AXIS EDUCATION MENSURATION MR-2 (3D)

Institute for O/A levels Teacher: Shakib Ahmed Subject: Maths B

SET A (Cylinder)
1. Find the height of a cylinder of volume 200 cm3 and radius 4 cm.
2. Find the length of a cylinder of volume 2 liters and radius 10 cm.
3. Find the radius of a cylinder of volume 45 cm3 and length 4 cm.
4. When 3 liters of oil is removed from an upright cylindrical can the level falls by 10 cm. Find the radius of the can.
5. Water flows through a circular pipe of internal diameter 3 cm at a speed of 10 cm/s. If the pipe is full, how much
water flows from the pipe in one minute (answer in liters)
6. Water issues from a hose – pipe of internal diameter 1 cm at a rate of 5 liter per minute. At what speed is the
water flowing through the pipe?
7. A cylindrical metal pipe has external diameter of 6 cm and internal diameter of 4 cm. Calculate the volume of
metal in a pipe of length 1 m. If 1 cm3 of the metal weighs 8g, find the weight of the pipe.
8. Find the height of a solid cylinder of radius 1 cm and total surface area 28 cm2.
9. A solid wooden cylinder of height 8 cm and radius 3 cm is cut in two along a vertical axis of symmetry. Calculate
the total surface area of the two pieces. SET B (Cone)
In Questions 1 to 4, find the volumes
1. cone: height = 5 cm, radius = 2 cm 2. cone: height = 6 cm, radius = 4 cm
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3. cone: height = 𝑥 cm, radius = 2𝑥 cm 4. cone: height = 𝜋 cm, radius = 3 cm

5. Find the height of a cone of volume 2.5 liter and radius 10 cm

6. The diagram shows the cross section of an inverted cone of height MC = 12 cm.
If AB = 6 cm and XY = 2 cm, use similar triangles to find the length NC
7. An inverted cone of height 15 cm and base radius 4 cm contains water to a depth of 10 cm.
Calculate the volume of water in the cone.
8. A frustum is cone with the end chopped off.
A bucket in the shape of a frustum as shown has diameter to 10 cm and 4 cm
at its ends and depth of 3 cm. Calculate the volume of the bucket.
9. Find the volume (in liters) of a frustum with end diameters of 60 cm and 20 cm and a depth of 40 cm.
SET C (Sphere/Hemisphere)
1. Find volume of the following sphere:
(a) radius = 5 cm (b) sphere: radius = 10 cm (c) sphere: diameter = 8 cm
(d) sphere: radius = 0.1 m 5. Find the volume of a hemisphere of radius 5 cm.
6. A cone is attached to a hemisphere of radius 4 cm. If the total height of the object is 10 cm, find its volume.
7. A toy consists of a cylinder of diameter 6 cm ‘sandwiched’ between a hemisphere and a cone of the same
diameter. If the cone is of height 8 cm and the cylinder is height 10 cm, find the total volume of the toy.
8. Find the radius of a sphere of volume 60 cm3
9. A spherical ball is immersed in water contained in a vertical cylinder.
Assuming the water covers the ball, calculate the rise in the water level if
Sphere radius = 3 cm, cylinder radius = 10 cm
10. Calculate the radius of a hemispherical solid whose total surface area is 48𝜋 cm2
 SET D (Cuboid / Cube)
1. Find the volume of a box 10 m long, 8 m wide and 6 m high.
2. The area of the floor of a room is 16m2 and it is 3 m high. Find its volume.
3. A room is 5 m long, 4 m wide and 3 m high. Find its total surface area (floor, ceiling and walls).
4. The volume of a room is 160 m3. The area of its floor is 80 m2. Find its height.
5. Find the difference between a cube of side 2 m and 2 m3.
6. The perimeter of a square room is 48 m. If its height is 5 m, find its volume.
7. A cube has a volume of 216 m3. Find its side.
8. The area if one of the faces of a cube is 196 m2. Find its volume.
9. A box of volume 90 cm3 has a base of area 20 cm2. Find the height of the box.
10. The external dimension of an open box are 8 cm by 5 cm by 4 cm high. Find the volume of wood used in making
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the box, if the wood is 2 cm thick.
SET E (Pyramid)
1. 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 is a tetrahedron. 𝐴𝐵𝐶 is an equilateral triangle of side 4 m and 𝐷𝐴 = 𝐷𝐵 = 𝐷𝐶 = 6 m. 𝐷𝑁 is the
perpendicular from 𝐷 to the face 𝐴𝐵𝐶. Find 𝐷𝑁 and the volume of the tetrahedron.
2. A pyramid is on a rectangular base of sides 6 m and 4 m. Each slant edge is 8 m long.
Find the height and volume of the pyramid.
3. Calculate the volume of a regular octahedron whose edges are all 10 cm.
4. Find the volume of a regular tetrahedron of side 20 cm.
5. One corner of a solid cube of side 8 cm is removed by cutting through the mid – points of
three adjacent sides. Calculate the volume of the pieces removed.
6. Six square- based pyramids fit exactly onto the six faces of a cube of side 4 cm. If the
volume of the object formed is 256 cm3, find the height of each of the pyramids.
7. The diagram shows a pyramid with a square base of side 6 cm and a height of 10 cm. Calculate
(a) the volume in cm3 of the pyramid
A cube has the same volume as the pyramid. Calculate
(b) the length in cm to 1 decimal place of one edge of this cube
8. A right pyramid with a square base and a right circular cylinder have the same height of 12 cm and the same
volume. The length of a side of the base of the pyramid is 9 cm.
Calculate the radius, in cm to 3 significant figures, of the cylinder.
9. The square base ABCD of a right pyramid lies on horizontal ground.
The center of the base is M and V is vertically above M.
The side DC = 10 cm and VA = VB = VC = VD = 9 cm.
Calculate, to 3 significant figures,
(a) the height VM, in cm
(b) the volume of the pyramid, in cm3.
SET F (Prism)
1. Calculate the volume of the prisms. All length is in cm
(a) (b) (c)

