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Exam Questions volume and surface Area of 3D

Q1. 4MA1/2H Jan 2020, Q26

Here is a sector, AOB, of a circle with centre O and angle AOB = x°

The sector can form the curved surface of a cone by joining OA to OB.

The height of the cone is 25 cm.

The volume of the cone is 1600 cm3

Work out the value of x.

Give your answer correct to the nearest whole number.

x = ...........................................................
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(Total for question = 6 marks)

Q2. 4MA1/2H June 2019, Q4

A cylinder has diameter 14 cm and height 20 cm.

Work out the volume of the cylinder.
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

........................................................... cm 3

(Total for question = 2 marks)

Q3. 4MA1/2H Nov 2020, Q9

The diagram shows a solid cylinder with radius 3 m.

The volume of the cylinder is 72π m3

Calculate the total surface area of the cylinder.

Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
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........................................................... m 2

(Total for question = 5 marks)

Q4. 4MA0/3H Jan 2016, Q21

A solid cone has a height of 15 cm.

The volume of the cone is 320π cm3

Work out the curved surface area of the cone.

Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

........................................................... cm 2

(Total for question = 5 marks)

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Q5. 4MA0/3HR June 2014, Q9

A cylinder has diameter 12 cm and length 30 cm.

Work out the curved surface area of the cylinder.

Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

........................................................... cm 2

(Total for Question is 3 marks)

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Q6. 4MA0/4H June 2016, Q20

The diagram shows a solid shape made from a cone on top of a cylinder.

The cone has a radius of 10 cm and a height of 10 cm.

The cylinder has a radius of 10 cm and a height of 10 cm.
The centre of the base of the cone coincides with the centre of the top face of the cylinder.

The total surface area of the solid is A cm2

Show that A = (300 + 100 )π

(Total for question = 4 marks)

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Q7. 4MA0/4HR Jan 2014, Q21

The diagram shows a solid cone.

The base of the cone is a horizontal circle, centre O, with radius 4.5 cm.
AB is a diameter of the base and OV is the vertical height of the cone.
The curved surface area of the cone is 130 cm2

Calculate the size of the angle AVB.

Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.

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(Total for Question is 4 marks)

Q8. 4MA0/4HR June 2014, Q20

The diagram shows a solid cone.

The diameter of the base of the cone is 10a cm.

The height of the cone is 12a cm.

The total surface area of the cone is 360π cm2

The volume of the cone is kπ cm3, where k is an integer.

Find the value of k.

k = ...........................................................
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(Total for Question is 6 marks)

Q9. 4MA0/4HR June 2017, Q23

The diagram shows a solid hemisphere.

The hemisphere has a total surface area of π cm2

The hemisphere has a volume of kπ cm3

Find the value of k.

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...........................................................

(Total for question = 4 marks)

Q10. 4MA0/4HR June 2015, Q11

A solid cylinder has radius 3.5 cm and height 8.2 cm.

Work out the total surface area of the cylinder.

Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
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........................................................... cm 2

(Total for question = 3 marks)

Q11. 4MA0/3HR Jan 2015, Q10

The diagram shows a solid cylinder.

The cylinder has a height of 30 cm and a radius 11 cm.

(a) Work out the total surface area of the cylinder.

Give your answer correct to 2 significant figures.

........................................................... cm 2
(4)
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(b) The height of the cylinder is 30 cm, correct to the nearest centimetre.

(i) Write down the lower bound of the height of the cylinder.

........................................................... cm

(ii) Write down the upper bound of the height of the cylinder.

........................................................... cm
(2)

(Total for question = 6 marks)

Q12. 4MA0/3H June 2014, Q9

The diagram shows a prism.

The cross-section of the prism is an isosceles triangle.
The lengths of the sides of the triangle are 13 cm, 13 cm and 10 cm.
The perpendicular height of the triangle is 12 cm.
The length of the prism is 8 cm.

Work out the total surface area of the prism.

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........................................................... cm 2

(Total for Question is 3 marks)

Q13. 4MA0/4HR Jan 2017, Q19

The diagram shows a solid cone.

The radius of the base of the cone is 5 cm.

The total surface area of the cone is 90π cm2

Work out the volume of the cone.

