Measurement
Measurement
QUESTION 7
The picture below shows a storage tank in which a farmer stores his grain.The tank is made
up of a right cylinder with a hemisphere on top. The perpendicular height of the tank to the
top is 7 500 cm and the radius of the tank is 10 m.
7500 cm
10 m
A pyramid with a square base with a side length of 16 cm is sketched below. P lies on the
square base directly below A.
Volume of pyramid
16 cm
8.1 Show that the perpendicular height of the pyramid, AP, is 7,5 cm. (2)
8.2 Hence, determine the total surface area of the pyramid. (4)
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QUESTION 8
The diagram below shows a cone with a perpendicular height of h cm,a radius of r cm and
a slant height of 13 cm.
Volume of cone =
R
Surface area of a sphere = 4nr
marble
300
8.1.1 Show that the height of thecontainer, h, is given by h= zR' (2)
8.1.2 The container is filled with 100 marbles. Then water is poured into the
8.2 In the diagram below, the right rectangular prism has a square base of x cm and
a height of (180– 5x) cm.
180- 5x
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EASTERN CAPE
QUESTION 8
A cylindrical aerosol can has a lid in the shape of a hemisphere that fits exactly on the top of
the can. The height ofthe can is 16 cm and the radius ofthe base of the can is 2,9 cm.
4
Volume of sphere r
16
2,9
FIGURE 1 FIGURE2
8.1 Calculate the surface area of the can with the lid in place, as shown in FIGURE 1. (5)
8.2 If the lid is 80% filled with a liquid,as shown in FIGURE 2, cal culate the volume of
the liquid in the lid. (3)
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QUESTION 8
Consider a community reservor tank in the shape and form below, made from a cylinder with
a height of 19 m and a hemisphere (half of sphere) with a radius of 12 m.
12 m
19
8.1
Calculate the volume of the tank. (Leave the answerin n.) (6)
8.2 Calculate the total exterior surface area ofthe tank. (Round offto the nearest square
meter.) (6)
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QUESTION 10
The Shard, is comprised ofan array ofglass shards that merge to form
an elongated pyramid. This unusual building is situated near the Thames
in London and is one of the tallest buildings in the UK. The base is a
squareof S0 m by 50 m and the perpendicular height is 306 m.
Using the formula for the surface area of a pyramid below, answer the
questions which follow.
10.1 Determine the surface area of the glass sides of The Shard building. (4)
10.2 Determine the angle of inclination of the sloping glass sides with the horizontal base. (2)
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QUESTION 11
The altitude measuring h mm,ofa triangle ABC, divides the base ofthe triangle AB into line
segments measuring x mm and y mm.
TOTAL: 150
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QUESTION 5
A sphericalglass ball is tightly packed in a box. The box is in the shapeof a cube,
as shown in the picture on the LEFT.The radius of the ball is 6 cm. The diagram on
the RIGHT shows the cross-section of the glass ball placed in the box.
6 cm
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QUESTION 6
A cylindrical aerosol can has a lid in the shapeof a hemisphere that fits exactly on
the top of the can. The height of the can is l6 cm and the base of thecan is 2,9 cm.
Volume ofsphere =3
Surface area ofsphere =4n
16
...29.
FIGURE1 FIGURE 2
6.1 Calculate the surface area of the can with the lid in place, as shown in (5)
FIGURE1.
6,2 If the lid is 80% filled with a liquid, as shown in FIGURE 2,calculate the (5)
volume of the liquid in the lid.
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TOTAL: 50
QUESTION 5
5.1 In the diagram below, Ê=35°, £= 90°, GÔF =14 and FG =7m.
14
35°
E G 7m F
5.2 The diagram below shows a regular octagon inscribed in a circle of radius r cm and
with centre O. A and B are two vertices of the octagon. AO, BO and AB are drawn.
5.2.1 Show that the area of the octagon is 2/2r² cm. (4)
The solid below was made by drilling a right circular cone out ofa right rectangularprism (i.e.
r=4,5cm
12 cm
h6
15 cm
20 cm
TOTAL: 75
MEASUREMENT (t l0 marks)
QUESTION 1
0,6 m
2,5 m
5,2 m
1.1 Calculate the total volume ofthe figure. (3)
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QUESTION 6
A candle holder is made in the shape ofa hemisphere where a conical section is drilled out for the
candle wax.
In the diagram below, the radius of thehemisphere is represented by R,where ST =VT =R.
The radius ofthecone is represented by r, where TW =r.
The angle at the vertex of the cone is given by 0.
4
sPIIERE =nR
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6.2 Show that the rgmain vyme ofhemisphere can be represented by:
V= tar
(4)
6.3 he cone is filled yith wes and a wick. The wick is always cm below
l the level ofthe
Vus of e
ax bu hewick ust not protrude over the level ofthe flat surface of the hemisphere.
h misphere (R)is 12cm and the angle of the cone (0) is 36°.
Deter, etvolume of wax that must be put into cach candle holder. (3)
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