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UCSI International School

Mensuration

Surface Area and Volume Problems


14.1.16
43 min
39 marks
To be completed in class and at home

1. The surface area of a sphere with radius r is A = 4πr2.

Calculate the surface area of a sphere with a radius of 5 centimetres.

Answer …….…….……………… cm2


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2.
C

A B NOT TO SCALE

6 cm

C
4 cm

B
A

8 cm NOT TO SCALE

The diagram above shows a cuboid and its net.

(a) Calculate the total surface area of the cuboid.

Answer (a) ……………….…………… cm2


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(b) Calculate the volume of the cuboid.

Answer (b) ……………….…………… cm3


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(c) An ant walks directly from A to C on the surface of the cuboid.

(i) Draw a straight line on the net to show this route.


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(ii) Calculate the length of the ant’s journey.

Answer (c)(ii) …………….…………… cm


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(iii) Calculate the size of angle CAB on the net.

Answer (c)(iii) Angle CAB = ………...……


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3. (a) Calculate the volume of a cylinder of radius 50 cm and height 138 cm.

Answer (a) ………...……… cm3


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(b) Write your answer to part (a) in cubic metres.

Answer (b) …………..……… m3


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4. The diagram shows a square tile of side 10 centimetres with 4 identical quarter circles shaded.

10 cm

10 cm

Calculate the area of the unshaded region.

Answer ……………………… cm2


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5. (a) Calculate the circumference of a circle of diameter 8 cm.

Answer (a) ………………… cm


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(b)

29°
A B NOT TO SCALE

AQB is a semi-circle.
Angle QAB = 29°.
Work out the size of angle ABQ.

Answer (b) Angle ABQ = ………


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6. A 400 metre running track has two straight sections, each of length 120 metres, and two
semicircular ends.

120 m

NOT TO SCALE

(a) Calculate the total length of the curved sections of the track.

Answer (a) ………..………….………… m


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(b) Calculate d, the distance between the parallel straight sections of the track.

Answer (b) d = ……………….………… m


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7. A candle, made from wax, is in the shape of a cylinder.
The radius is 1.5 centimetres and the height is 20 centimetres.

NOT TO SCALE

(a) Calculate, correct to the nearest cubic centimetre,


the volume of wax in the candle.
[The volume of a cylinder, radius r, height h, is πr2h.]

Answer (a) …………….…………… cm2


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(b) The candle burns 0.8 cm3 of wax every minute.


How long, in hours and minutes, will it last?
Write your answer correct to the nearest minute

Answer (b) …………… h ……..…… min


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(c) The candles are stored in boxes which measure x cm by 24 cm by 20 cm.


Each box contains 96 candles.
Calculate the minimum value of x.

NOT TO SCALE

Answer (c) x = ………………..…………


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(d) A shopkeeper pays $25 for one box of 96 candles. He sells all the candles for 35 cents
each.
(i) How much profit does he make?

Answer (d)(i) $ ….………………………


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(ii) Calculate his profit as a percentage of the cost price.

Answer (d)(ii) …...…………………… %


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