Give your answer as a multiple of π.
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........................................................... cm 3

(Total for question = 5 marks)

Q14. 4MA0/4H Jan 2012, Q20

A solid cone has a slant height of 9 cm.

The curved surface area of the cone is 100 cm2.

Calculate the volume of the cone.

Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
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........................................................... cm 3

(Total for question is 5 marks)

Q15. 4MA0/3H Jan 2016, Q9

A cylinder has radius 5.4 cm and height 16 cm.

(a) Work out the volume of the cylinder.

Give your answer correct to the nearest whole number.
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........................................................... cm 3
(2)

The radius 5.4 cm is correct to 2 significant figures.

(b) (i) Write down the upper bound of the radius.

........................................................... cm

(ii) Write down the lower bound of the radius.

........................................................... cm
(2)

(Total for question = 4 marks)

Q16. 4MA0/3HR Jan 2015, Q18

The diagram shows a hemisphere with a diameter of 18.6 cm.

Work out the volume of the hemisphere.

Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
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........................................................... cm 3

(Total for question = 3 marks)

Q17. 4MA0/3H June 2015, Q11

Here is a prism.
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ABCDEF is a cross section of the prism.

ABCF is a square of side 12 cm.

FCDE is a trapezium.
ED = 22 cm.

The height of the prism is 20 cm.

The length of the prism is 80 cm.

Work out the total volume of the prism.

........................................................... cm 3

(Total for question = 5 marks)

Q18. 4MA1/1H Jan 2019, Q15

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The total surface area of a solid hemisphere is equal to the curved surface area of a cylinder.

The radius of the hemisphere is r cm.

The radius of the cylinder is twice the radius of the hemisphere.

Given that
volume of hemisphere : volume of cylinder = 1 : m
find the value of m.

m=

(Total for question = 4 marks)

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Q19. 4MA1/2H Nov 2021, Q22

The diagram shows a sphere of diameter x cm and a pyramid ABCDE with a horizontal rectangular base
BCDE.

The vertex A of the pyramid is vertically above the centre O of the base so that
AB = AC = AD = AE.

BC = x cm, CD = 2x cm and AO = 5x cm.

The volume of the sphere is 288π cm3

Calculate the total surface area of the pyramid.

Give your answer correct to the nearest cm2

........................................................... cm 2
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(Total for question = 6 marks)

Q20. 4MA1/1H June 2019, Q21

A solid is made from a hemisphere and a cylinder.

The plane face of the hemisphere coincides with the upper plane face of the cylinder.

The hemisphere and the cylinder have the same radius.

The ratio of the radius of the cylinder to the height of the cylinder is 1 : 3

Given that the solid has volume 792π cm3

work out the height of the solid.

........................................................... cm

(Total for question = 5 marks)

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Q21. 4MA1/2H Specimen Paper, Q20

A cone has a volume of 562.5π cm3

The radius of the base of the cone is equal to twice the height of the cone.

Work out the curved surface area of the cone.

Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

........................................................... cm 2

(Total for question = 5 marks)

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Q22. 4MA0/4HR June 2017, Q4

The diagram shows a cuboid and a triangular prism.

The volume of the cuboid is equal to the volume of the triangular prism.

Work out the value of x.

...........................................................

(Total for question = 4 marks)

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Q23. 4MA1/1H Specimen Paper, Q18

A container is made from a hemisphere on top of a cylinder, as shown in the diagram.

The hemisphere and the cylinder both have radius 6 cm.

The height of the cylinder is 10 cm.

There is water to a depth of t cm in the cylinder.

The volume of water in the container is half the total volume of the container.

Work out the value of t.

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...........................................................

(Total for question = 4 marks)

Q24. 4MA0/3HR June 2017, Q19

The diagram shows two solid shapes, shape A and shape B.

Shape A is made of a hemisphere and a cone.
Shape B is a cylinder.

For shape A
radius of the hemisphere is 36 cm
radius of the base of the cone is 36 cm
height of the cone is 53 cm
For shape B
radius of the cylinder is r cm
height of the cylinder is 2r cm
The volume of shape A = the volume of shape B

Calculate the height of shape B.

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........................................................... cm

(Total for question = 6 marks)

Q25. 4MA0/3H June 2011, Q23

The diagram shows a solid cylinder and a solid sphere.