(d) (e) (f)

2. A prism has volume 100 cm3 and lengths 8 cm. If the cross – section is an
equilateral triangle, find the length of a side of the triangle.
3. The dimension of a hut is shown in figure. Calculate the volume of the hut and its total
surface area, omitting the floor.
4. The cross section of a prism is an equilateral triangle of side 3 m.
The length of the prism is 5 m. Find (i) its volume (ii) the area of its surface
5. The figure shows a metal block with uniform cross – section 𝑃𝑄𝑅𝑆𝑇. The cross –
section 𝑃𝑆𝑇 is a semi circle and 𝑃𝑄𝑅𝑆 is a rectangle with 𝑃𝑄 = 16 cm and 𝑃𝑆 = 12 cm.
The length of the block is 20 cm. Calculate to 1 decimal place
(a) the total area in cm2, of the cross section of the block
(b) the volume in cm3 of the block
Given that the mass of 1 cm3 of the block is 7.6 g (c) Calculate in kg to 1 decimal place, the mass of the block
6. The figure shows a solid wooden block with uniform cross – section 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷𝐸. 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷
is a rectangle with 𝐴𝐵 = 12 cm and 𝐵𝐶 = 20 cm and ∆𝐴𝐷𝐸 is equilateral. The length of
the block is 15 cm. Calculate to 3 significant figures
(a) the areas in cm2 of the cross section 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷𝐸 of the block
(b) the volume in cm3, of the block
(c) the total surface area in cm2 of the block
7. A slice 𝑂𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷𝐸𝑂 is removed from a solid right circular cylinder as shown in the diagram.
The cylinder has a height of 10 cm and base circumferences of 32 cm. The centre of the two
ends of the cylinder is 𝑂 and 𝐶. The arc length 𝐸𝐴 of the slice removed is 7 cm. Calculate
(a) the volume, in cm3 to 3 significant figure of the slice 𝑂𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷𝐸𝑂 which is removed
(b) the volume of the slice removed as a percentage of the total volume of the cylinder.
Give your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answers:
SET A
1. 3.98 cm 2. 6.37 cm 3. 1.89 cm 4. 9.77 cm 5. 4.24 liters 6. 106 cm/s 7. 1570 cm3; 12.6 kg
8. 3.46 cm 9. 303 cm2
SET B
3 3 3 3 3
1. 20.9 cm 2. 101 cm 3. 4.19 𝑥 cm 4. 3 cm 5. 23.9 cm 6. 4 cm 7. 74.47 cm3
8. 123 cm3 9. 54.5 liters
SET C
3 3 3
1.524 cm 2. 4189 cm 3. 268 cm 4. 0.00419 m3 5. 262 cm3 6. 235 cm3 7.415 cm3
8. 2.43 cm 9. 0.36 cm 10. 4 cm
SET D
3 3 3
1. 480 m 2. 48 m 3. 94 m 4. 2 m 5. 6 m3 6. 720 m3 7. 6 cm
3 3
8. 2744 m 9. 4.5 cm 10. 62 cm
SET E
3 2
1. 5.54 m, 12.8 m3 2. 7.14 m, 57.1 m3 3. 471 cm 4. 943 cm3 5. 10 cm3 6. 6 cm 7. (a) 120 cm3
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(b) 4.9 cm 8. 2.93 cm 9. (a) 5.57 cm (b) 186 cm3
SET F
3 3 3
1. (a) 30 cm (b) 168 cm (c) 110 cm (d) 94.5 cm3 (e) 754 cm3 (f) 283 cm3 2. 5.37
2 3 2
3. 720 m3, 384 m2 4. 19.5m3, 52.8 m2 5. (a) 248.5cm (b) 4970 cm (c) 37.8 kg 6. (a) 413 cm
3 2 3
(b) 6200 cm (c) 2090 cm 7. (a) 178 cm (b) 21.9%