IGCSE/O LEVEL

Maths

Mensuration

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Difficult Questions
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10 A cylindrical candle has a height of 5 cm. Do not

12 mm write in this
A is the centre of the top of the candle and B is the
A margin
centre of the base of the candle.
The wick runs from B through A and extends
12 mm above A.
5 cm

(a) How many of these candles can be made using a 2 m length of wick?

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

(b) The wick is in the form of a solid cylinder.

The volume of the wick inside the candle from A to B is 0.2 cm3.

(i) Calculate the radius of the wick.

Give your answer in millimetres.

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

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(ii) One candle was made by pouring candle wax into a cylindrical mould so that it Do not
surrounded the wick. write in this
This mould has an internal radius of 1.9 cm. margin

(a) Calculate the volume of candle wax required to make this candle.

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

(b) How many of these candles can be made using 3 litres of candle wax?

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

(c)

length

One of these candles is placed on a rectangular piece of wrapping paper.

The paper is wrapped around the candle so that it covers the outside and there is an
extra 1 cm for an overlap.

What is the length, in centimetres, of paper required to wrap one candle?

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

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4
[The Surface area of a sphere is 4πr2] [The Volume of a sphere is πr3] Do not
3 write in this
margin
(b) A circular top that can hold 4 hemispherical bowls can be placed on the container.

7 7
21 8

Container and Top Top Cross-section

The top is a circle of diameter 21 cm with four circular holes of diameter 7 cm.
A hemispherical bowl of diameter 7 cm fits into each hole.
The cross-section shows two of these bowls.

(i) Calculate the inside curved surface area of one of these hemispherical bowls.

Answer ............................. cm2 [1]

(ii) Calculate the total surface area of the top of the container, including the inside curved
surface area of each bowl.

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

(iii) With the top and the 4 bowls in place, calculate the volume of water required to fill the
container.

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

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10 Afueltankerdeliversfuelinacylindricalcontaineroflength9.5mandradius0.8m. For
Examiner’s
(a) Afterseveraldeliveries,thefuelremaininginthecontainerisshowninthediagram. Use

9.5

O
0.8
A
B

t = 90c.
AB ishorizontal,Oisthecentreofthecircularcross-sectionand AOB

(i) Calculatethecurvedsurfaceareaofthecontainerthatisincontactwiththefuel.

Answer ......................................... m2[2]

(ii) Calculatethevolumeoffuelremaininginthecontainer.

Answer ......................................... m3[4]

(iii) Calculatethisvolumeremainingasapercentageofthevolumeofthewholecontainer.

Answer  ...........................................%[2]

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(b) Thefuelispumpedthroughacylindricalpipeofradius4.5cmatarateof300cm/s. For

Examiner’s
(i) Calculatethevolumepumpedin1second. Use

Answer  ....................................... cm3[1]

(ii) Calculatethetimetaken,inminutes,topump25000litresoffuel.
Giveyouranswercorrecttothenearestminute.

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

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4 3
4 [The volume of a sphere is rr ]
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(a)

A spoon used for measuring in cookery consists of a hemispherical bowl and a handle.
The internal volume of the hemispherical bowl is 20 cm3.
The handle is of length 5 cm.

(i) Find the internal radius of the hemispherical bowl.

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

(ii) The hemispherical bowl of a geometrically similar spoon has an internal volume of 50 cm3.

Find the length of its handle.

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

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(b) [The surface area of a sphere is 4πr2]

An open hemisphere of radius 5.5 cm is used to make a metal kitchen strainer.

50 holes are cut out of the curved surface.
Assume that the piece of metal removed to make each hole is a circle of radius 1.5 mm.

Calculate the external surface area that remains.

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

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4
4 (a) [Volume of a sphere = rr 3 ]
3
[Surface area of a sphere = 4rr 2 ]

16

The diagram shows a solid formed by joining a cylinder to a hemisphere.

The diameter of the cylinder is 9 cm and its height is 16 cm.

(i) The volume of the hemisphere is equal to the volume of the cylinder.

Show that the radius of the hemisphere is 7.86 cm, correct to 2 decimal places.

[4]

(ii) Calculate the total surface area of the solid.

.......................................... cm 2 [3]

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8 A birthday cake is in the shape of a cylinder.

There are two layers of cake and one layer of icing.

10 cm
3 cm
12 mm
3 cm

Each layer of cake has radius 10 cm and height 3 cm.

The icing, between the two layers of cake, has radius 10 cm and height 12 mm.

