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Volume and Surface Area of Solids

1. The document contains 21 multi-step word problems involving the calculation of volumes, surface areas, radii, and other geometric values for shapes including spheres, cylinders, cones, cubes, prisms, and other solids. 2. The problems require using formulas for volume and surface area of various 3D shapes and setting up and solving equations to find unknown values. 3. Answers are provided in terms of measurements like centimeters, liters, or hours/minutes, depending on the context of the word problem.

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Volume and Surface Area of Solids

1. The document contains 21 multi-step word problems involving the calculation of volumes, surface areas, radii, and other geometric values for shapes including spheres, cylinders, cones, cubes, prisms, and other solids. 2. The problems require using formulas for volume and surface area of various 3D shapes and setting up and solving equations to find unknown values. 3. Answers are provided in terms of measurements like centimeters, liters, or hours/minutes, depending on the context of the word problem.

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1 A cone has radius 4.5 cm and height 10.4 cm.

Calculate, in terms of , the volume of the cone.


[The volume, V, of a cone with radius r and height h is .]

................................................... cm3 [2]

[Total: 2]

2 A solid cylinder has radius 3 cm and height 4.5 cm.

Calculate the total surface area of the cylinder.

................................................... cm2 [4]

[Total: 4]
2

The diagram shows a cuboid.

Calculate the volume of the cuboid.

................................................... cm3 [1]

[Total: 1]

4 A cube has a surface area of 384 cm2.

Find the length of one of its sides.

................................................... cm [3]

[Total: 3]
3

The diagram shows a right-angled triangular prism.

Work out the volume of the prism.

................................................... cm3 [3]

[Total: 3]

6 A cylinder with radius 6 cm and height h cm has the same volume as a sphere with radius 4.5 cm.

Find the value of h.


[The volume, V, of a sphere with radius r is .]

h = ................................................... [3]

[Total: 3]
4

7 A solid metal cube of side 20 cm is melted down and made into 40 solid spheres, each of radius r cm.

Find the value of r.


[The volume, V, of a sphere with radius r is .]

r = ................................................... [3]

[Total: 3]

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A solid cylinder has radius x cm and height cm.
The surface area of a sphere with radius R cm is equal to the total surface area of the cylinder.

Find an expression for R in terms of x.


[The surface area, A, of a sphere with radius r is .]

R = ................................................... [3]

[Total: 3]
5

The diagram shows a cuboid measuring 15 cm by 12 cm by 4 cm.

Calculate the surface area of the cuboid.

................................................... cm2 [3]

[Total: 3]

10 The length of the edge of a cube is 8 cm.

Calculate the surface area of this cube.

................................................... cm2 [2]

[Total: 2]

11 The volume of a cuboid is 180 cm3.


The base is a square of side length 6 cm.

Calculate the height of this cuboid.

................................................... cm [2]

[Total: 2]
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12 A closed box in the shape of a cuboid has length 5 cm, width 4 cm and height 2 cm.

Calculate the volume of the box.

................................................... cm3 [2]

[Total: 2]

13 The diagram shows a solid cuboid made of identical cubes.

Work out the number of cubes in the cuboid.

................................................... [1]

[Total: 1]
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14

A prism with a right-angled triangle as its cross-section has a volume of 1000 cm3.

Calculate the value of x.

x = ................................................... [4]

[Total: 4]
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15 A sphere with radius x cm has a volume of 1000 cm3.

Calculate the value of x.

[The volume, V, of a sphere with radius r is .]

x = ................................................... [3]

[Total: 3]

16 A cube with side length x cm has a volume of 1000 cm3.

Calculate the value of x.

x = ................................................... [1]

[Total: 1]

17 The volume of a solid metal sphere is 24 430 cm3.

(a) Calculate the radius of the sphere.

[The volume, V, of a sphere with radius r is .]

................................................... cm [3]
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(b) The metal sphere is placed in an empty tank.


The tank is a cylinder with radius 50 cm, standing on its circular base.
Water is poured into the tank to a depth of 60 cm.

Calculate the number of litres of water needed.

................................................... litres [3]

[Total: 6]

18 A tank is a cuboid measuring 1.8 m by 1.5 m by 1.2 m.


Water flows from a pipe into this empty tank at a rate of 200 cm3 per second.

Find the time it takes to fill the tank.


Give your answer in hours and minutes.

.............................. hours .............................. minutes [4]

[Total: 4]
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19 A cone with radius x cm and slant height cm has a volume of 1000 cm3.

Calculate the value of x.

[The volume, V, of a cone with radius r and height h is .]

x = ................................................... [4]

[Total: 4]

20

The diagram shows a hemispherical bowl of radius 5.6 cm and a cylindrical tin of height 10 cm.

(a) Show that the volume of the bowl is 368 cm3, correct to the nearest cm3.

[The volume, V, of a sphere with radius r is .]

[2]
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(b) The tin is completely full of soup.


When all the soup is poured into the empty bowl, 80% of the volume of the bowl is filled.

Calculate the radius of the tin.

................................................... cm [4]

[Total: 6]

21

The diagram shows a cone with radius 1.75 cm and height 6 cm.

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


[The curved surface area, A, of a cone with radius r and slant height l is .]

................................................... cm2 [5]


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(b)

The cone contains salt to a depth of 4.5 cm.


The top layer of the salt forms a circle that is parallel to the base of the cone.

(i) Show that the volume of the salt inside the cone is 18.9 cm3, correct to 1 decimal place.
[The volume, V, of a cone with radius r and height h is .]

