MATHEMATICS

SOLID GEOMETRY
CE LICENSURE EXAMINATION PROBLEMS
SOLID GEOMETRY

6.

The bases of a right prism are hexagons with one side 6 cm long. If
the volume of the prism is 450 cc, how far apart are the bases?
(M99 M 18)
a.
5.74 cm
c.
4.11 cm
b.
3.56 cm
d.
4.81 cm

7.

Find the volume of a right circular cylinder whose lateral area is

25.918 m2 and base area of 7.068 m2. (M00 M 30)
a.
19.44 m3
c.
20.53 m3
3
b.
15.69 m
d.
18.12 m3

8.

A right regular hexagonal prism is inscribed in a right circular

cylinder whose height is 20 cm. The difference between the
circumference of the circle and the perimeter of the hexagon is 4
cm. Determine the volume of the prism. (N00 M 5)
a.
9,756 cc
c.
10,857 cc
b.
11,475 cc
d.
10,367 cc

PRISM
1.

A circular cylinder with a volume of 6.54 m3 is circumscribed

about a right prism whose base is an equilateral triangle of side
1.25 m. What is the altitude of the cylinder in meters? (N95 M 2)
a.
3.99
c.
4.75
b.
4.45
d.
4.95

2.

A circular cylinder is circumscribed about a right prism having a

square base 1 m on an edge. The volume of the cylinder is 6.283
m3. Find its altitude in meters. (M96 M 7)
a.
5
c.
6
b.
4.5
d.
4

3.

The bases of a right prism are pentagons with each side 6 cm long.
The bases are 12 cm apart. What is the volume of the prism in cm3?
(N97 M 8)
a.
733.2
c.
713.2
b.
743.2
d.
723.2

9.

An open-top cylindrical tank is made of a metal sheet having an

area of 43.82 m2. If the diameter is 2/3 the height, what is the height
of the tank? (M01 M 6)
a.
3.24 m
c.
4.23 m
b.
2.43 m
d.
5.23 m

4.

A right prism has hexagonal bases with an edge of 6 cm. The bases
are 12 cm apart. What is the volume of the prism in cm3? (N97 M
18)
a.
1,128.4
c.
1,126.4
b.
1,122.4
d.
1,124.4

10.

A trough has an open top 0.30 m by 6 m and closed vertical ends

which are equilateral triangles 30 cm on each side. It is filled with
water to half its depth. Find the volume of water in m3. (N01 M 5)
a.
0.046
c.
0.037
b.
0.058
d.
0.065

5.

A trough has an open top 0.30 m by 6 m and closed vertical ends

which are equilateral triangles 30 cm on each side. It is filled with
water to half its depth. Find the volume of the water in m3. (M98 M
18)
a.
0.046
c.
0.037
b.
0.058
d.
0.065

11.

A cylindrical tank open at the top is made of metal sheet having a

total area of 49.48 m2. If the height of the tank is 1.5 times its base
diameter, determine the base diameter of the tank. (M02 M 16)
a.
3.5 m
c.
3m
b.
2.5 m
d.
3.2 m

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SOLID GEOMETRY
TRUNCATED PRISM
12.

13.

A truncated prism having a square base has a volume of 1,000 m3.

The height of the prism at each corner is respectively 7 m, 7 m, 10
m, and 10 m. What is the area of the base? (M01 M 2)
a.
117.65 m2
c.
134.32 m2
2
b.
92.12 m
d.
125.21 m2
A truncated prism has a horizontal triangular base ABC, AB = 10
cm, BC = 12 cm, and CA = 8 cm. The vertical edges through A, B,
and C are 20 cm, 12 cm, and 18 cm long, respectively. Determine
the volume of the prism, in cc. (M03 M 9)
a.
661
c.
685
b.
559
d.
574

CONE
14.

A right circular cone has a base radius of x and an altitude of 3x.

