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MENSURATION Class-10

1. A solid cylinder of radius 12 cm and height 20 cm is melted intro sold spheres of radius 0.5 cm.
Find the number of solid spheres made.

2. A hallow cylinder of outer radius 15 cm and inner radius 5 cm add height 20 cm is recast into
solid comes of radius 4 cm and perpendicular height 10 cm. Find the number of cones formed.

3. The area of the curved surface of a solid cylinder is 2200 cm2 and the circumference of the base
is 55 cm. Find i) height of the cylinder, and ii) volume of the cylinder.

4. How many revolutions will a roller of radius 0.7 m and length 2.5 m make to level a field 770 m x
350 m?

5. A cube is immersed completely in a cylinder containing water. If the level of water rises by 7 cm
and the base radius of the cylinder is 22 cm, find the length of the cube.

6. Bosco wishes to start a 200 m2 rectangular vegetable garden. Since he has only 50 m barbed
wire, he fences three sides of the rectangular garden letting his house compound wall act as the
fourth side of the fence. Find the dimensions of the garden.

7. If volume of a solid sphere is 38.808 cm3, find its radius.

8. A vessel in the form of an inverted cone is filled with water to the brim. Its height is 40 cm and
diameter are 25.2 cm. Two equal solid cones are dropped in it so that they are fully submerged. As
a result, one third of the water in the original cone overflows. What is the volume of each of the
solid cones submerged?

9. The surface area of a solid metallic sphere is 1256 cm2. It is melted and recast into solid right
circular cones of 2.5 cm radius and 8 cm height.

Calculate:

i. The radius of the solid sphere

ii. The number of cones recast

(take 𝝅 = 𝟑. 𝟏𝟒)

10. A solid is in the form of a hemisphere surmounted by a right circular cone. The height of the
cone is 12 cm and the diameter of its base is 4 cm. Find the volume and total surface area of the
solid. (take 𝝅 = 𝟑. 𝟏𝟒).

11. A hallow sphere of 8 cm and 16 cm internal and external diameters respectively, is melted into
a cone of 16 cm base diameter. Find the height of the cone.

12. A metallic sphere of 21 cm radius is melted and then recast into small cones, each of 7 cm
radius and 6 cm height. Find the number of cones thus obtained
13. A hallow cylinder of height 20 cm has outer diameter of 21 cm and inner diameter of 14 cm.
Find the volume of the material used to make the cylinder.

14. A plot of land has an area of 400000 m2. It is represented on the map by an area of 40 cm2.

i. Find the scale factor of the map.

ii. What distance on the map would a distance of 2.4 km be?

15. A solid right circular cylinder is melted into spheres of radius 2 cm. If the height of the cylinder
is 16 cm and its diameter is 20 cm, find the number of spheres made.

16. The outer and inner diameters of a hemispherical bowl are 17 cm and 15 cm respectively. Find
the cost of polishing it all over at Rs. 2.50 per cm2.

17. A vessel is in the form of an inverted cone. Its height is 15 cm and the diameter of its top which
is open, is 5 cm. It is filled with water up to the rim. When lead shots, each of which is a sphere of 5
mm diameter are dropped into the vessel, 1/3 of the water flows out. Find the number of lead
shots dropped into the vessel.

18. The model of a ship is made to scale of 1:200.

i. The length of the model is 4 m. Calculate the actual length of the ship.

ii. The area of the deck of the ship is 1,60,000 m2. Find the area of the deck of the model.

19. A cone of maximum volume is cut out from a 40 cm long wooden cube. Calculate the volume of
the cone. (take 𝝅 = 𝟑. 𝟏𝟒)

20. A child fills a spherical ball of 14 cm radius with sand. He empties the sphere and makes a
conical heap of 35 cm radius. Find the height of conical leaf.

21. 3 spheres of 6cm 8 cm and 10 cm radii are melted and recast to form a cone of 16 cm radius.
Find the height of the cone.

