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PLANE & SOLID GEOMETRY 15. A regular hexagon with an area of 93.53 square centimeters is
inscribed in a circle. The area in the circle not covered by the hexagon
PSE MODULE 3.1 is:
1. The sum of the interior angle of a polygon is 2,5200. How many are A. 18.38 cm2 C.16.72 cm2
2
the sides? B. 19.57 cm * D. 15.68 cm2
A. 14 C.15
B. 16* D.17 16. The area of a regular decagon inscribed in a circle of 15 cm diameter
is:
2. A polygon has one of its sides equal to 20 cm and having an apothem A. 156 sq. cm. C.158 sq. cm.
of 14 cm long. What is the area of the circle circumscribing the B. 165 sq. cm.* D.177 sq. cm.
polygon?
A. 296 pi * C. 12pi 17. A polygon has 170 diagonals. Compute the number of sides?
B. 186 pi D. 45pi A. 20* C.18
B. 25 D. 26
3. What is the value of each interior angle of a regular pentagon?
A. /5 C. /2
B. 2/5 D.3/5* 18. The volume of a regular pyramid whose base area is a regular hexagon
is 156 cm3. If the altitude of the pyramid is 5 cm, determine the length
of the sides of the base.
4. Two men A and B started to walk from the same point on the A. 4 cm C. 3 cm
circumference of a circle whose radius is 300 m; each man walking at B. 5 cm D. 6 cm
the rate of 120 meters per minute. If A walks toward the center of the
circle and B along the circumference, what will be the distance of the 19. Find the volume of a hexagonal spherical pyramid whose base
two men after one minute? angles are 135, 105, 122, 110, 131 and 142 on a sphere
A. 151.4 m * C. 184.5 m of radius 20 in.
B. 200.5 m D. 132.7 m
A. 1163.55 in3 C. 1205.92 in3
5. A rhombus is formed by two radii and two chords of a circle of B. 1243.22 in3 D. 1043.32 in3
diameter 20 units. What is the area of the rhombus? 20. The __________ of a circle of a sphere is the spherical distance to any
A. 56.78 C. 86.60 * point of it from its nearer pole.
B. 45.76 D. 221.70 A. polar distance* C. oblique
6. How many gallons are there in 10 cubic meters of liquid? B. poles D. chordal distance
A. 748 gal C. 2641.7 gal *
B. 74.80 gal D. 7.480 gal 21. The area of a rhombus is 168 m2. If one of its diagonal is 12 m, find
the length of the sides of a rhombus.
7. A cow is tethered to a stake at the corner of a field where the A. 15.23 * C. 14.22
boundaries intersect at an angle of 68. How long must the rope be so B. 10.42 D. 12.43
that the cow can graze over 300 m2?
A. 24.5 C. 21.5 22. If the edge of the cube is increased by 20%, find the percentage
B. 23.5 D. 22.5 * increase in volume?
8. The area of a circle is 98.42 in2. What is the length of a side of a A. 72.8% * C. 76.3 %
regular hexagon inscribed in this circle? B. 83.2% D. 63.3%
A. 5.535 C. 5.335 *
B. 6.335 D. 7.335 23. The volume of a right prism with an altitude of 15 m and having an
equilateral triangle as its base is equal to 234 m3. Determine the length
9. The volume of a right circular cone is equal to one - third the product of the side of the triangular base.
of its base by its altitude A. 6 * C. 8
A. axiom C. theorem * B. 7 D. 5
B. postulate D. corollary
24. The interior angles of a polygon are in arithmetic progression. The
least angle is 120° and the common difference is 5°. Find the number
10. A chord is 36 cm long and its midpoint is 36 cm from the midpoint of of sides.
the longer arc. Compute the radius of the circle. A. 8 C. 11
A. 28.5 cm C. 21.3 cm B. 9 D. 10
B. 22.5 cm * D. 23.4 cm
25. If the perimeter of a rhombus is 40 cm and one of its diagonals is 12,
11. The number of board feet in a plank 3 inches thick, 1 foot wide and 20 find the other diagonal.
feet long. A. 16 * C. 10
A. 20 C. 60 * B. 12 D. 20
B. 30 D. 120
26. A circle of radius 10 cm is inscribed in a regular hexagon. Find the
12. What is the area of an ellipse with an aspect ratio of two and total area of the hexagon
perimeter of 18 inches? A. 346.41 * C. 132.32
A. 20.63 * C. 12.34 B. 432.32 D. 234.32
B. 34.55 D. 18.56
27. Compute the area of regular hexagon inscribed in a circle of radius 1
cm.
13. How many sides are there if a polygon has 54 diagonals?
A. 3.698 C. 2.698
A. 18 C. 10
B. 3.598 D. 2.598*
B. 15 D. 12*
28. How many diagonals are there in a dodecagon?
14. What is the value of each angle of regular decagon? A. 27 * C. 54
A. 144* C. 200 B. 20 D. 30
B. 234 D. 145
29. By how much is the increase in volume of a cube if each edge is
increase by 1 %?
A. 4.03 % C. 3.03 % *
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30. The ____ of a polygon of n sides is the excess of the sum of the 44. The sum of the interior angles of a polygon of n sides is 1080. Find
polygon over (n - 2) 180 the value of n.
A. spherical distance C. spherical excess * A. 10 C. 8 *
B. remainder D. spherical polygon B. 9 D. 11
31. The lengths of two corresponding sides of two similar polygons are 4
and 7. If the perimeter of the smaller polygon is 20, find the perimeter 45. What is the spherical excess of spherical polygon of four sides whose
of the larger polygon angles are 95, 112, 134 and 78.
A. 20 C. 10 A. 60 C. 67
B. 35 * D. 15 B. 54 D. 59 *