What is its slant height? (N94 M 4)
a.
3.742x
c.
3.464x
b.
3.162x
d.
2.828x

15.

What is the height of a right circular cone having a slant height of

10x and base diameter of 2x? (M95 M 22)
a.
3.317x
c.
3x
b.
3.16x
d.
9.95x

16.

A conical vessel has a height of 24 cm and a base diameter of 12

cm. It holds water to a depth of 18 cm above its vertex. Find the
volume of its content in cc. (M96 M 3)
a.
387.4
c.
383.5
b.
381.7
d.
385.2

17.

A cone was formed by rolling a thin sheet of metal in the form of a

sector of a circle 72 cm in diameter with a central angle of 210.
What is the volume of the cone in cc? (N97 M 17)
a.
13,318
c.
13,716
b.
13,602
d.
13,504

18.

A cone was formed by rolling a thin sheet of metal in the form of a

sector of a circle 72 cm in diameter with a central angle of 150.
Find the volume of the cone in cc. (M98 M 15)
a.
7,733
c.
7,744
b.
7,722
d.
7,711

19.

The slant height of a right circular cone is 5 m long. The base

diameter is 6 m. What is the lateral area in m2? (N98 M 5)
a.
37.7
c.
44
b.
47
d.
40.8

20.

A right circular cone has a base diameter of e and an altitude of 2e.

Its volume is: (N99 M 29)
a.
e3/4
c.
e3/2
3
b.
e /6
d.
e3/3

21.

The lateral area of a right circular cone of radius 4 cm is 100.53

cm2. Determine the slant height. (M00 M 4)
a.
8 cm
c.
6 cm
b.
9 cm
d.
10 cm

22.

The base diameter of a cone is 18 cm and its axis is inclined 60

with the base. If the axis is 20 cm long, what is the volume of the
cone? (N00 M 29)
a.
1,524 cc
c.
1,245 cc
b.
1,469 cc
d.
1,689 cc

23.

A conical vessel 1 m diameter at the top and 60 cm high holds salt

at a depth of 36 cm from the bottom. How many cc of salt does it
contain? (N02 M 9)
a.
37,214
c.
35,896
b.
33,929
d.
31,574

24.

The lateral area of a right circular cone is 386 m2. If its diameter is
one-half its altitude, determine its altitude in meters. (N03 M 10)
a.
24.7
c.
18.9
b.
17.4
d.
22.5

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SOLID GEOMETRY
PYRAMID
25.

A regular triangular pyramid had an altitude of 9 m and a volume

of 187.06 m3. What is the base edge in m? (N94 M 6)
a.
18
c.
12
b.
14
d.
16

26.

The base edge of a regular triangular pyramid is 12 m. If the

altitude is 9 m, what is the volume in m3? (M95 M 24)
a.
193.99
c.
187.06
b.
169.74
d.
180.13

27.

Determine the volume of a regular tetrahedron whose side is 3 m.

(M01 M 15)
a.
3.182 m3
c.
5.321 m3
3
b.
2.983 m
d.
1.119 m3

28.

The volume of a regular tetrahedron is 3.182 m3. Find its total

surface area. (M02 M 17)
a.
12.47 m2
c.
16.87 m2
2
b.
15.59 m
d.
10.42 m2

29.

How far from a vertex is the opposite face of a tetrahedron if an

edge is 50 cm long? (M03 M 8)
a.
38.618 cm
c.
39.421 cm
b.
40.825 cm
d.
41.214 cm

30.

The surface area of a regular tetrahedron is 173.2 cm2. What is its

altitude? (N03 M 11)
a.
8.2 cm
c.
7.2 cm
b.
9.6 cm
d.
6.5 cm

32.

A right circular cone with an altitude of 9 m is divided into two

segments. One is a smaller circular cone having the same vertex
with an altitude of 6 m. Find the ratio of the volume of the two
cones. (M97 M 6)
a.
1:3
c.
2:3
b.
19:27
d.
8:27

33.

