Geometry 2D & 3D – Practice Exam

INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions. Mark only one answer
for each item by shading the box corresponding to the letter of your choice on the answer sheet
provided.

1. 3. The areas of two similar

polygons are 80 and 5. If a side b. 1,101.8 m3
c. 1,501.8 m3
of the smaller polygon has a
d. 1,801.8 m3
length 2, find the length of the
corresponding side of a larger
5. The Lopez family is building a
polygon.
house in the country on 400 ft by
a. 4
400 ft lot. A telephone pole is at
b. 5
the corner of the property. The
c. 8
telephone company will run no
d. 10
more than 200 ft of wire without
a pole. The Lopez family wants
2. A regular octagon is to be cut out
to be as far back from the road as
from a square section having a
possible, but they don't want to
side of 16 m. Determine the side
be right of the side lot line.
of the octagon.
Assuming that they will use 200
a. 5.65 m
ft. of telephone wire, find how
b. 6.63 m
far from the road they will be if
c. 3.67 m
they are 20 ft. from the lot line.
d. 1.67 m
a. 169.90 ft
b. 198.99 ft
3. The lateral area of a right circular
c. 210.89 ft
cone is 634 sq. m. Its diameter is
d. 310.56 ft
two-thirds its altitude.
Determine the base radius of the
6. Find the area of a regular
cone in meters.
heptagon with side 10 cm.
a. 8.99 m
a. 363.39
b. 7.99 m
b. 333.90
c. 10.9 m
c. 339.93
d. 5.90 m
d. 633.92

4. In the previous question,

7. In the previous question, find the
determine the volume of the
sum of its interior angles.
cone.
a. 360
a. 1,601.8 m3

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b. 570 d. 5
c. 900
d. 1200 12. A mixture compound of equal
parts of two liquids, one white
8. In question 7, find the number of and the other black, was placed
diagonals. in a hemispherical bowl. The
a. 10 total depth of the two liquids is 6
b. 14 inches. After standing for a short
c. 16 time, the mixture separated; the
d. 21 white liquid settling below the
black. If the thickness of the
9. Find the area of a triangle with black liquid is 2 inches, find the
sides 10, 11, and 12 cm. radius of the bowl.
a. 51.52 a. 33.7 in
b. 25.21 b. 7.33 in
c. 21.25 c. 3.77 in
d. 52.51 d. 77.3 in

10. 11. The ratio of the angles of a 13. A sphere of radius 5 m is

triangle are 2:3:7. If the area is circumscribing a cube. Find the
304 cm^2, what is the perimeter volume of the region outside the
of the triangle? cube but inside the sphere.
a. 90.96 a. 331.15 m^3
b. 91.69 b. 313.15 m^3
c. 69.90 c. 324.15 m^3
d. 30.90 d. 391.15 m^3

11. A sphere of radius 5 cm and a 14. A closed cylindrical tank

right circular cone of base radius measures 12 ft long and 5 ft in
5 cm and altitude of 10 cm stand diameter. It has to contain water
on the same horizontal plane. with a depth of 3 ft when the
How far from this plane is the tank is lying in horizontal
plane, parallel to the former, position. Find the height of the
which will cut the two solids water when the tank is in its
into two equal circular sections? vertical position.
a. 2 a. 5.52 ft
b. 3 b. 7.68 ft
c. 4 c. 7.59 ft

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d. 7.52 ft

15. An ocean buoy is in the form of a

hemisphere surmounted by a
right circular cone whose base
diameter is equal to the diameter
of the hemisphere. The radius of
the hemisphere is l m and the
height of the cone is 1.8m. If you
will cut the buoy into 2 parts of
equal volumes by a plane
parallel to the base of the cone,
how far from the vertex of the
cone should the cut be made?
a. 1.83 m
b. 1.93 m
c. 2.33 m
d. 2.99 m

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