[4]
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(ii) The salt is removed from the cone at a constant rate of 200 mm3 per second.

Calculate the time taken for the cone to be completely emptied.


Give your answer in seconds, correct to the nearest second.

................................................... s [3]

[Total: 12]

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Calculate the total surface area of the cuboid.

................................................... cm2 [3]

[Total: 3]
14

23 A pipe is full of water.


The cross-section of the pipe is a circle, radius 2.6 cm.
Water flows through the pipe into a tank at a speed of 12 centimetres per second.

Calculate the number of litres that flow into the tank in one hour.

................................................... litres [3]

[Total: 3]

24 A cone with height 14.8 cm has volume 275 cm3.

Calculate the radius of the cone.


[The volume, V, of a cone with radius r and height h is .]

................................................... cm [3]

[Total: 3]
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25

The diagram shows a prism with length 18 cm and volume 253.8 cm3.
The cross-section of the prism is a right-angled triangle with base 6 cm and height h cm.

(a) (i) Show that the value of h is 4.7 .

[3]

(ii) Calculate the value of x.

x = ................................................... [2]

(b) Calculate the total surface area of the prism.

................................................... cm2 [6]

[Total: 11]
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A solid metal cone has radius 10 cm and height 36 cm.

(a) Calculate the volume of this cone.

[The volume, V, of a cone with radius r and height h is .]

................................................... cm3 [2]

(b) The cone is cut, parallel to its base, to give a smaller cone.

The volume of the smaller cone is half the volume of the original cone.
The smaller cone is melted down to make two different spheres.
The ratio of the radii of these two spheres is 1 : 2.

Calculate the radius of the smaller sphere.

[The volume, V, of a sphere with radius r is .]

................................................... cm [4]

[Total: 6]
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27 The diagram shows a cuboid.

Work out the surface area of this cuboid.

................................................... cm2 [3]

[Total: 3]

28

The diagram shows a solid cuboid with base area 7 cm2.


The volume of this cuboid is 21 cm3.

Work out the total surface area.

................................................... cm2 [3]

[Total: 3]
18

29 Find the volume of a cylinder of radius 5 cm and height 8 cm.


Give the units of your answer.

.............................. .................... [3]

[Total: 3]

30

The diagram shows three solids.


The base radius of the cone is 6 cm and the slant height is 12 cm.
The radius of the sphere is x cm and the radius of the hemisphere is y cm.
The total surface area of each solid is the same.

(a) Show that the total surface area of the cone is 108π cm2.

[The curved surface area, A, of a cone with radius r and slant height l is .]

[2]
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(b) Find the value of x and the value of y.

[The surface area, A, of a sphere with radius r is .]

x = ...................................................

y = ................................................... [4]

[Total: 6]

31 The diagram shows a cuboid.

(a) Work out the surface area of this cuboid.

................................................... cm2 [3]


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(b) Work out the volume of this cuboid.

................................................... cm3 [1]

(c) Write down the dimensions of a different cuboid that has the same volume as this cuboid.

.................... cm by .................... cm by .................... cm [1]

[Total: 5]

32 A solid metal prism with volume 500 cm3 is melted and made into 6 identical spheres.

Calculate the radius of each sphere.

[The volume, V, of a sphere with radius r is .]

................................................... cm [3]

[Total: 3]

33

The diagram shows a solid prism with length 15.2 cm.


21

The cross-section of this prism is a regular hexagon with side 7 cm.

(a) Calculate the volume of the prism.

................................................... cm3 [5]

(b) Calculate the total surface area of the prism.

................................................... cm2 [3]

[Total: 8]

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NOT TO
SCALE

5 cm
9 cm

12.5 cm

Calculate the volume of this cuboid.


Give the units of your answer.

Answer .............................. .......... [3]

[Total: 3]
22

35 Calculate the volume of a hemisphere with radius 5 cm.

[The volume, V, of a sphere with radius r is .]

Answer ................................................... cm3 [2]

[Total: 2]
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36
25°
5 cm

NOT TO
SCALE

15 cm

The diagram shows a wooden prism of height 5 cm.


The cross section of the prism is a sector of a circle with sector angle 25°.
The radius of the sector is 15 cm.

Calculate the total surface area of the prism.

Answer .............................. cm2 [5]

[Total: 5]
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37 A cylinder has diameter 12 cm and length 18 cm.

NOT TO
SCALE
12 cm

18 cm

Calculate the volume of the cylinder.

Answer ................................................... cm3 [2]

[Total: 2]
25

38
P

NOT TO
SCALE

8 cm

D C

20 cm
M

A 20 cm B

The diagram shows a solid pyramid on a square horizontal base ABCD.


The diagonals AC and BD intersect at M.
P is vertically above M.
AB = 20 cm and PM = 8 cm.

Calculate the total surface area of the pyramid.

Answer ................................................... cm2 [5]

[Total: 5]
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39

NOT TO
SCALE
9 cm

4 cm

The diagram shows a toy.


The shape of the toy is a cone, with radius 4 cm and height 9 cm, on top of a hemisphere with radius 4 cm.

Calculate the volume of the toy.


Give your answer correct to the nearest cubic centimetre.

[The volume, V, of a cone with radius r and height h is .]

[The volume, V, of a sphere with radius r is .]

Answer ........................................................................cm3 [4]

[Total: 4]
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40 A cylinder has radius 3.6 cm and height 16 cm.

Calculate the volume of the cylinder.

Answer ................................................... cm3 [2]

[Total: 2]

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