Mensuration
Mensuration
1
NOT TO
SCALE
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.
................................................... m3 [2]
(b)
NOT TO
SCALE
0.3 m
[Total: 8]
2
................................................... cm [5]
[Total: 5]
3
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]
................................................... [3]
[Total: 7]
4
[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
................................................... cm [2]
6
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.
[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.
[Total: 4]
7
6 O
O
NOT TO
SCALE
x°
A B
2.4 cm AB
................................................... [6]
[Total: 6]
8
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°.
NOT TO
SCALE
P
Q
[Total: 6]
9
The diagram shows a sector of a circle with centre O, radius 8 cm and sector angle 165°.
................................................... cm [3]
(b) The surface area of a sphere is the same as the area of the sector.
................................................... cm [4]
10
(c)
r = ................................................... cm [2]
[Total: 13]
11
9
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.
R = ................................................... [3]
[Total: 3]
12
10
Calculate the amount of water that flows from the channel into the lake in 1 hour.
Give your answer in litres.
[Total: 4]
13
11
A prism with a right-angled triangle as its cross-section has a volume of 1000 cm3.
x = ................................................... [4]
[Total: 4]