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Revision Exercise7 Areas and Volumes (III)

(In this exercise, unless otherwise specified, give your answers correct to 3 significant figures if
necessary.)
 Level 1
1. Find the volume and the total surface area of the regular
pyramid in the figure.

2. Find the volume of the pyramid in the figure.

6 cm

5 cm

3. Find the volume and the total surface area of the right circular
cone in the figure. (Give your answers in terms of .)

4. Find the volume and the total surface area of the hemisphere in
the figure. (Give your answers in terms of .)

5. The surface area of a spherical ball is 225 cm2.

(a) Find the radius of the ball.
(b) Find the volume of the ball.

6. The base radius and the curved surface area of a right circular cone are 8 cm and 88 cm2.
(a) Find the slant height of the cone.
(b) Find the volume of the cone.

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7. The figure shows a frustum ABCDHEFG. The upper base

and the lower base of the frustum are squares of sides 4 cm 6 cm
and 8 cm respectively. The heights of pyramids VABCD
12 cm
and VEFGH are 6 cm and 12 cm respectively. Find the
volume of the frustum.

8. In the figure, ABCD is a frustum of a right circular cone. The

radii of the upper base and the lower base are 4 cm and 3 cm
respectively. It is given that VC = 6 cm and VD = 8 cm. Find
the total surface area of frustum ABCD.

9. The figure shows a solid which consists of a hemisphere and

a right circular cylinder with a common base. Find its volume
15 cm
and total surface area in terms of . 9 cm

V
10. The figure shows a model made up of a right circular cylinder and
a right circular cone with a common base. Find its volume and 15 cm

total surface area in terms of .

A B

15 cm

D C
9 cm

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11. The figure shows a solid which is obtained by drilling away a

smaller right circular cone ECD from a larger right circular cone
VAB. Find the volume and the total surface area of the solid.

12. The figure shows a box in the shape of a right prism with base area
40 cm2 and length 30 cm. Five balls each with radius 3 cm are put
into the box. Find the volume of the empty space in the box.

13. In the figure, the solid sphere can just be fitted into a cubic container
of side length 8 cm. Find the volume of the empty space in the
container.

14. A spherical ball of diameter 8 cm is put into an

empty right circular cylindrical container of base
diameter 12 cm. Water is then poured into the
container until the water just covers the top of the 8 cm

ball as shown in the figure. Find the decrease in the

water level after the ball is taken out from the 12 cm

container.

15. The ratio of the perimeters of two similar plane figures is 2 : 5. If the area of the smaller figure
is 108 cm2, find the area of the larger figure.

16. The figure shows two similar solids. The volumes of the
larger and the smaller solids are 243 cm3 and 72 cm3
respectively. Find the value of d.

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Cross-topic

17. If the length of each side of a regular octagon is increased by 30%, find the percentage increase
in its area.

18. The volume of hemisphere A is less than that of hemisphere B by 27.1%.

(a) Find the ratio of the radius of hemisphere A to that of hemisphere B.
(b) Find the ratio of the curved surface area of hemisphere A to that of hemisphere B.

19. The figure shows two similar right circular cylinders

A and B. The total surface areas of cylinders A and B
are 33 cm2 and 132 cm2. If the volume of cylinder B
is 680 cm3, find the volume of cylinder A.

20. A hemispherical container of radius 12 cm is fully filled with water. Carrie wants to distribute
the water into some hemispherical bowls each of radius 3 cm. At least how many bowls that
Carrie must prepare to hold all the water in the container?

 Level 2

21. A piece of paper is folded to form a right pyramid VABCD as shown in the figure.

(a) Find the height of △VAB with the base AB.

EYA (b) Kitty claims that the volume of the pyramid is greater than 9000 cm3. Do you agree?
Explain your answer.

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22. The figure shows a regular tetrahedron VABC. The length of each V

edge is 12 cm and VM⊥AB.

(a) Find the length of VM. C

(b) Hence, find the total surface area of the tetrahedron. A

12 cm
M

Cross-topic

23. The figure shows a right circular cone with slant height 18 cm. It is
given that AVB = 60°, where AB is a diameter of the base.
(a) Find the total surface area of the cone in terms of .
(b) Find the volume of the cone.

24. In the figure, sector OAB is folded by joining OA and OB to form a right circular conical vessel
as shown.
B C C A, B

120

O 18 cm A
O

(a) Find the base radius of the vessel.

(b) Find the capacity of the vessel.

1.6 cm
25. In the figure, a test tube is standing upright on a table. It consists of a
right circular cylindrical part and a hemispherical part with a common
base. The base diameter of the hemispherical part is 1.6 cm. If 6 cm3
of water is poured into the test tube, find the depth of water.

EYA 26. A right circular cylinder and a sphere have the same volume. The base diameter of the cylinder
and the diameter of the sphere are both d cm. Emily claims that the curved surface area of the
cylinder and the surface area of the sphere must be the same. Do you agree? Explain your
answer.

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EYA 27. A rectangular container with height 10 cm and a square base of side 9 cm contains water of
depth 6 cm. Peter claims that if 50 identical spherical marbles of radius 1.2 cm are put into the
container and completely submerged in the water, the water will overflow. Do you agree?
Explain your answer.

28. The figure shows a solid metal sculpture which consists of a right
circular cone of base radius 4 m and a sphere of radius 2 m. The
height of the sculpture is 10 m. If the sculpture is melted and
recast into a solid metal hemisphere, find the radius of the
hemisphere.

29. The figure shows a hemispherical silver bowl with uniform

thickness 0.5 cm. The capacity of the bowl is 60.75 cm3.
Find the volume of the material required to make the bowl.

