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The document contains a series of mathematical problems involving the calculation of volumes, areas, and other geometric properties of various shapes including cylinders, spheres, cones, and prisms. Each problem provides specific dimensions and requires the application of geometric formulas to find unknown values. The problems are structured with space for answers and are designed for educational purposes.

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The document contains a series of mathematical problems involving the calculation of volumes, areas, and other geometric properties of various shapes including cylinders, spheres, cones, and prisms. Each problem provides specific dimensions and requires the application of geometric formulas to find unknown values. The problems are structured with space for answers and are designed for educational purposes.

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1 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]

Water flows at a speed of 20 cm/s along a rectangular channel into a lake.


The width of the channel is 15 cm.
The depth of the water is 2.5 cm.

Calculate the amount of water that flows from the channel into the lake in 1 hour.
Give your answer in litres.

................................................... litres [4]


2

[Total: 4]

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]
3

4 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]

5 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]
4

6 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]

7 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]
5

8
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]
6

The diagram shows a sector of a circle of radius 8 cm.


The length of the arc PQ is 6.4 cm.

Find the area of the sector.

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

[Total: 4]
7

10

The diagram shows two sectors of circles with the same centre.

Calculate the shaded area.

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

[Total: 3]
8

11

The sector of a circle has radius 8.5 m and angle 76°.

Calculate the perimeter of the sector.

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

[Total: 3]

12 A bag contains 15 000 cm3 of sand.


Some of this sand is used to completely fill a hole in the shape of a cylinder.
The hole is 30 cm deep and has radius 10 cm.

Calculate the percentage of the sand from the bag that is used.

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

[Total: 3]
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13
B

NOT TO
SCALE
8 cm

30°
O A
C

OAB is the sector of a circle, centre O, with radius 8 cm and sector angle 30°.
BC is perpendicular to OA.

Calculate the area of the region shaded on the diagram.

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

[Total: 5]
10

14 15.4 cm

NOT TO
SCALE

18.2 cm

62°

The diagram shows a trapezium.


The trapezium has one line of symmetry.

Work out the area of the trapezium.

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

[Total: 4]
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15 The diagram shows a right-angled triangle ABC.

The area of this triangle is 30 cm2.

(a) Show that .

[3]

(b) Use factorisation to solve the equation .

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

(c) Calculate BC.

BC = ................................................... cm [3]

[Total: 9]

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