Cambridge High School W12 SL # 2

Name: …………………….......................... Grade/Section: 12 AA SL Date: / 9 /2020

Teacher's Name: Mohamad Sh., Loris Q. Math Subject: 3D-Solids

1. A room is in the shape of a cuboid. Its floor measures 7.2 m by 9.6 m and its height is 3.5 m.

diagram not to scale

(a) Calculate the length of AC.

(2)

(b) Calculate the length of AG.

(2)

(c) Calculate the angle that AG makes with the floor.

(2)
(Total 6 marks)

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2. A rectangular cuboid has the following dimensions.

Length 0.80 metres (AD)

Width 0.50 metres (DG)
Height 1.80 metres (DC)

diagram not to scale

(a) Calculate the length of AG.

(2)

(b) Calculate the length of AF.

(2)

(c) Find the size of the angle between AF and AG.

(2)
(Total 6 marks)

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3. The diagram shows an office tower of total height 126 metres. It consists of a square-based
pyramid VABCD on top of a cuboid ABCDPQRS.

V is directly above the centre of the base of the office tower.

The length of the sloping edge VC is 22.5 metres and the angle that VC makes with the base
ABCD (angle VCA) is 53.1°.

diagram not to scale

(a) (i) Write down the length of VA in metres.

(ii) Sketch the triangle VCA showing clearly the length of VC and the size of angle
VCA.
(2)

(b) Show that the height of the pyramid is 18.0 metres correct to 3 significant figures.
(2)

(c) Calculate the length of AC in metres.

(3)

(d) Show that the length of BC is 19.1 metres correct to 3 significant figures.
(2)

(e) Calculate the volume of the tower.

(4)

To calculate the cost of air conditioning, engineers must estimate the weight of air in the tower.
They estimate that 90 % of the volume of the tower is occupied by air and they know that 1 m3
of air weighs 1.2 kg.

(f) Calculate the weight of air in the tower.

(3)
(Total 16 marks)

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4. In a television show there is a transparent box completely filled with identical cubes.
Participants have to estimate the number of cubes in the box. The box is 50 cm wide, 100 cm
long and 40 cm tall.

(a) Find the volume of the box.

(2)

Joaquin estimates the volume of one cube to be 500 cm3. He uses this value to estimate the
number of cubes in the box.

(b) Find Joaquin’s estimated number of cubes in the box.

(2)

The actual number of cubes in the box is 350.

(c) Find the percentage error in Joaquin’s estimated number of cubes in the box.
(2)
(Total 6 marks)

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5. The base of a prism is a regular hexagon. The centre of the hexagon is O and the length of OA
is 15 cm.

diagram not to scale

(a) Write down the size of angle AOB.

(1)

(b) Find the area of the triangle AOB.

(3)

The height of the prism is 20 cm.

(c) Find the volume of the prism.

(2)
(Total 6 marks)

6. Tennis balls are sold in cylindrical tubes that contain four balls. The radius of each tennis ball is
3.15 cm and the radius of the tube is 3.2 cm. The length of the tube is 26 cm.

(a) Find the volume of one tennis ball.

(2)

(b) Calculate the volume of the empty space in the tube when four tennis balls have been
placed in it.
(4)
(Total 6 marks)

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7. The right pyramid shown in the diagram has a square base with sides of length 40 cm.
The height of the pyramid is also 40 cm.

diagram not to scale

(a) Find the length of OB.

(4)

(b) Find the size of angle OB̂P .

(2)
(Total 6 marks)

8. A chocolate bar has the shape of a triangular right prism ABCDEF as shown in the diagram.
The ends are equilateral triangles of side 6 cm and the length of the chocolate bar is 23 cm.

diagram not to scale

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(a) (i) Write down the size of angle BÂF.

(ii) Hence or otherwise find the area of the triangular end of the chocolate bar.
(4)

(b) Find the total surface area of the chocolate bar.

(3)

(c) It is known that 1 cm3 of this chocolate weighs 1.5 g. Calculate the weight of the
chocolate bar.
(3)

A different chocolate bar made with the same mixture also has the shape of a triangular prism.
The ends are triangles with sides of length 4 cm, 6 cm and 7 cm.

(d) Show that the size of the angle between the sides of 6 cm and 4 cm is 86.4° correct to 3
significant figures.
(3)

(e) The weight of this chocolate bar is 500 g. Find its length.
(4)
(Total 17 marks)

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9. The diagram below shows a square based right pyramid. ABCD is a square of side 10 cm. VX is
the perpendicular height of 8 cm. M is the midpoint of BC.

diagram not to scale

(a) Write down the length of XM.