A right circular cone with an altitude of 8 cm is divided into two

segments. One is a smaller circular cone having the same vertex
with volume equal to 1/4 of the bigger cone. Find the altitude of the
smaller cone. (M99 M 17)
a.
4.52 cm
c.
5.04 cm
b.
6.74 cm
d.
6.12 cm

34.

Two identical cones with vertical axis, one inverted and the other is
upright has base radius of 1.2 m and height of 4.8 m. Each cone
contains equal volume of oil having specific gravity of 0.8. If the
depth of oil in the inverted cone is 2.4 m, what is the depth of oil in
the upright cone? (M02 M 8)
a.
0.63 m
c.
1.54 m
b.
0.47 m
d.
0.21 m

35.

A triangular piece of land has one side measuring 12 km. The land
is to be divided into two equal areas by a dividing line parallel to
the given side. What is the length of the dividing line? (M02 M 23)
a.
6
c.
7.623
b.
8.485
d.
8

FRUSTUM
36.

SIMILAR FIGURES
31.

If the edge of a cube is increased by 30%, by how much is the

surface area increased? (N96 M 10)
a.
67 %
c.
69 %
b.
63 %
d.
65 %
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The volume of a frustum of a regular triangular pyramid is 135 m3.

The lower base is an equilateral triangle with an edge of 9 m. The
upper base is 8 m above the lower base. What is the upper base
edge in m? (N95 M 9)
a.
3
c.
5
b.
4
d.
6

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41.

An artificial lake, 5 m deep, is to be dug in the form of a frustum of

an inverted pyramid. The level bottom is 8 m by 80 m and its top is
10 m by 100 m. How many cubic meters of earth is to be removed?
(M97 M 5)
a.
4,067
c.
4,286
b.
4,417
d.
4,636
The altitude of the frustum of a regular rectangular pyramid is 5 m,
the volume is 140 m3 and the upper base is 3 m by 4 m. What are
the dimensions of the lower base in m? (N97 M 1)
a.
7.5 x 10
c.
6x8
b.
4.5 x 6
d.
9 x 10
The frustum of a regular triangular pyramid has equilateral
triangles for its bases. The lower and upper base edges are 9 m and
3 m, respectively. If the volume is 118.2 m3, how far apart are the
bases? (N98 M 10)
a.
9m
c.
7m
b.
8m
d.
10 m
The frustum of a regular triangular pyramid has equilateral
triangles for its bases and has an altitude of 8 m. The lower base
edge is 9 m. If the volume is 135 m3, what is the upper base edge?
(M00 M 14)
a.
2m
c.
4m
b.
5m
d.
3m
A lateral edge of the frustum of a regular pyramid is 1.8 m long.
The upper base is a square 1 m x 1 m and the lower base 2.4 m x
2.4 m square. Determine the volume of the frustum in m3. (N02 M
7)
a.
4.6
c.
5.7
b.
3.3
d.
6.5

PRISMOID
42.

The base diameter of a certain solid is 40 cm. Find the volume of

the solid in cc if every cutting plane perpendicular to a given
diameter is a square. (M99 M 19)
a.
52,667 cc
c.
52,334 cc
b.
32,567 cc
d.
42,667 cc

43.

A solid has a circular base of base radius 20 cm. Find the volume
of the solid if every plane section perpendicular to a certain
diameter is an isosceles right triangle with one leg in the plane of
the base. (N00 M 6)
a.
21,333 cc
c.
18,667 cc
b.
24,155 cc
d.
20,433 cc

44.

The base radius of a certain solid is 20 cm. Find the volume of the
solid in cc if every cutting plane perpendicular to a given diameter
is an equilateral triangle. (N01 M 20)
a.
16,543.29
c.
18,475.21
b.
19,453.87
d.
14,213.98

VOLUME OF INTERSECTIONS
45.

