PLANE AND SOLID GEOMETRY

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INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for the following B. 233.57 cm2 D. 233.75 cm2 19. The area of a triangle inscribed in a circle of radius 28. Find the volume of the sphere inscribed in a
questions. Mark only one answer for each item by shading 9 cm is equal to 43.23 square cm. If one of the regular icosahedrons with sides equal to 10
the box corresponding to the letter of your choice on the 11. A swimming pool is constructed in the shape of sides of the triangle is 18 cm, find one of the other cm.
answer sheet provided. STRICTLY NO ERASURES two partially overlapping circles, each of radius 9 sides. A. 1838.78 cu m C. 1278.33 cu m
ALLOWED. Use PENCIL NO. 2 only. m. If the center of each lies on the circumference A. 16.24 cm C. 17.29 cm B. 2415.23 cu m D. 1783.42 cu m
of the other, find the perimeter of the swimming B. 15.78 cm D. 14.56 cm
1. In triangle ABC, a = 12cm, c = 14 cm and B = pool. 29. A sphere has a diameter of 24 cm. How far
34.77o. Find the area of the triangle. A. 85.7 m C. 75.4 m 20. Three identical circles are tangent to each other from the center of the spheres should a
A. 27.8 cm2 C. 32.6 cm2 B. 56.5 m D. 96.8 m externally. If the area of the curvilinear triangle plane be passed so that the ratio of the
B. 37.5 cm2 D. 47.9 cm2 formed by the point of tangency of the three circles areas of the two zones formed is 2:3.
12. If the surface areas of two spheres are 24 cm2 and is 142 cm2, compute the radius of each circle. A. 2.4 C. 3.5
2. A regular octagon is inscribed in a circle whose 96 cm2 respectively. Find the ratio of their volume. *A. 29.79 cm C. 21.38 cm B. 4.1 D. 1.8
radius is 12. Find the area of the octagon. A. 1/4 C. 5 B. 19.18 cm D. 15.67 cm
A. 521.31 C. 351.27 B. 1/8 D. 3/5 30. A lune has an area of 30 square meters. If
B. 407.29 D. 351.25 21. Two circles of different radii are concentric. If the the angle of the lune is 90 degrees. What is
13. There are 3 questions in a test. For each question length of the chord of the bigger circle is tangent to the area of the sphere?
3. A card is drawn from a deck of 52 playing cards. 1 point is awarded for a correct answer and none the smaller circle is 50 cm, calculate the area A. 110 sq m C. 120 sq m
Find the probability of drawing a king or a red for a wrong answer. If the probability that a Jacob bounded by the two circles. B. 90 sq m D. 150 sq m
card. correctly answers a question in the test is 2/3, A. 989.6 cm2 C. 1416.86 cm2
A. 0.5835 C. 3585 determine the probability that he gets zero in the B. 1963.5 cm2 D. 2026.33 cm2 31. A right circular cone whose vertical angle is
B. 0.5385 D. 8535 test. 90 degrees has a diameter of a sphere as its
A. 8/27 C. 1/30 22. Three circles with radii 3, 4 and 5 inches are axis and has its vertex on the sphere.
4. Find the area of a regular hexagon whose sides B. 4/9 D. 1/27 tangent to each other externally. Find the area of Determine the ratio of the volume of the cone
measure 5 cm. the triangle formed by joining their centers. to that of the sphere
A. 64.95 cm2 C. 96.71 cm2 14. Find the area of a triangle with sides equal to A. 198.45 in2 C. 110.45 in2 A. 1:4 C. 2:1
1.017 cm, 2.032 cm and 2.055 cm, respectively. B. 3:4 D. 1:3
B. 47.85 cm2 D. 69.53 cm2 B. 107.33 in 2 D. 101.64 in 2
A. 1.070 cm2 C. 1.760 cm2
B. 1.690 cm2 D. 1.006 cm2 32. If the edge of the cube is decreased by 10%,
5. The apothem of a regular pentagon is 10. 23. There are 13 teams in a tournament. Each team is
by what percent is the surface area
Determine its area. to play with each other only once. What is the
15. A wire with a length of 52 inches is cut into two decreases?
A. 227.43 C. 363.30 minimum number of days can they play without
unequal lengths. Each part is bent to form a A. 19% C. 89%
B. 159.62 D. 315.23 any other team playing more than one game in
square. If the sum of the area for the two squares B. 81% D. 10%
any day?
6. Find the radius of a circle inscribed in a rhombus is 97 square inch, what is the area of the smaller A. 11 C. 13
square? 33. Two corresponding sides of 2 similar
whose perimeter is 100 inches and whose longer B. 12 D. 14
A. 75 C. 16 polygons are 12 cm and 21 cm, respectively.
diagonal is 40 inches.
B. 25 D. 18 If the perimeter of the small polygon is 60,
A. 10 in. C. 14 in 24. Find the area of an equilateral triangle inscribed in
find te perimeter of the big polygon.
B. 12 in. D. 18 in a circle of radius 20 cm.
16. A rectangle ABCD which measures 18 x 24 cm is A. 105 cm C. 107 cm
A. 519.61 sq cm C. 621.46 sq cm
folded once perpendicular to diagonal AC, so that B. 102 cm D. 103 cm
7. Find the area of a trapezoid whose median is 32 B. 456.28 sq cm D. 516.45 sq cm
cm and whose altitude is 6 cm. the opposite vertices A and C coincide. Find the
length of the fold. 34. Find the area of the gable end of the house
