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Mensuration Exercises

The document contains a series of mathematical problems related to geometry, including calculations for surface area, volume, and area of various shapes such as cuboids, cylinders, and cones. It also includes conversions between units and calculations involving sectors of circles. Each problem requires specific formulas and methods to arrive at the solution.
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Mensuration Exercises

The document contains a series of mathematical problems related to geometry, including calculations for surface area, volume, and area of various shapes such as cuboids, cylinders, and cones. It also includes conversions between units and calculations involving sectors of circles. Each problem requires specific formulas and methods to arrive at the solution.
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1 Find the total surface area of a cuboid with length 8 cm, width 6 cm and height 3 cm.

2 A box, in the shape of a cuboid, has volume


357 cm3.
It has a length of 8.5 cm and a width of 6 cm.

Calculate the height of the box.

3 Work out the area of a rectangle that is 9.5 m long and 6.8 m wide.

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5 cm

4 cm
7 cm

Calculate the total surface area of this cuboid.


1 mile = 1.609344 kilometres
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Change 6 miles into metres.
Give your answer correct to the nearest metre.

The diagram shows a sector of a circle with radius 4.8 cm and sector angle 45°.

Calculate the area of the sector.

7 Find the radius of a hemisphere of volume 80 cm3.

The diagram shows a right-angled triangular prism.

Work out the volume of the prism.


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The diagram shows a circle inside a square.


The circle touches the four sides of the square.
The area of the square is 81 cm2.

Calculate the shaded area.

The diagram shows a solid metal shape made from a cone and a hemisphere, both with radius 6.2 cm.
The total surface area of the solid shape is 600 cm2.

Calculate the slant height, l, of the cone.


[The surface area, A, of a sphere with radius r is .]
[The curved surface area, A, of a cone with radius r and slant height l is .]
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4m
0.45 m

The diagram shows a horizontal container for water with a uniform cross-section.
The cross-section is a semicircle.
The radius of the semicircle is 0.45 m and the length of the container is 4 m.

(a) Calculate the volume of the container.

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0.3 m

The greatest depth of the water in the container is 0.3 m.


The diagram shows the cross-section.

Calculate the number of litres of water in the container.


Give your answer correct to the nearest integer.

11 The volume of a solid cone is 310 cm3.


The height of the cone is twice the radius of its base.

Calculate the slant height of the cone.

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


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12 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 .]

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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 .]

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A rectangular sheet of paper ABCD is made into an open cylinder with the edge AB meeting the edge DC.
AD = 28 cm and AB = 20 cm.

(a) Show that the radius of the cylinder is 4.46 cm, correct to 3 significant figures.

(b) Calculate the volume of the cylinder.

(c) N is a point on the base of the cylinder, such that BN is a diameter.

Calculate the angle between AN and the base of the cylinder.


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A B
2.4 cm AB

The volume of a paper cone of radius 2.4 cm is 95.4 cm3.


The paper is cut along the slant height from O to AB.
The cone is opened to form a sector OAB of a circle with centre O.

Calculate the sector angle x°.


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

The diagram shows a sector OPQ of a circle with centre O and radius 24 cm.
The sector angle is 60°.

A cone is made from this sector by joining OP to OQ.

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P
Q

Calculate the volume of the cone.

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

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B C

The diagram shows a shape made from an equilateral triangle ABC and a sector of a circle.
Points B and C lie on the circle, centre A.
The side length of the equilateral triangle is 12.4 cm.

Work out the perimeter of the shape.


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41°

The diagram shows two sectors of a circle.


The major sector is shaded.
The area of the major sector is 74.5 cm2.

Calculate the radius of the circle.

19 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 .]

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