cm is revolved about the sides containing the right
angle in two ways. Find the difference in volumes of the two solids so formed.

7. If the ratio of radii of two spheres is 4:7, find the ratio of their volumes

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Volume and Surface Area of Combined Solids

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Exercise 7.3
1. A vessel is in the form of a hemispherical bowl mounted by a hollow cylinder. The diameter is 14 cm and the
height of the vessel is 13 cm. Find the capacity of the vessel

2. Nathan, an engineering student was asked to make a model shaped like a cylinder with two cones attached at
its two ends. The diameter of the model is 3 cm and its length is 12 cm. If each cone has a height of 2 cm, find
the volume of the model that Nathan made.

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7. A right circular cylinder just enclose a sphere of radius r units. Calculate
(i) the surface area of the sphere (ii) the curved surface area of the cylinder (iii) the ratio of the areas obtained in
(i) and (ii).
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Exercise 7.4
1. An aluminium sphere of radius 12 cm is melted to make a cylinder of radius 8 cm. Find the height of the
cylinder.

2. Water is flowing at the rate of 15 km per hour through a pipe of diameter 14 cm into a rectangular tank which
is 50 m long and 44 m wide. Find the time in which the level of water in the tanks will rise by 21 cm.

3. A conical flask is full of water. The flask has base radius r units and height h units, the water is poured into a
cylindrical flask of base radius xr units. Find the height of water in the cylindrical flask

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4. A solid right circular cone of diameter 14 cm and height 8 cm is melted to form a hollow sphere. If the
external diameter of the sphere is 10 cm, find the internal diameter.

5. Seenu’s house has an overhead tank in the shape of a cylinder. This is filled by pumping water from a sump
(underground tank) which is in the shape of a cuboid. The sump has dimensions 2 m ´1.5 m ´ 1 m. The overhead
tank has its radius of 60 cm and height 105 cm. Find the volume of the water left in the sump after the overhead
tank has been completely filled with water from the sump which has been full, initially.

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6. The internal and external diameter of a hollow hemispherical shell are 6 cm and 10 cm respectively. If it is
melted and recast into a solid cylinder of diameter 14 cm, then find the height of the cylinder.

7. A solid sphere of radius 6 cm is melted into a hollow cylinder of uniform thickness. If the external radius of
the base of the cylinder is 5 cm and its height is 32 cm, then find the thickness of the cylinder.

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8. A hemispherical bowl is filled to the brim with juice. The juice is poured into a cylindrical vessel whose
radius is 50% more than its height. If the diameter is same for both the bowl and the cylinder then find the
percentage of juice that can be transferred from the bowl into the cylindrical vessel.

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