46. A rectangle is inscribed in a circle whose radius is 5 inches. The base

32. If two dihedral angles have a common edge and a common face
of the rectangle is 8 inches. Find the area of the rectangle.
between them, they are:
A. 44 C. 48 *
A. common dihedral angles
B. 50 D. 40
B. adjacent dihedral angles*
C. coplanar dihedral angles
D. polyhedral angles 47. Three spheres of radii 10, 20 and 30 cm respectively, are melted and
formed into a single sphere. Find the volume of the single sphere.
33. The bases of a right prism are a hexagon with one side 6 cm long. If A. 48,000 * C. 50,000
the volume of the prism is 450 cm3, how apart are the bases? B. 45,000 D. 42,000
A. 4.81 cm * C. 5.32 cm
B. 4.22 cm D. 5.06 cm 48. The corner of a 2-meter square is cut off to form a regular octagon.
Determine the length of the resulting side of the octagon?
34. The length of the side of a square is increased by 100%. The perimeter A. 0.834 C. 0.732
is increased by ______. B. 0.724 D. 0.828 *
A. 25% C. 200%
B. 100% * D. 150% 49. A polygon has 170 diagonals. How many sides does it have?
A. 20 * C. 25
35. A cubical container measured 50.8 mm on a side is tightly packed with B. 30 D. 28
eight marbles. The container is filled with water. All eight marbles are
in contact with the walls of the container and the adjacent marbles. 50. The frustum of a regular triangular pyramid has equilateral triangles
Considering that the marbles are of the same size, compute the volume for its bases and has an altitude of 8 m. The lower base edge is 9 m. If
of water in the container? the volume is 135 cu. m., what is the upper base edge?
A. 62,454.54 * C. 68,641.97 A. 2 m C. 5 m
B. 45,312.34 D. 131,096 B. 4 m D. 3 m *

36. The lateral area of a right circular cone is 4 times the area of the base. 51. What is the volume of a right circular cylinder inscribed in a cube of
Find the angle at which an element of the cone is inclined to the base. edge 10 cm?
A. 7645’ C. 7531’ * A. 200 C. 220
B. 7336’ D. 7742’ B. 250 * D. 210

