CIRCULAR MEASURES

1. SPM 2010
Diagram below shows the arrangement of cylinders having the same radius, 3 cm. The height of the
first cylinder is 4 cm and height of each subsequent cylinder increases by 2 cm.

a) Calculate the volume, in cm3 , of the b) Given the total volume of the first n cylinders is
17th cylinder, in terms of . 1620 cm3, find the value of n.
[3M] [3M]

2. SPM 2011
It is given that , 567, y, 5103, is part of a geometric progression and the sum of the first five
terms of the progression is 847. Find
(a) The common ratio [2M]

(b) The first term [2M]

(c) The smallest value of n such that the nth term exceeds 10 000. [3M]

3. SPM 2013
A wire cuts into n parts, The length of each part increases and form a geometric progression. It is
given that the length of the fifth part of the wire is 4 times the length of the third part of the wire.
(a) Calculate the common ratio. [2M]

(b) If the total length of the wire is 1533 cm and the length of the first part of the wire is 3 cm, calculate
i) The value of n
ii) The length, in cm, of the last part of the wire. [4M]

4. SPM 2015
At a certain day, a breeder has 3 000 ducks in his farm to supply to a wholesaler. He starts selling
250 ducks on the next day and subsequently for the following days. The breeder feeds the ducks
before selling.
If the cost to breed a duck is RM0.50 per day, calculate the total cost until his remaining ducks are
500.