30. The figure shows a solid which consists of a right circular cone V

and a hemisphere with a common base. It is given that the

volume of the cone is equal to the volume of the hemisphere,

B
and the volume of the solid is cm3. A

(a) Find the height of the cone.

(b) Find the total surface area of the solid.

V
31. The figure shows a frustum ABCD of a right circular cone.
The radii of the upper base and the lower base are 12 m and
16 m
15 m respectively, and the height of cone VAD is 16 m. 12 m
(a) Find the length of MN.
A M D
(b) Find the volume of the frustum in terms of π.
B N 15 m C

V
32. The figure shows a frustum ABCDEFGH of height
6 cm. The upper base is a square ABCD of side 15 cm
and the lower base is a square EFGH of side 20 cm.
C
(a) Find the height of pyramid VEFGH. D
E H
(b) Find the volume of the frustum. A
15 cm
6 cm
B

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33. An inverted right circular conical vessel of height 15 cm and base diameter 10 cm is fully
filled with water.
(a) Find the volume of the water in the conical vessel in terms of .
(b) All the water in the vessel is now poured into a right circular cylindrical vessel with the
same base diameter and height as that of the conical vessel.
(i) Find the water level of the cylindrical vessel.
(ii) Find the area of the surface inside the cylindrical vessel that is in contact with water
in terms of .

34. The figure shows a conical object that is composed of a small V

right circular cone VAD and a frustum ABCD. VA : AB = 3 : 1.

(a) Find the ratio of the curved surface area of cone VAD to
that of frustum ABCD.
A D
EYA (b) Kenny buys some cans of paint of the same volume. He
takes 10 whole cans of paint to paint the curved surface B C

of frustum ABCD. He claims that he can paint the curve

surface of cone VAD with less than 13 cans of paint. Do
you agree? Explain your answer.

35. The figure shows a right circular cone that is composed of three
parts, one is circular cone A, one is a smaller frustum B and the
remained one is a bigger frustum C. Suppose the ratio of the heights
of A to B to C is 3 : 7 : 5.
(a) Find the ratio of the curved surface areas of solids A to B to C.
(b) Find the ratio of the volumes of solids A to B to C.

36. In the figure, AFD, BCD and CFE are straight lines. ABCE is a A E

parallelogram. It is given that the area of △AFE is 24 cm2 and

BC : CD = 2 : 1. Find
F
(a) the area of △CDF,
(b) the area of ABCF. B C D

37. In the figure, ABCD is a trapezium where AB // DC. AC meets BD

at P. It is given that AB : DC = 5 : 7 and the area of △APB is
150 cm2.
(a) Write down a pair of similar triangles.
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(b) Find the area of △CPD.

(c) Find the area of the trapezium.

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Multiple Choice Questions

1. The figure shows a regular pyramid 5. The figure shows a model of height
VABCD with a square base of side 20 cm. 35.5 cm. It is made up of a right circular
If the height of the pyramid is 24 cm, find cylinder and a right circular cone of the
the volume of the pyramid. same base radius 20 cm. The slant height
of the cone is 29 cm. Find the total surface
area of the solid.

A. 1600 cm3 B. 3200 cm3

C. 5400 cm3 D. 9600 cm3

2. The figure shows a solid right circular A. 1160 cm2 B. 1320 cm2
cone of base radius 9 cm. If the volume of C. 1560 cm2 D. 1800 cm2
the cone is 135 cm3, find its height.

6.

A. 3 cm B. 4 cm
C. 5 cm D. 6 cm
solid A solid B solid C
The figure shows a sphere A, a right
3. The volume of a sphere is 36 cm3.
circular cone B and a right circular
Find its surface area.
cylinder C. The three solids are of the
A. 18 cm2 B. 20 cm2
same height. If their total surface areas are
C. 36 cm2 D. 40 cm2
a, b and c respectively, which of the
following is true?
4. Five identical spheres of radius 6 cm are
A. a < b < c
melted and recast into a circular cone of
B. a < c < b
height 6 cm. Find the base area of the
C. b < a < c
cone.
D. c < b < a
A. 480 cm2 B. 720 cm2
C. 960 cm2 D. 1440 cm2

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Multiple Choice Questions

7. In the figure, ABCD and EBFG are two 10. In the figure, ABCD is a frustum of a right
similar parallelograms. AEB and BFC are circular cone. The radii of the upper base
straight lines. If the area of parallelogram and the lower base are 1 cm and 2 cm
ABCD is 40 cm2, find the area of the respectively. The height of the frustum is
shaded region correct to 3 significant 3 cm. Find the volume of the frustum.
1 cm
figures. A D

3 cm

B C
2 cm

A. 15.8 cm2 B. 18.8 cm2 A. 3 cm3 B. 4.5 cm3

C. 21.2 cm2 D. 24.2 cm2 C. 5.5 cm3 D. 7 cm3

8. In the figure, the lengths of the 11. An empty inverted right circular conical
corresponding slant edges of two similar vessel of base radius 9 cm and height 6 cm
pyramids are 20 cm and 25 cm is held vertically. Suppose 48π cm3 of
respectively. If the base area of the smaller water is poured into the container. Find the
pyramid is 16A cm2, then the base area of depth of the water.
the larger pyramid is A. 2 cm
B. 3 cm
C. 4 cm
D. 5 cm

A. 20A cm2. B. 25A cm2.

C. 31.25A cm2. D. 40A cm2.

9. The ratio of the volumes of two similar

pyramids is 27 : 8. Which of the following
is the ratio of their corresponding heights?
A. 3 : 2 B. 32 : 22
C. 33 : 23 D. 273 : 83

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