37. In a circle with a diameter of 10 m, a regular five pointed star touching 52. Calculate the volume of a tetrahedron of 10 inches in its sides.
its circumference is inscribed. What is the area of the part not covered A. 131.35 C. 117.85 *
by the star? B. 124.30 D. 115.49
A. 60.2 m2 C. 50.48 m2 *
B. 45.24 m2 D. 71.28 m2 53. Find the volume of a spherical wedge whose angle is 54 on a sphere
of radius 27 cm.
A. 12,367.19 cm3 * C. 12,422.42 cm3
3
38. Find the area of a regular pentagon whose side is 25 m and apothem B. 11,243.42 cm D. 10,626.71 cm3
is 17.2 m.
A. 846 m2 C. 1090 m2 54. Find the length of the side of a pentagon if the line perpendicular to its
2
B. 1075 m * D. 988 m2 side is 12 units from the center.
A. 14.74 units C. 71.44 units
39. The volume of a sphere is 36 cm3. Determine the surface area of the B. 17.44 units * D. 14.47 units
sphere.
A. 36 * C. 24  55. The base areas of a frustum of a cone are 25 cm2 and 16 cm2,
B. 28 D. 30 respectively. If its altitude is 6 cm, find its volume.
A. 120 C. 122 *
40. A sphere having a diameter of 30 cm is cut into 2 segments. The B. 125 D. 136
altitude of the first segment is 6 cm. What is the ratio of the area of the
second segment to that of the first? 56. The circumference of the base of a right circular cylinder is 48 cm
A. 2 C. 3 and its altitude is 15 cm. Determine its total surface area.
B. 4 * D. 2.5 A. 1086.69 cm2 * C. 1204.23 cm2
B. 1042.52 cm2 D. 1102.62 cm2
41. Find the area of the spherical lune whose angle is 75 on a sphere of
radius 30 cm. 57. What is the volume of an ellipsoid having values of a = 8; b = 4 and c
A. 2356.19 cm2 * C. 2054.34 cm2 = 3 cm respectively.
B. 2052.52 cm2 D. 2257.26 cm2 A. 120 C. 145
B. 138 D. 128 *
42. The height of a circular cone with circular base is h. If it contains
water to a depth of 2/3 h, what is the ratio of the volume of the water to 58. Find the total surface area of a regular triangular pyramid if each edge
that of the cone? of the base measures 6 inches and each lateral edge of the pyramid
A. 1:27 C. 26:27 * measures 5 inches.
B. 8:27 D. 24:27 A. 51.59 in2 * C. 54.42 in2
B. 50.23 in2 D. 50.21 in2
43. A room is 12 ft wide, 15 ft long and 8 ft high. If an air conditioner
changes the air once every five minutes, how many cubic feet of air
does it change per hour?
A. 17,280 * C. 14,522
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59. Find the volume of a paraboloid having a radius of 8 cm and a height 74. A solid of circular base 10 inches. Compute the volume of the solid if
of 16 cm. every cutting plane perpendicular to the base along a given diameter is
A. 512 * C. 422 an equilateral triangle.
B. 500 D. 483 A. 78.5 cu in C. 85.4 cu. in
B. 72.2 cu in * D. 836 cu. in.
60. A regular octagon is inscribed in a circle of radius 10 inches. Find the 75. How many diagonals does a pentedecagon have:
area of the octagon. A. 60 C.70
A. 282.8 * C. 302.2 B. 80 D. 90 *
B. 265.5 D. 294.8
76. Find the radius of the circle circumscribing a regular nonagon whose
61. For a regular polygon of heptagon sides, find the number of degrees perimeter is 405 cm.
contained in each central angle. A. 65.78 cm * C. 43.24 cm
A. 51.43° * C. 60° B. 52.67 cm D. 45.54 cm
B. 40° D. 32.73°
77. A regular pentagon has sides of 20 cm. An inner pentagon with sides
62. The great pyramid of Egypt has a square base 232 m on a side and 147 of 10 cm is inside and concentric to the larger pentagon. Determine
m high. Find its volume. the area inside and concentric to the larger pentagon but outside of the
A. 2,768,334 m3 C. 2,632,242 m3 smaller pentagon.
B. 2,662,351 m3 D. 2,637,376 m3 * A. 430.70 C. 573.26
B. 473.77 D. 516.14 *
63. What is the increase in the diameter of the sphere whose area is
increase by 25%? 78. A pipe lining material of silicon carbide used in the conveyance of
A. 7.7 % C. 25% pulverized coal to fuel a boiler, has a thickness of 2 cm and inside
B. 11.8% * D. 10.5% diameter of 10 cm. Find the volume of the material with a pipe length
64. The sum of the interior angles of a polygon is 540. Find the number of 6 meters.
of sides. A. 45,239 cm3 * C. 42,539 cm3
3
A. 4 C. 5 * B. 49,532 cm D. 43,932 cm3
B. 6 D. 7
65. A swimming pool is constructed in the shape of two partially 79. A trapezoid has its 2 bases in meters in a ratio of 4:5 with an altitude
overlapping circle of the same diameter. Each circle has radius of 9m of 20 meters. If the trapezoid has an area of 360 m2 , find the two
and passes through the center of the other. Calculate the area of the bases.
swimming pool. A. 20, 25 C. 12, 15
A. 509.4 sq. m C. 459.2 sq. m B. 20, 16 * D. 24, 30
B. 409.4 sq. m * D. 356.7 sq. m 80. The perimeter of a sector is 9 and its radius is 3. What is the area of the
66. Two equilateral triangles, each with 12 cm sides overlap each other to sector?
form a 6-point star. Determine the overlapping area. A. 4.50 * C. 3.75
A. 28.87 C. 34.64 B. 6.52 D. 5.25
B. 41.57 * D. 49.88 81. The portion of a sphere bounded by a spherical polygon and the planes
67. The area of a spherical lune is 90 cm2. If the area of the sphere is 810 of its sides.
cm2, what is the angle subtended by the lune? A. spherical wedge C. spherical pyramid *
A. 45 C. 48 B. spherical segment D. spherical sector
B. 40 * D. 42
68. Two speedboats simultaneously sailed out from port A on a 10 km 82. The volume of water in a spherical tank having a diameter of 4 m is
radius circle towards point B directly opposite of port A. The first boat 5.236 m3. Determine the depth of the water in the tank.
took the shortest route and reached the destination in 1 hour. The other A. 1.6 C. 1.4
B. 1.2 D. 1.0 *
boat has to pass by port C (with bearing 60) before proceeding to port
B. Compute at what speed in kph will it run in order to arrive at port B
83. A circular cone having an altitude of 9 m is divided into 2 segments
at the same time with the first boat?
having the same vertex. If the smaller altitude is 6 m. Find the ratio of
A. 27.32 * C. 15.76
the volume of small cone to the big cone.
B. 32.42 D. 20.84
A. 0.296 * C. 0.386
B. 0.186 D. 0.486
69. The diameter of a sphere and the base of a cone are equal. What
approximate percentage of that diameter must the cone’s height be so
84. A goat is tied to a corner of a 30 ft by 35 ft building. If the rope is 40 ft
that both volumes are equal?
long and the goat can reach 1 ft farther than the rope length, what is the
A. 133% C. 166 %
maximum. area the goat can cover?
B. 150% D. 200 % *
A. 4840.07 C. 8044.07
B. 4804.07 D. 4084.07*
70. If the sides of a parallelogram and an included angle are 6, 10 and
100°, respectively, find the length of the shorter diagonal.
85. Three circles C1, C2 and C3 are externally tangent to each other.
A. 10.73 * C. 12.53
Center to center distances are 10 cm between C1 and C2, 8 cm
B. 15.32 D. 11.71
between C2 and C3 and 6 cm between C3 and C1. Determine the total
areas of the circles.
71. If two points of a straight line lie in a plane, every point of the line lies A. 184.12 cm2 C. 162.31 cm2
on the plane. B. 157.08 cm2 D. 175.93 cm2 *
A. axiom C. theorem
86. Find the length of the side of a regular pentagon inscribed in a circle of
B. postulate* D. corollary
radius 10 cm.
A. 10.34 cm C. 12.42 cm
72. How many diagonals are there in a polygon if it has 16 sides? B. 11.76 cm * D. 35.22 cm
A. 240 C. 75
B. 104 * D. 120 87. What is the percentage in the increase in the volume of the sphere
73. The bases of a right prism are regular hexagons with each side equal to given that the increase in surface area is 15%.
6 cm. The bases are 10 cm apart. What is the volume of the prism? A. 24.7% C. 31.4 %
A. 935.31 * C. 783.22 B. 32.7% D. 23.3% *
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88. The area of a zone of a spherical segment is 1/4 that of a sphere. What
is the ratio of the radius to the altitude of the spherical zone?
A. 3:1 C. 2:3
B. 2:1 * D. 3:4