22. The vertical and slant heights of a cone are 24 cm and 25 cm respectively. Calculate i. The
𝟐𝟐
curved surface area, ii. Total surface area, and iii. Its volume. (Take 𝝅 = 𝟕
).

23. A 44 cm x 30 cm rectangular sheet of paper is rolled along its length to form a cylinder. Find the
volume of the cylinder so formed.

24. A solid right circular cylinder of radius 10 cm and height 20 cm is melted into solid cones of
radius 2 cm and height 4 cm. Find the number of such cones formed.

25. If the radius of the base of a right circular cone is 7 cm, its vertical height is 24 cm, find the
curved surface of the cone.

26. A hallow sphere of 4 cm and 8 cm internal and external diameters respectively, is melted into
cone of 8 cm base diameter. Find the height of cone.

27. The surface area of a sphere is 1256 cm2. If it is cut into two hemispheres, calculate the radius
and the total surface area of each hemisphere. (take 𝝅 = 𝟑. 𝟏𝟒)

28. The largest sphere is curved out of a cube of wood of 21 cm side. Find the volume of remaining
wood.

29. A map is made to scale of 1:10000. Find-

i. The actual length of the map length of 20 cm in km.

ii. The actual area in km2if the map area is 500 cm2.

30. A spherical shell of iron whose external radius is 9 cm is melted into a conical solid of 28 cm
𝟑
diameter and 𝟒 𝟕 cm height. Find the inner diameter of the cell.

31. The radius of the base of a cone and the radius of a sphere are the same, each being 8 cm.
Given that the volumes of these two solids are also same. Calculate the slant height of the cone.

32. A solid wooden toy is in the form of a cone mounted on a hemisphere and the base of radii of
the hemisphere and the base of the cone are 4.2 cm each and the total height of the toy is 10.2 cm.
Calculate i) the volume of wood used in the top, and ii) the total surface area of toy correct to two
decimal places.

33. A large conical flask has a radius of 10 cm and a perpendicular height of 36 cm. On the outside,
it is marked 3.75 litres. How much does this differ from its true capacity? (take 𝝅 = 𝟑. 𝟏𝟒)

34. The total surface area of a right circular cone of 13 cm slant height is 90𝝅 𝒄𝒎𝟐 . Calculate

i. Its radius in cm.

ii. Its volume in cm3 in term of 𝝅.

35. The area of the curved surface of a cylinder is 4400 cm2 and the circumference of its base is 110
cm. Find i) the height of the cylinder ii) the volume of the cylinder.

36. A spherical ball of lead has been melted and made into smaller balls each with the radius equal
to half the radius of the original one. How many smaller balls are made? Find the ratio of the total
surface area of the smaller balls to that of the original one.

37. A 16 m by 10 m rectangular garden is to be surrounded by a concrete walk of uniform width. If

the area of the walk is 120 m2, assuming the width of the walk to be x, form an equation in x and
solve it to find the value of x.

38. A sphere has the same curved surface as the curved surface of a cone of 36 cm height and 15
cm base radius. Find the radius of the sphere correct to one decimal place.

39. A hallow sphere of 6 cm and 8 cm internal and external radii respectively is melted and recast
into small cones of 2 cm base radius and 8 cm height. Find the number of cones.

40. A solid sphere of 15 cm radius is melted and recast into solid right circular cones of 2.5 cm
radius and 8 cm height. Calculate the number of cones recast.

41. A solid cylinder of radius 9 cm and height 16 cm is melted into solid cones of radius 3 cm and
perpendicular height 4 cm. Find the number of cones formed.

42. The ratio of the radius and height of a solid cylinder is 1:2. If the volume of the cylinder is 2156
cm3, find the radius and the height of the cylinder.

43. Two solid spheres of 2 cm and 4 cm radii are melted and recast into a cone of 8 cm height. Find
the radius of the cone so formed.

44. A certain number of metallic cones, each of 2 cm radius and 3 cm height are melted and recast
into a solid sphere of 6 cm radius. Find the number of cones.