OLEVEL P2

A42 MENSURATION CONE

1 (a) A solid cuboid measures 7 cm by 5 cm by 3 cm.
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(i) Calculate the total surface area of the cuboid. [2]

(ii) A cube has the same volume as the cuboid.

Calculate the length of an edge of this cube. [2]

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(b) [The volume of a cone is 3 × base area × height.]
[The area of the curved surface of a cone of radius r and slant height l is π rl.]

A solid cone has a base radius of 8 cm and a height of 15 cm. 15

Calculate
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(i) its volume, [2]

(ii) its slant height, [1]

(iii) its curved surface area, [2]

(iv) its total surface area. [1]

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2 (a) Compost for growing plants consists of 3 parts of soil to 2 parts of sand to 1 part of peat.

(i) Calculate the number of litres of sand in a 75 litre bag of compost. [2]
(ii) Compost is sold in 5 litre, 25 litre and 75 litre bags costing $2, $8.75 and $27 respectively.
Showing your working clearly, state which bag represents the best value for money. [2]

(b) [The volume of a cone = 13 × base area × height.]

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The diagram shows a plant pot.
The open end of the plant pot is a circle of radius 10 cm.
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The closed end is a circle of radius 5 cm.
The height of the plant pot is 12 cm.
The plant pot is part of a right circular cone of height 24 cm. 5

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(i) Calculate the volume of the plant pot.

Give your answer in litres. [4]
(ii) How many of these plant pots can be completely filled from a 75 litre bag of compost? [2]
(iii) A smaller plant pot is geometrically similar to the original plant pot.
The open end of this plant pot is a circle of radius 5 cm.

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How many of these plant pots can be completely filled from a 75 litre bag of compost? [2]

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3 The diagram shows a conical tent.
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The diameter of the base is 3.5 m and the slant height is 3 m.
It is made from a flat piece of canvas that forms a sector of a circle of 3.5
radius 3 m. The angle at the centre is ␪°.

θ°

(i) Show that ␪ = 210. [3]

(ii) As shown, the required shape is cut from a rectangular piece of canvas of width w metres.

Given that w is a whole number, find its least possible value.

Show all your working. [3]
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4 [Volume of a cone = 3 π r h]
[Curved surface area of a cone = π rl]
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Diagram I shows a solid cone with C
as the centre of its base.
B is the vertex of the cone and A is a point
on the circumference of its base.
AC = 9 cm and BC = 12 cm. Diagram I 12

A C
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(a) Calculate

(i) AB, [2]

(ii) the total surface area of the cone, [2]

(iii) the volume of the cone. [2]

(b) The cone in Diagram I is cut, parallel B

to the base, to obtain a small cone shown
in Diagram II and a frustum shown in Diagram II
Diagram III. 3
Y is the centre of the base of the small cone. X Y
X is the point on the circumference of this X 3 Y
base and on the line AB such that Diagram III
XY = 3 cm.

A C

Calculate

(i) BY, [1]

(ii) AX, [1]

(iii) the circumference of the base of the small cone, [2]

(iv) the volume of the frustum. [2]

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5 [Volume of a cone = 3 π r h]

The solid above consists of a cone with base radius r centimetres on top of a cylinder
of radius r centimetres.
The height of the cylinder is twice the height of the cone.
The total height of the solid is H centimetres.

(a) Find an expression, in terms of π, r and H, for the volume of the solid.
Give your answer in its simplest form.

Answer ....................................... [3]

(b) It is given that r = 10 and the height of the cone is 15 cm.

(i) Show that the slant height of the cone is 18.0 cm, correct to one decimal place.

[2]
(ii) Find the circumference of the base of the cone.

Answer .................................. cm [2]

(iii) The curved surface area of the cone

can be made into the shape of a
sector of a circle with angle θº.
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Show that θ is 200, correct to θ°
the nearest integer.
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[2]

(iv) Hence, or otherwise, find the total surface area of the solid.

Answer .................................cm2 [3]

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6 [Volume of a cone = rr h ]
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[Curved surface area of a cone = πrl]

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The diagram shows a solid cone of height 15 cm and base radius 6 cm.

(a) Show that the slant height of the cone is 16.2 cm, correct to one decimal place.

[1]

(b) Calculate the total surface area of the cone.

Answer ............................................ cm2 [3]

(c) Calculate the volume of the cone.

Answer ............................................ cm3 [2]

 (d) The cone is made from wood.
The mass of 1 m3 of the wood is 560 kg.

Calculate the mass of the cone in grams.

Answer ................................................. g [2]

(e) Another cone is made of the same material and is geometrically similar to the first.
The mass of the second cone is double the mass of the first.

(i) Calculate the height of the second cone.

Answer .............................................. cm [2]

(ii) Calculate the total surface area of the second cone.

Answer ............................................ cm2 [2]

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7 (a) P and Q are points on the circumference of a circle, centre O, radius R cm.
The minor arc PQ = 20 cm and PÔQ = 48°.

(i) Show that R = 23.9, correct to one decimal place.

P 20 Q

48° R

[3]

(ii) Calculate the area of the minor sector POQ.

Answer ................................... cm2 [2]

(iii) The minor sector POQ is removed from the circle and the remaining major sector is shaped to
form an open cone of radius r cm.

P Q
r
48° R

Calculate r.

Answer r = .................................... [2]

(b) [The curved surface area of a cone is πrl, where l is the slant height]

Cone A has radius 7.5 cm and height 4 cm.

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(i) Calculate the curved surface area of cone A.
7.5
Cone A

Answer .................................. cm2 [3]

(ii) Cone B is geometrically similar to cone A.

The ratio curved surface area of cone A : curved surface area of cone B is 64 : 25 .

Find the height of cone B.

Answer .................................... cm [2]

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8 [Volume of a cone = rr h]
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[Curved surface area of a cone = rrl]

9.5

A cone has height 9.5 cm and volume 115 cm3.

(i) Show that the radius of the base of the cone is 3.4 cm, correct to 1 decimal place.

[2]

(ii) Calculate the curved surface area of the cone.

Answer ....................................cm2 [3]

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9 [Volume of cone = rr 2 h ]
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[Curved surface area of a cone = rrl ]

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c 45

The diagram shows a bowl with a circular base.

The curved surface of the bowl is formed by removing a cone with radius 12 cm and height 45 cm from a
larger cone as shown in the diagram.
The radius of the top of the bowl is 16 cm and its height is 15 cm.

(a) Calculate the volume of the bowl.

............................................. cm3 [3]

(b) The slant height of the cone that has been removed is c cm.

Show that c = 46.6, correct to 3 significant figures.

[2]
(c) The bowl is completely filled with water.

Calculate the total surface area of the bowl that is in contact with the water.

............................................. cm2 [4]

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