● SOLID MENSURATION:

1. A cube of edge 25 cm is cut by a plane containing two diagonally opposite edges

of the cube. Find the area of the section thus formed in sq. cm. Ans: 883.9
2. If the surface area of the sphere is increased by 21%. Its volume is increased
by? Ans: 33.1%
3. A tank, open at the top, is made of sheet iron 1 in thick. The internal dimensions
of the tank are 4 ft 8 in long.; 3 ft6 in. wide; 4 ft 4 in deep. Find the weight of the
tank when full of salt water. (Salt water weighs 64 lb/ft 3 and iron is 7.2 times as
heavy as salt water.) Ans: 7983.64 lb
4. The height of a right circular cone with circular base down is h. If it contains water
to a depth of 2h/3 the ratio of the volume of water to that of the cone is: Ans:
26:27
5. A cubical container that measures 2 in. on each side is tightly packed with 8
marbles and is filled with water. All 8 marbles are in contact with the walls of the
container and the adjacent marbles. All of the marbles are of the same size.
What is the volume of water in the container? Ans: 3.8 in^3
6. Find the diameter of the base of the pint tin can whose height is 4 in (231 cu. In.
= 1 gal). Ans: 3.0317 in
7. Given a sphere of diameter d, what is the percentage increase in its diameter
when the surface area is increased by 21%? Ans: 10%
8. A tank, open at the top, is made of sheet iron 1 in thick. The internal dimensions
of the tank are 4 ft 8 in long.; 3 ft6 in. wide; 4 ft 4 in deep. Find the weight of the
tank when empty. Ans: 3453.87 lb
9. A log 18 ft. long is 2ft. in diameter at the top end and 3ft. in diameter at the butt
end. How many cubic feet of wood does the log contain? Ans: 89.54 ft^3
10. The volume of the frustum of a regular triangular pyramid is 135 cu. m. The lower
base is an equilateral triangle with an edge of 9 m. The upper base is 8 m above
the lower base. What is the upper base edge in meters? Ans: 3
11. The diameter of a sphere is 18 in. Find the largest volume of the regular pyramid
of altitude 15 in that can be cut from the sphere if the pyramid is a square. Ans:
450 in^3
12. A circular cone having an altitude of 9 m is divided into 2 segments having the
same vertex. If the smaller altitude is 6m, find the ratio of the volume of big cone
to small cone. Ans: 27 / 8
13. The surface area of a regular tetrahedron is 173.2 square centimeters. What is
the altitude? Ans: 8.2 cm
14. A cone and hemisphere share base that is a semicircle with radius 3 and the
cone is inscribed inside the hemisphere. Find the volume of the region outside
the cone and inside the hemisphere. Ans: 28.274
15. A regular pentagon has sides of 20 cm. An inner pentagon with sides of 12 cm is
inside and concentric to the larger pentagon. Determine the area inside and
concentric to the larger pentagon but outside of the smaller pentagon. Ans: 440
16. A trapezoidal figure has an altitude of 40cm and a length of 72cm. The upper
base is 25cm. and the lower base is 37cm. What is the volume of the figure?
Ans: 89.280 cm^3
17. A boy who had discovered that 20 mm marbles fitted snugly into the bottom of a
cylindrical jar, dropped in a fourth on top of the three and poured water enough
into the jar to just cover them. Find the depth of the water. Ans: 36.33 mm
18. A goat is tied to a corner of a 30 ft by 35 ft building. If the rope is 40 ft long, what
is the maximum area the goat can cover. Ans: 3868
19. A solid spherical steel ball 20 cm in diameter is placed into a tall vertical cylinder
containing water, causing the water level to rise by 10 cm. What is the radius of
the cylinder? Ans: 11.55
20. A cubical container that measures 3 in on a side is tightly packed with 8 marbles
and is filled with water. All the 8 marbles are in contact with the walls of the
container and adjacent marbles. All the marbles are the same in size. What is the
volume in the container? Ans: 12.86
21. The frustum of a regular triangular pyramid has equilateral triangles for its bases.
The lower and upper base edges are 9m and 3m, respectively. If the volume is
118.2 cu. m., how far apart are the base? Ans: 7 m
22. In the figure shown rectangular parallelepiped whose dimensions are 2,4,6.
Points A, B, C, E, F, and L are each at the midpoint of an edge. Find the area of
 each of the section ABEF. Ans: 4 sqrt (10) sq.
