PACKET 2 LET’S DO THIS

SOLID MENSURATION Class have you gone to Cebu City ?

So let’s imagine that we have a city tour
Overview in Cebu. First structure when you are
approaching Cebu is Diosdado Macapagal
- Is a branch of mathematics that deals with
Bridge and Mactan Bridge . