Chapter 7 – Area and Volume

Quiz
Answer ALL questions.

Name: ________________________ Marks: ________ / 50

Class: ________________________( )

Section A: Short Questions

1. The base of a pyramid is a triangle with sides 6 cm, 8 cm and 10 cm respectively.

The height of the pyramid is 12 cm.
(a) Find the base area of the pyramid.
(b) Find the volume of the pyramid.
(6 marks)

2. The figure shows a right circular cone with slant height 15 cm and
base diameter 18 cm.
(a) Find the height of the cone.
(b) Find the volume of the cone in terms of .
(c) Find the total surface area of the cone in terms of .

(6 marks)

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 3. Find the total surface area and the volume of the right pyramid
VABCD in the figure. (Give the answers correct to 2 decimal
places if necessary.)

(7 marks)

4. When 20 cm3 of water is poured into a conical vessel, the area of the wet surface is
12 cm2. Find the area of the wet surface if 47.5 cm3 more water is added. (Assume
no water leakage.)
(5 marks)

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5. Two identical spheres with radius 6 cm are melted and recast to form a larger
sphere.
(a) Find the radius of the larger sphere.
(b) Find the percentage change in the total surface area.
(Give the answers correct to 3 significant figures.)
(7 marks)

6. In the figure, the volume of the cone is two-thirds

of the volume of the sphere.
(a) Find the height of the cone.
(b) Find the curved surface area of the cone,
correct to 3 significant figures.
(6 marks)

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Section B: Long Questions

7. Consider a frustum with height 4 cm as shown in the figure. Two identical frustums
are joined to form a candle.

(a) Find the volume of the candle in terms of .

(b) Find the total surface area of the candle, correct to 3 significant figures.
(c) A rectangular wax with dimension 0.3 m  15 cm  9 cm is melted, how many
candles can be made?
(11 marks)

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