units
23. How many cubic inches of lumber does a stick contain if it is 4 in by 4 un at one
end, 2 in by 2 in at the other end, and 16 ft long? Ans: 1792 in^3
24. In the figure shown rectangular parallelepiped whose dimensions are 2,4,6.
Points A, B, C, E, F, and L are each at the midpoint of an edge. Find the area of

each of the section ABEF. Ans: 3.5 sq. units

25. The surface area of a sphere is 4pir 2. Find the percentage increase in its
diameter when the surface area increased by 21%. Ans: 10%
26. If the gravity whose cross-section is shown in the figure weighs 150 lb/ft 3, find the
total weight of a section of a dam 50 ft. long.
 Ans: 510 short tons

27. A truncated prism has a horizontal triangular base ABC, AB = 10 cm, BC = 12 cm

and CA = 8 cm. The vertical edges through A, B, and C are 20 cm, 12 cm, and
18 cm long, respectively. Determine the volume of the prism, in cc. Ans: 661
28. A closed conical vessel has a base radius of 2 m and 6 m high. When in upright
position, the depth of water in the vessel is 3 m. What is the volume of the water?
Ans: 22 m^3
29. The volume of water in a spherical tank is 1470.264 cm 3. Determine the depth of
water if the tank has a diameter of 30 cm. Ans: 6
30. A conical vessel has a height of 24 cm and a base diameter of 12 cm. It holds
water to a depth of 18 cm above its vertex. Find the volume (in cm 3) of its
content. Ans: 381.70
31. How far from a vertex is the opposite face of a tetrahedron if an edge is 50 cm
long? Ans: 40.825 cm
32. A cone was formed by rolling a thin sheet of metal in the form of a sector of a
circle 72 cm in diameter with a central angle of 210 deg. What is the volume of
the cone? Ans: 13504 cc
33. Spherical balls 1.5 cm in diameter are packed in a box measuring 6 cm by 3 cm
by 3 cm. If as many balls as possible are packed in the box, how much free
space remains in the box? Ans: 25.73cc
34. A lateral edge of the frustum of a regular pyramid is 1.8 m long. The upper base
is a square 1 m by 1 m and the lower base 2.4 m by 2.4 m square. Determine
the volume of the frustum in cubic meters. Ans: 4.6
35. 20.5 cubic meters of water is inside a spherical tank whose radius is 2m. Find the
height of the water surface above the bottom of the tank, in m. Ans: 2.3
36. The angle of a sector is 40 degrees and the radius is 15 cm. What is the area of
the sector? Ans: 78.5
37. An ice cream cone is filled with ice cream and a surmounted ice cream in the
form of a hemisphere on top of the cone. If the hemispherical surface is equal to
the lateral area of the cone, find the total volume (in cubic inches) of ice cream if
the radius of the hemisphere is 1 inch and assuming the diameter of hemisphere
is equal to the diameter of the cone. Ans: 3.91
38. Find the area of a regular pentagon whose apothem is 25 m Ans: 2270
39. Determine the volume of a right truncated triangular prism with the following
definitions: Let the corners of the triangular base be defined by A, B and C. The
length of AB = 10 ft, BC = 9 ft and CA = 12 ft. The sides A, B and C are
perpendicular to the triangular base and have the height of 8.6 ft, 7.1 ft and 5.5 ft,
respectively. Ans: 311 ft^3
40. By using Pappus Theorem, determine the volume generated by revolving the
area in the first and second quadrants bounded by the ellipse 4x 2+25y2=100 and
the x-axis, about the x-axis. Ans: 83.78
41. 150 posts are used in fencing a lawn. Each post is built in the form of frustum of
a pyramid surmounted by a pyramid whose lower base is common with the upper
base of the frustum. The height of the pyramidal top is 2 in. and the common
base is square 4 in. on an edge. The lower base of the frustum has an edge of 6
in. If the overall height of each is 6 ft, how much concrete (ft 3) will be used in