A. 150 cm2 C. 142 cm2 25. A sector is bent to form a cone. If the angle of the
with a base of 19.2 ft and base angles of
B. 164 cm2 D. 192 cm2 A. 22.5 cm C. 21.5 cm sector is 30 degrees and the radius is 6 cm, what
B. 18.75 cm D. 19.5 cm 23.17o each.
is the altitude of the cone?
A. 45.3 ft2 C. 25.9 ft2
8. If each side of a cube is increased by 1%. By A. 5.98 cm C. 6.36 cm
17. A conical vessel has a height of 24 cm and a base B. 38.3 ft2 D. 30.7 ft2
what percent is the volume of the cube B. 10.12 cm D. 8.25 cm
increased? diameter of 12 cm. It holds water to a depth of 18
cm above its vertex. Find the volume of its 35. A triangle inscribed in a circle of radius 12
A. 3.03% C. 1.03% 26. The sides of a triangular lot are 130 m, 180 m and
content. cm has two of its sides equal to 6 cm and 8
B. 5.01% D. 5.04% 190 m. The lot is to be divided by a line bisecting
2 2 cm, respectively. Find the altitude to the third
A. 381.7 cm C. 281.6 cm the longest line and drawn from the opposite
2 2 side of the triangle.
9. If the lengths of the diagonals of a rhombus are 6 B. 451.2 cm D. 367.4 cm vertex. Find the length of this dividing line.
A. 3 cm C. 2 cm
and 8, find the perimeter of the rhombus. A. 125 m C. 115 m
B. 5 cm D. 6 cm
A. 14 C. 30 18. Two squares each of 12 cm sides overlap each B. 110 m D. 145 m
B. 20 D. 28 other such that the overlapping region is a regular 36. A jogger starts a course at a steady rate of
octagon. Determine the area of the overlapping 27. A circular cone having an altitude of 9 m is divided
8kph. Five minutes later, a second jogger
10. A semi-circle of radius 14 cm is bent to form a region thus formed. into two segments having the same vertex. If the
starts the same course at 10 kph. How long
rectangle whose length is 1 cm more than its A. 110.9 cm 2 C. 119.3 cm 2 smaller altitude is 6 m, find the ratio of the volume
will it take the second jogger to catch the
width. Find the area of the rectangle. B. 121.5 cm 2 D. 117.4 cm 2 of the small cone to the big cone.
first?
A. 323.75 cm2 C. 322.32 cm2 A. 8/27 C. 6/9
A. 20 min C. 22 min
B. 4/9 D. 5/7
 B. 21 min D. 25 min sides be cut in order to have equal circular
sections?
37. The sides of the triangle are 15, 18 and 24 cm, A. 2 cm C. 4 cm
respectively. How far is the circumference of the B. 5 cm D. 7 cm
triangle to the longest side?
A. 2.45 cm C. 5.46 cm 47. A solid consists of a cone and a hemisphere
B. 3.94 cm D. 1.79 cm sharing bases of radius r. If the height of the cone
is 10 cm and the volumes of the conical and
38. A cylindrical glass 5 inches in diameter and 8 hemispherical portion of the solid thus formed are
inches in altitude is filled with ice tea. It is then equal, find the total volume of the solid.
tilted to a position enough for the ice tea level to A. 425.6 cm3 C. 523.6 cm3
coincide with center of the base. How much ice B. 535.7 cm3 D. 389.4 cm3
tea is drained from the glass?
A. 123.75 in3 C. 134.65 in3 48. Assuming that the earth is a sphere whose radius
B. 154.32 in3 D. 120.34 in3 is 6400 km. Find the distance along a 3 degree arc
at the equator of the earth’s surface?
39. Given that the perimeter of a triangle is 100 cm. If A. 335.10 km C. 353.10 km
the angles of the triangle are in the ratio 3:4:5. B. 533.10 km D. 353.01 km
Find the longest side of the triangle.
A. 28.53 cm C. 38.04 cm 49. The lateral faces of a square pyramid make an
B. 41.25 cm D. 29.06 cm angle 60o with the base. Of the height of the
pyramid is 5√3 m, find its lateral area.
40. The area of a triangular lot is 2,598.08 m2. If the A. 200 m2 C. 320 m2
sides of the lot are in continued proportion of 2
B. 120 m D. 220 m2
3:5:7, find the shortest side of the lot.
A. 30 m C. 50 m
B. 40 m D. 60 m 50. The area of a rhombus is 168 cm3. If one of its
diagonals is 12 m, find the length of the sides of a
41. Find the area of a regular five-pointed star rhombus.
inscribed in a circle of radius 20 cm. A. 15.23 cm C. 10.42 cm
A. 449 cm2 C. 349 cm2 B. 14.22 cm D. 14.23 cm
B. 559 cm2 D. 459 cm2

42. Find the area of a regular 6-pointed star of David

inscribed in a circle of radius 5 m.
A. 35.4 m2 C. 34.6 m2
B. 43.3 m2 D. 29.7 m2

43. A trapezoid 6 m in altitude have bases of 12 m

and 18 m, respectively. If it is divided into two
parts by a line parallel to the bases such that the
ratio of the areas of the two parts formed is 2:3,
compute the length of the dividing line.
A. 16.78 m C. 17.01 m
B. 13.21 m D. 14.69 m

44. Triangle ABC has sides equal to AB = 14 cm, BC

= 10 cm and CA = 6 cm, respectively. How far is
the intersection of all angle bisectors to side AB?
A. 1.761 cm C. 1.563 cm
B. 1.732 cm D. 1.435 cm

45. The sides of the triangle are 3, 4 and 5

respectively. Find the length of the angle bisector
from the longest side to its opposite vertex.
A. 3.02 C. 2.42
B. 4.32 B. 1.72

46. A sphere of radius 5 cm and a right circular cone

of base radius 5 cm and height 10 cm stand on
the table. How far from the table should the two