(1)

(b) Calculate the length of VM.

(2)

(c) Calculate the angle between VM and ABCD.

(2)
(Total 5 marks)

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10. The triangular faces of a square based pyramid, ABCDE, are all inclined at 70 to the base. The
edges of the base ABCD are all 10 cm and M is the centre. G is the mid-point of CD.

(Diagram not to scale)

C
M
A G

(a) Using the letters on the diagram draw a triangle showing the position of a 70 angle.
(1)

(b) Show that the height of the pyramid is 13.7 cm, to 3 significant figures.
(2)

(c) Calculate

(i) the length of EG;

(ii) the size of angle DÊC .

(4)

(d) Find the total surface area of the pyramid.

(2)

(e) Find the volume of the pyramid.

(2)
(Total 11 marks)

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11. Sylvia is making a square-based pyramid. Each triangle has a base of length 12 cm and a height
of 10 cm.

diagram not to scale

(a) Show that the height of the pyramid is 8 cm.

(2)

M is the midpoint of the base of one of the triangles and O is the apex of the pyramid.

(b) Find the angle that the line MO makes with the base of the pyramid.
(3)

(c) Calculate the volume of the pyramid.

(2)

(d) Daniel wants to make a rectangular prism with the same volume as that of Sylvia’s
pyramid. The base of his prism is to be a square of side 10 cm. Calculate the height of the
prism.
(2)
(Total 9 marks)

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12. The diagram shows a pyramid VABCD which has a square base of length 10 cm and edges of
length 13 cm. M is the midpoint of the side BC.

diagram not to scale

(a) Calculate the length of VM.

(2)

(b) Calculate the vertical height of the pyramid.

(2)

(c) Calculate the angle between a sloping face of the pyramid and its base.
(2)
(Total 6 marks)

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13. The quadrilateral ABCD shown below represents a sandbox. AB and BC have the same length.
AD is 9 m long and CD is 4.2 m long. Angles AD̂C and AB̂C are 95° and 130° respectively.

diagram not to scale

(a) Find the length of AC.

(3)

(b) (i) Write down the size of angle BĈA.

(ii) Calculate the length of AB.

(4)

(c) Show that the area of the sandbox is 31.1 m2 correct to 3 s.f.
(4)

The sandbox is a prism. Its edges are 40 cm high. The sand occupies one third of the volume of
the sandbox.

(d) Calculate the volume of sand in the sandbox.

(3)
(Total 14 marks)

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14. ABCDV is a solid glass pyramid. The base of the pyramid is a square of side 3.2 cm. The
vertical height is 2.8 cm. The vertex V is directly above the centre O of the base.

D C

A B

(a) Calculate the volume of the pyramid.

(2)

(b) The glass weighs 9.3 grams per cm3. Calculate the weight of the pyramid.
(2)

(c) Show that the length of the sloping edge VC of the pyramid is 3.6 cm.
(4)

(d) Calculate the angle at the vertex, BV̂C .

(3)

(e) Calculate the total surface area of the pyramid.

(4)
(Total 15 marks)

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15. The figure below shows a rectangular prism with some side lengths and diagonal lengths
marked. AC = 10 cm, CH = 10 cm, EH = 8cm, AE 8 cm.

E 8 cm
H
(not to scale)
8 cm

A D 10 cm
F
10 cm G

B C

(a) Calculate the length of AH.

(2)

(b) Find the size of angle AĈH.

(3)

(c) Show that the total surface area of the rectangular prism is 320 cm2.
(3)

(d) A triangular prism is enclosed within the planes ABCD, CGHD and ABGH. Calculate the
volume of this prism.
(3)
(Total 11 marks)

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16. The diagram below shows a child’s toy which is made up of a circular hoop, centre O, radius 7
cm. The hoop is suspended in a horizontal plane by three equal strings XA, XB, and XC. Each
string is of length 25 cm. The points A, B and C are equally spaced round the circumference of
the hoop and X is vertically above the point O.

diagram not to scale

(a) Calculate the length of XO.

(2)

(b) Find the angle, in degrees, between any string and the horizontal plane.
(2)

(c) Write down the size of angle AÔB.

(1)

(d) Calculate the length of AB.

(3)

(e) Find the angle between strings XA and XB.

(3)
(Total 11 marks)

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17. A child’s toy is made by combining a hemisphere of radius 3 cm and a right circular cone of
slant height l as shown on the diagram below.

diagram not to scale

(a) Show that the volume of the hemisphere is 18 cm3.

(2)

The volume of the cone is two-thirds that of the hemisphere.

(b) Show that the vertical height of the cone is 4 cm.

(4)

(c) Calculate the slant height of the cone.