making the posts? Ans: 154.86
42. Find the waste in cutting the strongest square timber from a circular log of
uniform diameter 2 ft and length 8 ft. Ans: 9.1327 ft^3
43. A certain wire that weighs 8.5 g/cc has a total mass of 155 kg. If the total length
of the wire is 1500 m, find the cross-sectional area in square mm. Ans: 12.16
44. Each side of a cube is increased by 1%. By what percent is the volume of the
cube increased? Ans: 3.03%
45. A certain wire that weighs 8.5 g/cc has a total mass of 155 kg. What is the
density of the wire in kg/m3? Ans: 8500
46. Two vertical conical tanks are joined at the vertices by a pipe. Initially the bigger
tank is full of water. The pipe valve is open to allow the water to flow to the
smaller tank until it is full. At this moment, how deep is the water in the bigger
tank? The bigger tank has a diameter of 6 ft and a height of 10 ft, the smaller
tank has a diameter of 6 ft and a height of 8 feet. Neglect the volume of water in
the pipeline. Ans: cube root of 200
47. A circular piece of cardboard with a diameter of 1 m will be made into a conical
hat 40 cm high by cutting a sector off and joining the edges to form a cone.
Determine the angle subtended by the sector removed. Ans: 144 deg
48. A boy who had discovered that 20 mm marbles fitted snugly into the bottom of a
cylindrical jar, dropped in a fourth on top of the three and poured water enough
into the jar to just cover them. How much water did he used? Ans: 36, 248.98
mm3
49. Find the area of a regular octagon inscribed in a circle of radius 12 cm. Ans: 470
50. Two balls, one 15 cm in diameter and the other 10 cm in diameter, are placed in
a cylindrical jar 20 cm in diameter, as shown. Find the height of water necessary
to cover them. Ans: 22.5cm
51. how many cubic yard of material are needed or the foundation of barn 40 by 80
ft., if the foundation is 2 ft thick and 12 ft high. Ans: 206.22 yd^3
52. One section of the mainline sewer pipe for the city of Annapolis passes through a
tunnel 484 ft long. The cross section of the tunnel is shown in the figure. The
sewer pipe is 16 in. in external diameter and is partially embedded, in a mattress
of concrete, a cross section of which is shown in the figure. Find the total cost of
digging the tunnel at 5 dollar per cubic yard. Ans: 1, 083.02 dollars
53. A light bulb is placed at a certain distance from the surface of a spherical globe of
radius 20 cm. If it illuminates one third of the total surface of the globe, how far is
it from the surface? Ans: 40cm
54. Two vertical conical tanks (both inverted) have their vertices connected by a
short horizontal pipe. One tank, initially full of water, has an altitude of 6m and a
 diameter of base 7m. The other tank, initially empty, has an altitude of 9m and a
diameter of base 8. If the water is allowed to flow through the connecting pipe,
find the level to which the water will ultimately rise in the empty tank. (Neglect the
water in the pipe). Ans: 5.151m
55. A chemist’s measuring glass is conical in shape, If it is 8cm deep and 3 cm
across the mouth, find the distance on the slant edge between the markings for
1cc and 2 cc. Ans: 0.79cm
56. A rhombus has diagonals of 30 and 20 inches. Determine its area. Ans: 300
57. A closed cylindrical tank is 8 feet long and 3 feet in diameter. When lying in a
horizontal position, the water is 2 feet deep. If the tank is in the vertical position,
the depth of the water tank is: Ans: 5.67ft
58. The volume of the sphere is 36pi m 3. Find the surface area of the sphere in m 2.
Ans: 36pi
59. A druggist sells a certain kind of powder in a rectangular box 4 by 2 by 1 in. for
25 cents, and in a cylindrical can 2.5 in high and 2.5 in. in diameter for 10cents.
