Checkpoint 3
Area, Surface Area and Volume of composite solids, prisms, cylinders, pyramids, cones and spheres.
Multiple Choice Questions
A rectangle 12 cm by 8 cm has a triangle of base 8 cm and height 5 cm on top. What is the total area?
What is the surface area of a closed rectangular prism with dimensions 7 cm, 5 cm and 3 cm?
A cylinder has radius 4 cm and height 10 cm. What is its curved surface area?
The volume of a sphere with radius 3 cm is:
A cone has radius 6 cm and perpendicular height 8 cm. What is its volume?
An open-top box has dimensions 20 cm by 15 cm by 10 cm. What is its surface area?
A cylindrical water tank has diameter 2 m and height 3 m. How many litres does it hold?
A solid is made from a cube of side 5 cm with a cylinder of radius 1 cm and height 5 cm removed from its centre. What is the remaining volume?
A triangular prism has a right-angled triangular base with sides 5 cm, 12 cm and 13 cm. The prism length is 10 cm. What is its volume?
A sphere and a cylinder have the same radius $r$. The cylinder's height is $2r$. What is the ratio of the cylinder's volume to the sphere's volume?
Short Answer Questions
A grain silo consists of a cylindrical section of diameter 5 m and height 12 m, with a conical roof of the same diameter and perpendicular height 2.5 m.
(a) Find the volume of the cylindrical section. (2 marks)
(b) Find the volume of the conical roof. (2 marks)
(c) Find the total capacity of the silo in kilolitres. (1 mark)
A rectangular swimming pool measures 20 m by 10 m. The depth varies linearly from 1 m at the shallow end to 3 m at the deep end.
(a) Explain why the pool can be treated as a prism with a trapezoidal cross-section. (1 mark)
(b) Find the area of the trapezoidal cross-section. (2 marks)
(c) Find the volume of water needed to fill the pool. (1 mark)
(d) How many kilolitres is this? (1 mark)
Quick Review
Area
Dissection + subtraction
Rectangular prism SA
$2(lw+lh+wh)$
Cylinder CSA
$2\pi rh$
Sphere SA
$4\pi r^2$
Prism volume
$V = A_{base} \times h$
Cylinder volume
$V = \pi r^2 h$
Cone volume
$V = \frac{1}{3}\pi r^2 h$
Sphere volume
$V = \frac{4}{3}\pi r^3$
One-third
Pyramid/cone vs prism
1 m$^3$
= 1000 L