Subject: Solid Geometry
Prepared by: John Ryan D. Regalario, EcE
1. Each side of a cube is increased by 1%. By
what percent is the volume of the cube
increased?
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2. If the edge of a cube is increased by 30%, by
how much is the surface area increased?
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3. Find the total surface area of a cube of side 6
cm.
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4. The space diagonal of a cube is 4√3 m. Find
its volume.
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5. A rectangular bin 4 feet long, 3 feet wide, and
2 feet high is solidly packed with bricks whose
dimensions are 8 in. by 4 in. by 2 in. The
number of bricks in the bin is:
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6. The base edge of a regular hexagonal prism is
6 cm and its bases are 12 cm apart. Find its
volume in cu. cm.
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7. The base edge of a regular pentagonal prism
is 6 cm and its bases are 12 cm apart. Find its
volume in cu. cm.
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8. A trough has an open top 0.30 m by 6 m and
closed vertical ends which are equilateral
triangles 30 cm on each side. It is filled with
water to half its depth. Find the volume of the
water in cubic meters.
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9. 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 cu.
m. Find its altitude in meters.
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10. A cylindrical gasoline tank, lying
horizontally, 0.90 m. in diameter and 3 m long
is filled to a depth of 0.60 m. How many gallons
of gasoline does it contain? Hint: One cubic
meter = 265 gallons
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11. 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
the vertical position, the depth of water in the
tank is:
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12. 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.
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13. Find the volume of a cone to be constructed
from a sector having a diameter of 72 cm and
central angle of 210°.
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14. 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 cm3) of its content.
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15. The ratio of the volume to the lateral area of
a right circular cone is 2:1. If the altitude is 15
cm, what is the ratio of the slant height to the
radius?
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16. A regular triangular pyramid has an altitude
of 9 m and a volume of 187.06 cu. m. What is
the base edge in meters?
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17. 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? its volume (in m^3).
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18. What is the volume of a frustum of a cone

whose upper base is 15 cm in diameter and
lower base 10 cm. in diameter with an altitude
of 25 cm?
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19. A sphere having a diameter of 30 cm is cut

into 2 segments. The altitude of the first
segment is 6 cm. What is the ratio of the area of
the second segment to that of the first?
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20. The central angle of a spherical wedge is 1

radian. Find its volume if its radius is 1 unit.
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21. A mixture compound of equal parts of two

liquid, one white and the other black, was
placed in a hemispherical bowl. The total depth
of the two liquids in 6 inches. After standing for
a short time, the mixture separated, the white
liquid settling below the black. If the thickness
of the segment of the black liquid is 2 inches,
find the radius of the bowl in inches.
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22. The volume of water in a spherical tank

having a diameter if 4 m is 5.236 m3.
Determine the depth of the water in the tank.
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23. The volume of water in a spherical tank

having a diameter if 4 m is 5.236 m3.
Determine the depth of the water in the tank.
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24. The volume of the sphere is 3π cu. m. The

surface area of this sphere in sq. m. is:
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25. The volume of a regular tetrahedron of side

5 cm is:
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26. A regular octahedron has an edge 2m. Find