GEOMETRY

 a branch of mathematics that deals with the

measurement, properties, and relationships of
points, lines, angles, surfaces, and solids broadly :
the study of properties of given elements that
remain invariant under specified transformations.
CONE

-A solid or hollow object which tapers from a

circular or roughly circular base to a point.
-A cone is a shape with a circular base and smooth
curved sides ending in a point at the top.
Sample Problem

251. A conical vessel with a horizontal bottom

base is filled with water to 2/3 of its
altitude. What is the ratio of the volume of
water to the volume of the vessel
252. a right conical solid is cut into two parts
by a plane parallel to the base. If the two
parts have equal volumes and the whole
cones altitude is 45 cm., Find the distance of
the cutting plane from the base.
253. A right circular cone has a lateral area of
386 cm2. Its diameter is one half of its
altitude. What is the diameter?
254. The base diameter of a right circular
cone is 18 cm. If the lateral area is 516.4
cm2. Find its volume in m3.
259. A closed conical vessel with vertical axis
and horizontal base uppermost holds liquid at
a depth of 2m. and the altitude is 3m. If the
cone were inverted such that the horizontal
base is lower most, how high would the liquid
stand?
275. A right circular cone, with vertical axis and
with base uppermost, is surmounted by a
hemisphere. If the volume of the cone and the
hemisphere are equal, what is the angle at the
vertex of the cone included between two slant
height at the same plane?
277. A piece of thin card board in the form of
a sector of a circle of radius 36 cm. is rolled
into the cone. Find the volume of the cone if
the angle of the sector is 45 degree.
281. A cone was formed by rolling a thin of
sheet in the form of a sector of a circle 72
cm. in diameter with a central angle of 210
degree. What is the volume of the cone?
283. A cone has an axis of 30 cm. Inclined at
60 degree with the horizontal base. The
horizontal base has a diameter of 20 cm.
What is the volume of the cone in cm3 ?
PYRAMID

A pyramid is a polyhedron that has a base,

which can be any polygon, and three or
more triangular faces that meet at a point
called the apex. These triangular sides are
sometimes called the lateral faces to
distinguish them from the base.
Sample Problem

298. 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?
Sample Problem

299. The base edge of a regular triangular

pyramid is 12 m. If the altitude is 9m., What
is the volume in cu.m.?
Sample Problem

300. A regular hexagonal pyramid has a

volume of 280.59 cu.m. and an altitude of 9
m. What is the base edge in meters?
Sample Problem

311. A triangular pyramid is cut by a plane

parallel to its base. The area of the triangle
of intersection is only one fourth of the base
area. If the altitude of the pyramid is 30 cm.,
find the distance of the vertex of the
pyramid to the cutting plane.
Frustum

-the portion of a cone or pyramid which

remains after its upper part has been cut off
by a plane parallel to its base, or which is
intercepted between two such planes.
Volume of a frustum of a Cone
Sample Problem

293. The frustum of a right circular cone has

an upper base radius of 2 m. and a lower
base radius of 1 m. If the distance between
bases is 4 m., What is the volume of the
frustum of the cone in cu.m.
Sample Problem

296. The frustum of a right circular cone has

an altitude of 7 m. and volume of 51.31
cu.m. If the upper base diameter is 2 m.,
what is the lower base diameter in meter
Sample Problem

297. What is the lateral area of the frustum

of a right circular cone whose base diameters
are 2 and 4 m. if its altitude is 5 m.?
Sample Problem

321. The frustum of a regular triangular

pyramid has an equilateral triangle for each
bases. The lower and upper edges are 9 m.
and 3 m. respectively. If the volume is 118.2
cu.m., how far apart are the bases?
Sample Problem

320. The volume if 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
base edge. What is the upper base edge?
Sample Problem

327. The altitude of the frustum of a regular

rectangular pyramid is 5 m. The volume is
140 cu.m. and the upper base is 3m. X 4m..
Find the dimensions of the lower base in m.
Sample Problem

334. A lateral edge of the frustum of a

regular pyramid is 1.8 m. long. The lower
base is 2.4m by 2.4m. Square while the upper
base is 1m. X 1m. Square. What is the volume
of the frustum?
337. A lateral edge of the frustum of a
regular pyramid is 1.8 m. long. The lower
base is 2.4 m. x 2.4 m. while the upper base
is 1m. X 1m. Square. What is the lateral area
of the frustum and its total surface area.
Hexahedron (CUBE)
Surface Area
Sample Problem

339. One edge of a regular hexahedron is 24

cm long. Find the ratio of its volume to its
total surface area
Sample Problem

342. If each edge of a cube is decrease by

50%, how much (percentage) will the volume
decrease?
Sample Problem

345. To double the volume of a cube, by how

much (percentage) should the edge be
increase
347. If the edge of a cube is decreased by
50%, by how much (percentage) will the
surface area decrease
Sample Problem

353. The corners of conical box touch the

spherical shell that encloses it. If the volume
of the box is 27,000 cu.m. What is the
volume of the space outside the box but
inside the sphere?
CYLINDER
Sample Problem

354. A 53.4 sq.m. sheet metal was used to

construct a cylindrical tank with open top.
The tank height is 1.5 times its diameter.
Find the diameter.
Sample Problem

358. The lateral surface of a circular column

is covered with 5.65 sq.m. of wall paper. If
the column is 3 m. high, find its diameter in
cm.
Sample Problem

360. A circular cylindrical tank having a base

diameter of one meter and a length of 2 m. is
partly filled with water. When its axis is
horizontal the water is 2/3 of the diameter
deep. How deep will the water be when its
axis is vertical?