(a) Calculate the volume of icing in the birthday cake.

Give your answer in cm3.

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

(b) The top and curved surface of the birthday cake are now covered with chocolate.

Calculate the area of the birthday cake that is covered with chocolate.

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

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(c) Anil has a slice of this chocolate-covered birthday cake.

10.3
x°

7.5

His slice is a prism of height 7.5 cm.

The top of the cake is a sector, radius 10.3 cm and angle x°.
The volume of his slice is 200 cm3.

Calculate the value of x.

x = ................................................ [3]

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4 (a) A cuboid has dimensions x cm by x cm by 10 cm.

The volume of the cuboid is 62.5 cm 3 .

Find the value of x.

x = ................................................. [2]

(b)
O

84°

15 NOT TO
SCALE

A
B

A piece of card, AOB, is a sector of a circle, centre O, with angle 84° and radius 15 cm.

(i) Show that the arc length of the sector is 7r cm.

[1]

(ii) OA is joined to OB to form the curved surface of a cone.

Calculate the radius of the cone.

............................................ cm [2]
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(iii) Find the height of the cone.

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

(c) An empty barrel, in the shape of a cylinder, has radius 20 cm and height 80 cm.
The barrel is filled with water at a rate of 5500 cm 3 /minute.

Calculate the time taken to completely fill the barrel.

Give your answer in minutes and seconds, correct to the nearest second.

.......... minutes .......... seconds [3]

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4
9 [Volume of a sphere = rr 3 ]
3
[Surface area of a sphere = 4rr 2 ]

20

The diagram shows a wooden bowl.

It is made in the shape of a large hemisphere with a small hemisphere removed from the centre.
The diameter of the large hemisphere is 20 cm.
The width of the rim of the bowl is 2 cm.

(a) Show that the total surface area of the bowl is 364r cm 2 .

[3]

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(b) The bowl is made from wood.

The mass of 1cm 3 of the wood is 0.74 g.

Calculate the mass of the bowl.

.............................................. g [3]

(c) Another bowl is mathematically similar to the first bowl and is made from the same type of
wood.
The total surface area of the second bowl is 546r cm 2 .

Calculate the mass of the second bowl.

.............................................. g [3]

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6.2 cm
NOT TO
SCALE

The diagram shows a solid metal shape made from a cone and a hemisphere, both with radius 6.2 cm.
The total surface area of the solid shape is 600 cm 2 .

Calculate the slant height, l, of the cone.

[The surface area, A, of a sphere with radius r is A = 4rr 2 .]
[The curved surface area, A, of a cone with radius r and slant height l is A = rrl .]

l = ............................................ cm [4]

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10

NOT TO
SCALE

12 cm

The diagram shows a rectangular channel that carries water to a storage tank.
The width of the channel is 12 cm.

(a) In summer, the water in the channel is 3 cm deep and flows at a rate of 4 cm/s.

Show that 518 400 cm3 of water flows into the storage tank in 1 hour.

[2]

(b) In winter, the water in the channel is 5 cm deep and flows at a rate of 18 cm/s.

Calculate the percentage increase, from the summer to the winter, in the volume of water that
flows into the storage tank in 1 hour.

............................................. % [4]

(c) The storage tank is a vertical cylinder with radius r.

When 518 400 cm3 of water flows into the storage tank, the depth of the water increases by 4 mm.

Calculate the radius r.

Give your answer in metres.

r = ............................................ m [4]

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3 (a)

5 cm NOT TO
SCALE

C 4 cm
D

A 10 cm B

The diagram shows a prism.

The cross-section of the prism is a trapezium with CD parallel to AB and AC = BD.

AB = 10 cm, CD = 4 cm and the height of the trapezium is 5 cm.

The volume of the prism is 525 cm3.

(i) The prism is made of iron.

1 cm3 of iron has a mass of 7.8 g.

Calculate the mass of the prism.

Give your answer in kilograms.

............................................ kg [2]

(ii) Calculate the length of the prism.

............................................ cm [3]

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(iii) Calculate the total surface area of the prism.

......................................... cm 2 [6]

(iv) In a mathematically similar prism, the height of the trapezium is 10 cm.

Calculate the volume of this prism.

......................................... cm 3 [3]

(b) A cuboid measures 10 cm by 4 cm by 6 cm.

Each side is measured correct to the nearest centimetre.

Complete the inequality for the volume, V, of this cuboid.

...................................... cm 3 G V 1 ...................................... cm 3 [3]

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