Mr.
Ogana
FORM 2 VOLUME of solids AND CURVERD SURFACE AREA MR
STEPHEN OGANA
1. A cone is made by cutting off a sector as shown below from a circle and gluing the straight
edges of the sector. The cone formed has a slant height 14cm and circular base of perimeter
11cm.
22
(Take 𝜋 = 7
)
A B
a) Determine the value of θ (2 Marks)
b) The radius of the cone’s circular base (2 Marks)
c) The height of the cone. (3 Marks)
d) The cone is cut uniformly on a horizontal plane 1cm below the apex. Calculate the
slant height of the frustum so formed correct to 2d.ps. (3 Marks)
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2. A right conical frustum of base radius 7cm and top radius 3.5cm, and height of 6cm is
stuck onto cylinder of base radius 7cm and height 5cm which is further attached to a
hemisphere to form a closed solid as shown below
3.5
6cm
7cm
7cm
5cm
7cm
Find:
(a) The volume of the solid (5mraks)
(b) The surface area of the solid (5marks)
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3. The ends of the roof of a workshop are segment of a circle of radius 10m. The roof is 20m
long The angle of the Centre is 1200 as shown in the figure below.
10m 10m
1200
(a) Calculate:
(i) The area of one end of the roof. (4marks)
(ii) The area of the curve surface of the roof. (2marks)
(b) What would be cost to the nearest shilling of covering the two ends and the
curved surface with galvanized iron sheet costing sh.80 per square meter.
(4marks)
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4. A wooden drum closed at the top and bottom has a top radius of 28cm and bottom radius
21cm, its height is 90cm. The drum is covered with leather excluding the top and bottom.
A O 28cm B
90cm
C K 21cm D
Calculate;
(a) The volume of the drum in liters (5marks)
(b) The area of the leather covering the drum excluding the top and bottom. (5marks)
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5. A closed cuboid has same volume as a closed cylindrical container with radius 35cm and
height 20cm. If the cuboid has length 70cm and width22cm.
(a) Calculate the height of the cuboid (3marks)
(b) The ratios of the surface areas of the two solids (5marks)
(c) If the two are made of the same material and the material for making the
cylindrical solid cost, ksh. 80, what is the cost of the material used to make
the cuboid? (2marks)
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6. The circumference of the base of a solid cone is 48.4cm. The vertical height of the cone is
9cm.
(a) Calculate
22
(i) The total surface area of the cone. (Take = ) (5marks)
7
22
(ii) The volume of the cone. (Take = ) (2marks)
7
(b) Determine the maximum number of such cones that can be arranged on the floor
of a box whose internal measurement are 61.6cm by 46.2cm. (3marks)
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7. The drawing below is a sketch of cylinder closed both ends of height 4cm and base radius
22
of 1.4 cm. (Take = ) 1.4cm
7
4cm
(a) In the space below draw accurately, the net of the cylinder. (3marks)
(b) Find
(i)The total surface area of the net. (5marks)
(ii) The volume of a medicinal syrup contained in the cylinder above if it is filled to 98%
capacity, giving your answer in liters. (3marks)
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8. The figure below shows a solid frustrum with a rectangular base measuring 18cm by
24cm and the top measuring 6 cm by 8cm. The slant edges are each 26cm long.
Determine:
a) Height of the original pyramid. (4marks)
b) Volume of the frustrum. (3marks)
c) Density in g/cm3 if the solid has a mass of 7.488kg (3marks)
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9. The figure below is a model representing a rocket capsule. The model whose total height
is 15cm is made up of a conical top; a hemispherical bottom and the middle part is cylindrical.
The radius of the base of the cone and that of the hemisphere are each 3cm. The height of the
cylindrical part is 8cm.
15cm
8cm
a) Calculate the external surface area of the model. (4marks)
b) The actual rocket has a total height of 6 meters. The outside of the actual rocket
capsule is to be painted. Calculate the amount of paint required if an area of 20m2
requires 0.75 liters of the paint. (6marks)
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10. A bucket is in the shape of a frustum with base radius 14cm and top radius 21cm. The
height of the bucket is 20cm as shown below. The bucket is full of water.
21cm
20cm
14cm
(a) Calculate the volume of water (Take = 22 / 7 ) ( 6 marks )
(b) All the water is poured into a cylindrical container of a circular radius 14cm.If the
cylinder height is 60cm, calculate the surface area of the cylinder which is not in contact
with water. (4 marks)
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11. The figure below shows a container in form a frustrum of an open top radius 40cm and
base radius 24cm. The depth is 56 cm.
40cm
56c
h
24cm
(a) Calculate the volume of the container in liters. (4marks)
b) Of the container is ¾ full of water by volume, Calculate the radius of the meniscus.
(6marks)
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12. A solid consists of a cone and a hemisphere. The common diameter of the cone and
hemisphere is 12cm and the slanting height of the cone is 10cm
(a) Calculate the
(i) surface of the solid to 2 d.p (3marks)
(ii) the volume of the solid to 2 d.p (4marks)
(b) If the density of the material used to make the solid is 1.3g/cm3, calculate its
mass in kilograms (3marks)
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13. The diagram below represents a conical vessel containing water to a depth of 30cm. the
radius of the water surface is 21cm (= 22/7)
21cm
30cm
(a) Calculate the volume of the water in the vessel in cm3 (2marks)
(b) Metal sphere is completely submerged in the water the level of water rises by 6cm
Calculate
(i) Radius of the new surface in the vessel (2marks)
(ii) The volume of the metal sphere in cm3 (3marks)
(iii) The radius of the sphere (3marks)
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14.The diagram below shows a flower vase of depth 18cm.The ratio of the top and bottom
diameters is 5:2 (Take =3.142)
Calculate
(a) The volume of the flower vase (7marks)
(b) The curved surface area of the flower vase (3marks)
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15. The diagram below shows a bucket with top diameter 30m and bottom diameter 20cm.
the height of the bucket is 28cm.
Find;
a) The capacity of the bucket in liters (5marks)
b) The area of the metal sheet required to make 100 such buckets, taking 10% extra
overlapping and wastage (5marks)
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16. A solid metallic ground peg consists of a conical part whose perpendicular height is 6cm
and a cylindrical part of height 15cm. The conical part and the cylindrical parts have a
common radius of 2cm. This is as shown in the figure below.
a) Calculate the volume of the peg (take π=3.142) (4marks)
b) Find the total curved surface area of the peg. (3marks)
c) If the peg is melted down and recast into a hemispherical solid, determine the radius
of the hemispheres to 3 s.f.
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