The cylinder has radius r.
The sphere has radius r.

Given that =2

find the value of

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..............................................................................................................................................

(Total for question = 5 marks)

Q26. 4MA1/1HR Jan 2023, Q2

The diagram shows a solid triangular prism.

Work out the total surface area of the triangular prism.

Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

........................................................... cm 2
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(Total for question = 3 marks)

Q27. 4MA0/3H June 2013, Q8

A solid cylinder has radius of 5.1 cm and a height of 3.7 cm.

Work out the total surface area of the cylinder.
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

...........................................................cm 2

(Total for question = 3 marks)

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Q28. 4MA0/4HR June 2013, Q19

The diagram shows a shape made from a solid cylinder and a solid hemisphere.
The cylinder has a radius of 3.4 cm and a length of 8.3 cm.
The hemisphere has a radius of 3.4 cm.
Calculate the total surface area of the solid shape.
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
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...........................................................cm 2

(Total for question = 4 marks)

Q29. 4MA0/4H Jan 2015, Q21

The diagram shows a cylinder and a sphere.

The cylinder has radius r cm and height h cm.

The sphere has radius 2r cm.

The volume of the cylinder is equal to the volume of the sphere.

Find an expression for h in terms of r.
Give your answer in its simplest form.
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...........................................................

(Total for question = 3 marks)

Q30. 4MA0/4H Jan 2016, Q23

The diagram shows a solid cylinder.

The cylinder has radius 4√3 cm and height h cm.

The total surface area of the cylinder is 56π√6 cm2

Find the exact value of h.

Give your answer in the form a√2 + b√3, where a and b are integers.
Show your working clearly.
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h = ...........................................................

(Total for question = 5 marks)

Q31. 4MA1/1H June 2022, Q22

A solid is made from a cone and a hemisphere.

The circular plane face of the hemisphere coincides with the circular base of the cone.
The radius of the hemisphere and the radius of the circular base of the cone are both 20 cm.

The curved surface area of the cone is 580π cm2

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The volume of the solid is π cm3

Work out the exact value of k

k = ...........................................................

(Total for question = 5 marks)

Q32. 4MA1/1H June 2022, Q7

A cylinder is placed on the ground.

The height of the cylinder is 18 cm.

The force exerted by the cylinder on the ground is 72 newtons.

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The pressure on the ground due to the cylinder is 1.4 newtons / cm2

Work out the volume of the cylinder.

Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

........................................................... cm 3

(Total for question = 4 marks)

Q33. 4MA0/3H Jan 2012, Q3
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A cylinder has a diameter of 15 cm and a height of 26 cm.

Work out the volume of the cylinder.
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

........................................................... cm 3

(Total for question is 3 marks)

Q34. 4MA1/2H Jan 2023, Q21

Given that the surface area of a sphere is 49π cm2

find the volume of the sphere.

Give your answer correct to the nearest integer.

........................................................... cm 3

(Total for question = 3 marks)

Q35. 4MA0/4H June 2014, Q21

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A sphere has a surface area of 81π cm2.

Work out the volume of the sphere.

Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

........................................................... cm 3

(Total for Question is 4 marks)

Q36. 4MA0/4H June 2012, Q22

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Two solid spheres, each of radius r cm, fit exactly inside a hollow cylinder.
The radius of the cylinder is r cm.
The height of the cylinder is equal to 4r cm.

The volume of the space inside the cylinder, not occupied by the spheres, is cm3
Calculate the value of r.
Show your working clearly.

r = ...........................................................

(Total for question = 5 marks)

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Q37. 4MA1/2H June 2021, Q10

Here is a triangular prism.

Work out the volume of the prism.

Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

........................................................... cm 3

(Total for question = 5 marks)

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Q38. 4MA1/1H Jan 2021, Q3

The diagram shows a container for water in the shape of a prism.

The rectangular base of the prism, shown shaded in the diagram, is horizontal.
The container is completely full of water.

Tuah is going to use a pump to empty the water from the container so that the volume of water in the
container decreases at a constant rate.

The pump starts to empty water from the container at 10 30 and at 12 00 the water level in the container
has dropped by 20 cm.

Find the time at which all the water has been pumped out of the container.

...........................................................

(Total for question = 4 marks)

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