Chapter 9 Area and Volume (III)
Level 1 P
1. The figure shows a pyramid PQRS where RS = 6 cm and
the height PQ = 7 cm. If the volume of the pyramid is 28 cm3,
(a) find the area of △QRS, 7 cm
(b) find the lengths of QR and the slant edge PR.
(Give the answers correct to the nearest 0.1 cm if necessary.) Q S
6 cm
R
2. The base radius and height of a right circular cone are 7 cm and 11 cm respectively. Find the total
surface area of the cone. (Give the answer correct to the nearest cm2.)
3. The surface area of a spherical basketball is 1 850 cm2. Find
(a) its radius, (b) its volume.
(Give the answers correct to 3 significant figures.)
4. Find the unknown in each of the following pairs of similar solids.
4 cm 3 cm
Total surface area Total surface area
= 200 cm2 = x cm2
(a)
(b)
5. The figure shows a pudding in the shape of the frustum of a right circular cone.
The radii of its upper base and lower base are 6 cm and 7.5 cm respectively.
6 cm
AP = 24 cm and PQ = 6 cm. Find the volume of the pudding.
B P C
6 cm
D Q E
15 m 9m
A
Volume = 24 000 cm3 Volume = v cm3
24 cm
(Give the answers correct to the nearest cm3.)
6. The figure shows a pyramid. The length of each side of the square base is 5 cm. 7.5 cm
If the volume of the pyramid is 60 cm3, find the height of the pyramid.
5 cm
Level 2
7. The figure shows a pyramid VPQR whose height is VP. It is given that VQ = 7.5 m, PQ = 6 m and
QR = 10 m. Find the volume of the pyramid.
V
7.5 cm
R
P
10 m
6 cm
Q A
8. The figure shows a right pyramid ABCDE with a rectangular base BCDE.
The diagonals BD and CE intersect at N. AD = 26 cm, BC = 12 cm and
26 cm
CD = 16 cm.
(a) Find the lengths of ND and AN. E
(b) Find the volume of the pyramid. D
N 16 cm
B
12 cm
C
9. In the figure, VPQRS is a right pyramid whose base PQRS is a rectangle. The height VX of the lateral
face △VPQ is 6.8 cm. PQ = 10.2 cm and QR = 8 cm.
V
6.8 cm
S
R
P X Q 8 cm
10.2 cm
(a) Find the length of VQ.
(b) Find the height of the lateral face △VQR.
(c) Find the total surface area of the pyramid
10. The figure shows a frustum BCDEFGHI of a right pyramid. Its upper base and lower base are
rectangles with dimensions 10 cm × 7.5 cm and 16 cm × 12 cm respectively. The height of the frustum
is 9 cm. Let h cm be the height of the pyramid AFGHI. A
(a) Find the value of h.
(b) Find the volume of the frustum.
h cm 7.5 cm
B E
C 10 cm D
9 cm
F
G
12 cm
H 16 cm I
11. In the figure, the volume of a right circular cone is 96π cm3 and its height is
8 cm.
8 cm
(a) Find the base radius and the slant height of the circular cone.
(b) Find the total surface area of the circular cone in terms of π.
12. Fig. A shows a glass filled up with apple juice. It is in the shape of an inverted
right circular cone of base radius 9 cm and height 15 cm. All the juice in the glass is poured into an
empty cylindrical vessel of base radius 6 cm (as shown in Fig. B). Find the depth of the juice in the
9 cm 6 cm
15 cm
Fig. A Fig. B
cylindrical vessel.
13. In the figure, a storage tank is composed of a right circular cone and a 3.25 m
cylinder with a common base. The height of the tank is 4 m. The slant
height of the cone is 3.25 m and the base diameter of the cylinder is 6 m. 4m
(a) Find the capacity of the tank.
(b) Find the total curved surface area of the tank. 6m
(Give the answers in terms of π.)
14. The volumes of the sphere and the cylinder in the figure are the same. Find the base radius of the
9 cm
6.75 cm
cylinder.
15. In the figure, there is some water in a cylindrical container of base radius 4.8 cm. An iron sphere of
diameter 7.2 cm is immersed in water. Then, the depth of water rises to 13 cm. Find the original depth
of water.
16. The figure shows a steel bowl in the shape of a hemisphere. The bowl is 0.2 cm
15.6 cm
0.2 cm thick with an internal diameter of 15.6 cm. If there is 600 cm3 of
steel, at most how many bowls can be made?4.8 cm
13 cm
17. The solid in the figure is formed by two hemispheres. The radius of the smaller
hemisphere is 4 cm. The curved surface area of the larger hemisphere is 40.5π cm2.
Find the total surface area of the solid, correct to the nearest cm2.
18. The figure shows a right circular cone of base radius 14.4 cm and a hemisphere of radius 12 cm. Their
total surface areas are the same.
12 cm 4 cm
14.4 cm
(a) Find the slant height of the cone.
(b) Is the volume of the hemisphere greater than that of the cone? Explain your answer.
A
19. In the figure, ABCDE and ASRQP are two similar pentagons. If AB : AS = 2 : 3, B E
find the ratio of the area of pentagon ABCDE to that of polygon BCDEPQRS.
S P
C D
R Q
20. The figure shows two similar rectangular bars. The total surface area of the shorter bar is 64% of that of
the longer bar. If the volume of the shorter bar is 320 cm3, find the volume of the longer bar.