A square hole 2 x 2 is cut through a 6-inch diameter log along its

diameter and perpendicular to its axis. Find the volume of wood
that was removed. (N99 M 11)
a.
27.32 in3
c.
21.78 in3
3
b.
23.54 in
d.
34.62 in3

46.

A cylinder of radius 6 m has its axis along the X-axis. A second

cylinder of the same radius has its axis along the Y-axis. Find the
volume, in the first octant, common to the two cylinders. (M00 M
15)
a.
866 m3
c.
144 m3
b.
1,152 m3
d.
288 m3

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SOLID GEOMETRY
SPHERE
47.

The volume of sphere of radius 1.2 m is: (M94 M 6)

a.
6,666 m3
c.
8,567 m3
3
b.
4,156 m
d.
7,238 m3

48.

The corners of a cubical block touch the closed spherical shell that
encloses it. The volume of the box is 2,744 cc. What volume in cc
inside the shell is not occupied by the block? (M97 M 17)
a.
7,421
c.
4,721
b.
2,741
d.
1,321

49.

50.

What is the surface area of a sphere whose volume is 36 m3? (N98

M 20)
a.
52.7 m2
c.
46.6 m2
2
b.
48.7 m
d.
54.6 m2

53.

A mixture compound from equal parts of two liquids, one white

and the other black, was placed in a hemispherical bowl. The total
depth of the two liquids is 6. After standing for a short time, the
mixture separated. The white liquid settled below the black. If the
thickness of the segment of the black liquid is 2, find the radius of
the bowl in inches. (M96 M 22)
a.
7.53
c.
7.73
b.
7.33
d.
7.93

54.

The volume of the water in a spherical tank is 1,470.265 cm3.

Determine the depth of water if the tank has a diameter of 30 cm.
(N96 M 11)
a.
8
c.
6
b.
4
d.
10

55.

The volume of water in a spherical tank having a diameter of 4 m

is 5.236 m3. Determine the depth of the water in the tank. (N96 M
15)
a.
1.0
c.
1.4
b.
1.2
d.
1.6

56.

20.5 m3 of water is inside a spherical tank whose radius is 2 m.

Find the height of the water surface above the bottom of the tank,
in meters. (M98 M 16)
a.
2.7
c.
2.3
b.
2.5
d.
2.1

57.

A mixture compound from equal parts of two liquids, one white

and the other black, was placed in a hemispherical bowl. The total
depth of the two liquids is 6. After standing for a short time, the
mixture separated. The white liquid settled below the black. If the
thickness of the segment of the black liquid is 2, find the radius of
the bowl in inches. (N99 M 10)
a.
7.53
c.
7.73
b.
7.33
d.
7.93

The volume of a sphere is 52 m3. Determine its surface area in

square meters. (N99 M 24)
a.
54.1
c.
56.32
b.
93.3
d.
67.35

SPHERICAL SEGMENT
51.

52.

What is the area, in m2, of the zone of a spherical segment having a

volume of 1,470.265 m3 if the diameter of the sphere is 30 m? (N94
M 5)
a.
659.734
c.
848.23
b.
565.487
d.
753.982
A sphere having a diameter of 30 cm is cut into 2 segments. The
altitude of the first segment is 6 cm. What is the ratio of the area of
the zone of the second segment to that of the first? (M95 M 23)
a.
4.5:1
c.
5:1
b.
5.5:1
d.
4:1

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SOLID GEOMETRY
SPHERICAL WEDGE
58.

Find the radius of the spherical wedge whose volume is 12 m3 with

a central angle of 1.8 radians. (M03 M 7)
a.
2.36 m
c.
2.52 m
b.
2.73 m
d.
2.15 m

59.

Determine the volume of a spherical wedge of radius 2 m and a

central angle of 1.25 radians. (N03 M 9)
a.
6.67 m3
c.
9.85 m3
3
b.
8.64 m
d.
5.74 m3

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