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The document contains a series of mathematical problems involving calculations of volumes, areas, and dimensions of various geometric shapes such as cones, cylinders, and polygons. It includes tasks such as calculating the volume of a water container, the radius of a cylinder, and the capacity of a fuel tank, among others. Each problem is structured to require specific mathematical formulas and reasoning to arrive at the correct answers.

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The document contains a series of mathematical problems involving calculations of volumes, areas, and dimensions of various geometric shapes such as cones, cylinders, and polygons. It includes tasks such as calculating the volume of a water container, the radius of a cylinder, and the capacity of a fuel tank, among others. Each problem is structured to require specific mathematical formulas and reasoning to arrive at the correct answers.

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4m
0.45 m

The diagram shows a horizontal container for water with a uniform cross-section.
The cross-section is a semicircle.
The radius of the semicircle is 0.45 m and the length of the container is 4 m.

(a) Calculate the volume of the container.

................................................... m3 [2]

(b)
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0.3 m

The greatest depth of the water in the container is 0.3 m.


The diagram shows the cross-section.

Calculate the number of litres of water in the container.


Give your answer correct to the nearest integer.

................................................... litres [6]

[Total: 8]
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2 The volume of a solid cone is 310 cm3.


The height of the cone is twice the radius of its base.

Calculate the slant height of the cone.

[The volume, V, of a cone with radius r and height h is .]

................................................... cm [5]

[Total: 5]
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A rectangular sheet of paper ABCD is made into an open cylinder with the edge AB meeting the edge DC.
AD = 28 cm and AB = 20 cm.

(a) Show that the radius of the cylinder is 4.46 cm, correct to 3 significant figures.

[2]

(b) Calculate the volume of the cylinder.

................................................... cm3 [2]

(c) N is a point on the base of the cylinder, such that BN is a diameter.

Calculate the angle between AN and the base of the cylinder.

................................................... [3]

[Total: 7]
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4 A regular 12-sided polygon has side length 6 cm.

(a) Show that one interior angle of the polygon is 150°.

[1]

(b) The polygon is enclosed by a circle, centre O, so that each vertex touches the circumference of the circle.

(i) Show that the radius, AO, of the circle is 11.6 cm, correct to 1 decimal place.

[3]
5

(ii) Calculate

A the circumference of the circle,

................................................... cm [2]
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B the perimeter of the shaded minor segment formed by the chord AB.

................................................... cm [2]

(c) The regular 12-sided polygon is the cross-section of a prism of length 2 cm.

Calculate the volume of the prism.

................................................... cm3 [3]

[Total: 11]

5 An empty fuel tank is filled using a cylindrical pipe with diameter 8 cm.
Fuel flows along this pipe at a rate of 2 metres per second.
It takes 24 minutes to fill the tank.

Calculate the capacity of the tank.


Give your answer in litres.

................................................... litres [4]

[Total: 4]
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6 O
O
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A B
2.4 cm AB

The volume of a paper cone of radius 2.4 cm is 95.4 cm3.


The paper is cut along the slant height from O to AB.
The cone is opened to form a sector OAB of a circle with centre O.

Calculate the sector angle x°.


[The volume, V, of a cone with radius r and height h is .]

................................................... [6]

[Total: 6]
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7 O

60°
NOT TO
24 cm SCALE

P Q

The diagram shows a sector OPQ of a circle with centre O and radius 24 cm.
The sector angle is 60°.

A cone is made from this sector by joining OP to OQ.

NOT TO
SCALE

P
Q

Calculate the volume of the cone.

[The volume, V, of a cone with radius r and height h is .]

................................................... cm3 [6]

[Total: 6]
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The diagram shows a sector of a circle with centre O, radius 8 cm and sector angle 165°.

(a) Calculate the total perimeter of the sector.

................................................... cm [3]

(b) The surface area of a sphere is the same as the area of the sector.

Calculate the radius of the sphere.


[The surface area, A, of a sphere with radius r is .]

................................................... cm [4]
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(c)

A cone is made from the sector by joining OA to OB.

(i) Calculate the radius, r, of the cone.

r = ................................................... cm [2]

(ii) Calculate the volume of the cone.


[The volume, V, of a cone with radius r and height h is .]

................................................... cm3 [4]

[Total: 13]
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A solid cylinder has radius x cm and height cm.
The surface area of a sphere with radius R cm is equal to the total surface area of the cylinder.

Find an expression for R in terms of x.


[The surface area, A, of a sphere with radius r is .]

R = ................................................... [3]

[Total: 3]
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Water flows at a speed of 20 cm/s along a rectangular channel into a lake.


The width of the channel is 15 cm.
The depth of the water is 2.5 cm.

Calculate the amount of water that flows from the channel into the lake in 1 hour.
Give your answer in litres.

................................................... litres [4]

[Total: 4]
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A prism with a right-angled triangle as its cross-section has a volume of 1000 cm3.

Calculate the value of x.

x = ................................................... [4]

[Total: 4]

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