Which is the more economical to buy? Ans: The cylindrical can is more
economical
60. Find the volume of the spherical segment of radius 10 m and altitude 5 m. Ans:
654.5m3
61. The volume of water in a spherical tank having a diameter of 4m is 5.236m 3.
Determine the depth of the water on the tank. Ans: 1.0
62. A circular cylinder is circumscribed about a right prism having a square base one
meter on an edge. The volume of the cylinder is 6.283 m 3. Find its altitude in m.
Ans: 4
63. Find the radius of the spherical wedge whose volume is 12m 3 with a central
angle of 1.8 radians. Ans: 2.15
64. The water supply of a district consists of a lake whose surface area is 1000acres.
The number of household supplied with water is 60,000. Supposing each
household to use 25 gal per day, calculate how many days’ supply (to the
nearest day below the exact number) is represented by a depth of 1ft of water in
the lake. (1 acre equals 43,560 sq. ft.) Ans: 217 days
65. A hole 6 in. in diameter was bored through a sphere 10 in. in diameter. Find the
volume of the part cut out. Ans: 255.52 in^3
66. A vegetable bin built in the form of a cube with an edge of 6 ft. is divided by a
vertical partition which passes through two diagonally opposite edges. Find the
lateral surface of either compartment. Ans 122.91 ft^2
67. The volume generated by rotating the curve 9x 2 + 4y2=36 about the line
4x+3y=20 is: Ans: 48pi^2
68. The diameter of a sphere is 18 in. Find the largest volume of regular pyramid of
altitude 15 in that can be cut from the sphere if the pyramid is a hexagonal. Ans:
584.57 in^3
69. A coffee pot is 5 in. deep, 4.5 in. in diameter at the top, and 5.75 in. in diameter
at the bottom. How many cups of coffee will it hold if 6 cups equal 1 quart? Ans:
11 cups
70. A conoid has a circular base of radius 25 cm and an altitude of 30 cm. Find its
volume in cc. Ans: 29452
71. From a cylindrical glass 6 in. high and 3 in. in diameter, water is poured by tilting
the glass until the highest point of the bottom of the glass lies in the plane of the
water surface. How much water remains? Ans: 6.75π in^3
72. Find the number of sq. ft. of tin required to manufacture 10,000 pint tin can
(height of 4 in.;231 cu in = 1 gal) with tops. Neglect the waste due to seams, etc.
Ans: 3648.26 ft^2
73. If the surface area of the sphere is increased by 21%, its volume is increased
by? Ans. 33.1%
74. The diameter of a sphere is 18 in. Find the largest volume of regular pyramid of
altitude 15 in that can be cut from the sphere if the pyramid is a pentagonal. Ans.
534.97 in^3
75. The inside of a vase is an inverted cone 2.983 in. across the top and 5.016 in.
deep. If a heavy sphere 2.498 in. in diameter is dropped into it when the vase is
full of water, how much water will overflow? Ans. 6.92 in^3
76. How many cubic inches of lumber does a stick contain if it is 4 in by 4 in at one
end, 2 in by 2 in at the other end, and 16 ft long? Ans. 1792 in^3
77. A log 18 ft. long is 2 ft. in diameter at the top end and 3 ft. in diameter at the butt
end. How many cubic feet of wood does the log contain? Ans. 89.54 ft^3
78. A tank , open at the top, is made of sheet iron 1 in thick. The internal dimensions
of the tank are 4 ft 8 in long.; 3 ft6 in. wide; 4 ft 4 in deep. Find the weight of the
tank when full of salt water. (Salt water weighs 64 lb/ft 3 and iron is 7.2 times as
heavy as salt water). Ans. 7983.64 lb
79. Spherical balls 1.5 cm in diameter area packed in a box measuring 6 cm by 3 cm
by 3 cm. If as many balls as possible are packed in the box, how much free
space remains in the box? Ans. 80