(2)

(d) Calculate the angle between the slanting side of the cone and the flat surface of the
hemisphere.
(3)

(e) The toy is made of wood of density 0.6 g per cm3. Calculate the weight of the toy.
(3)

(f) Calculate the total surface area of the toy.

(5)
(Total 19 marks)

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18. Find the volume of the following prism.

Diagram not to scale

8 cm

42°
5.7 cm
(Total 4 marks)

19. The following diagram shows a sloping roof. The surface ABCD is a rectangle. The angle ADE
is 55°. The vertical height, AF, of the roof is 3 m and the length DC is 7 m.

A C

7m
3m

55°
E F D

(a) Calculate AD.

(b) Calculate the length of the diagonal DB.

(Total 8 marks)

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20. OABCD is a square based pyramid of side 4 cm as shown in the diagram.
The vertex D is 3 cm directly above X, the centre of square OABC.
M is the midpoint of AB.

(a) Find the length of XM.

(b) Calculate the length of DM.

(c) Calculate the angle between the face ABD and the base OABC.

D Diagram
not to scale

B
C

X
M

O A

(Total 8 marks)

21. The figure below shows a hexagon with sides all of length 4 cm and with centre at O. The
interior angles of the hexagon are all equal.

F A

E O B

4 cm

D C

The interior angles of a polygon with n equal sides and n equal angles (regular polygon) add up
to (n – 2) × 180°.

(a) Calculate the size of angle A B̂ C.

(b) Given that OB = OC, find the area of the triangle OBC.

(c) Find the area of the whole hexagon.

(Total 8 marks)
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22. In the diagram below ABEF, ABCD and CDFE are all rectangles. AD = 12 cm, DC = 20 cm
and DF = 5 cm.
M is the midpoint of EF and N is the midpoint of CD.

B C

cm
F

20
5 cm

A D
12 cm

(a) Calculate (i) the length of AF;

(ii) the length of AM.

(3)

(b) Calculate the angle between AM and the face ABCD.

(3)
(Total 6 marks)

23. The following diagram shows the rectangular prism ABCDEFGH. The length is 5 cm, the width
is 1 cm, and the height is 4 cm.

C H

B
G

Diagram not to scale

D
E

A F

(a) Find the length of [DF].

(b) Find the length of [CF].

(Total 8 marks)

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24. The diagram shows a cuboid 22.5 cm by 40 cm by 30 cm.

H G

E F
40 cm

D C
30 cm
A B
22.5 cm

(a) Calculate the length of [AC].

(b) Calculate the size of GÂC .

(Total 4 marks)

25. In the diagram below, PQRS is the square base of a solid right pyramid with vertex V. The sides
of the square are 8 cm, and the height VG is 12 cm. M is the midpoint of [QR].

Diagram not to scale

VG = 12 cm

P Q
8 cm
G
M

S 8 cm R

(a) (i) Write down the length of [GM].

(ii) Calculate the length of [VM].

(2)

(b) Find

(i) the total surface area of the pyramid;

(ii) the angle between the face VQR and the base of the pyramid.
(4)
(Total 6 marks)

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26. An office tower is in the shape of a cuboid with a square base. The roof of the tower is in the
shape of a square based right pyramid.

The diagram shows the tower and its roof with dimensions indicated. The diagram is not
drawn to scale.

O
10 m
H G

E
F

40 m

D C

A 6m B

(a) Calculate, correct to three significant figures,

(i) the size of the angle between OF and FG;

(3)

(ii) the shortest distance from O to FG;

(2)

(iii) the total surface area of the four triangular sections of the roof;
(3)

(iv) the size of the angle between the slant height of the roof and the plane EFGH;
(2)

(v) the height of the tower from the base to O.

(2)

A parrot’s nest is perched at a point, P, on the edge, BF, of the tower. A person at the point A,
outside the building, measures the angle of elevation to point P to be 79°.

(b) Find, correct to three significant figures, the height of the nest from the base of the tower.
(2)
(Total 14 marks)

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27. A cylinder is cut from a solid wooden sphere of radius 8 cm as shown in the diagram. The
height of the cylinder is 2h cm.

D C

h
O

8c
h
8c

m
E
A B

(a) Find AE (the radius of the cylinder), in terms of h.

(2)

(b) Show that the volume (V) of the cylinder may be written as

V= 2h (64 – h2) cm3.

(2)

(c) (i) Determine, correct to three significant figures, the height of the cylinder with the
greatest volume that can be produced in this way.
(5)

(ii) Calculate this greatest volume, giving your answer correct to the nearest cm3.
(3)
(Total 12 marks)

 GOOD LUCK

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