89. The volume of two spheres is in the ratio of 27:343 and the sum of
their radii is 10. Find the radius of the smaller sphere.
A. 7 C. 5
B. 3 * D. 9

90. The intersection of sphere and a plane passing through the center.
A. great circle * C. poles of a circle
B. small circle D. half circle

91. Find the length of the diagonal of a cube whose volume is 729 cubic
cm.
A. 15.59 cm * C. 12.54 cm
B. 17.43 cm D. 14.72 cm

92. A pyramid with a square base has an altitude of 25 cm. If the edge of
the base is 15 cm. Calculate the volume of the pyramid.
A. 1785 cm3 C. 1875 cm3 *
B. 5178 cm3 D. 5871 cm3

93. A cylindrical gasoline tank, lying horizontally, 0.90 m in diameter and

3 m long is filled to a depth of 0.60. How many gallons of gasoline
does it contain if one cubic meter is equal to 265 gallons?
A. 360 * C. 320
B. 250 D. 280

94. A polyhedron is said to be ___ , If every section of the polyhedron is

a convex polygon.
A. concave C. maximum
B. convex * D. minimum

95. What is the measure of the interior angle of a regular 2000-gon?

A. 180° * C. 200°
B. 220° D. 178°

96. A regular dodecagon is inscribed in a circle of radius 24. Find the

perimeter of the dodecagon.
A. 149.08 * C. 145.53
B. 142.74 D. 152.70

97. A sphere of radius 10 m and a right circular cone of base radius 10 m

and height 15 m stands on a table. At what height from the table
should the two solids be cut in order to have equal circular sections?
A. 3.14 m C. 3.44 m
B. 3.24 m D. 3.54 m *

98. Find the surface area of a right circular cone in which the radius
measures 14 inches while the slant height measures 20 inches.
A. 1520 in2 C. 1496 in2 *
B. 1453 in2 D. 1562 in2

99. The area of a zone of a spherical segment is 180 sq.m. and has a
volume of 468 cu.m. Find the volume of the sphere.
A. 4000 C. 4800
B. 4500 * D. 4200

100. Polyhedrons are classified according to their________.

A. bases C. faces*
B. sides D. vertices

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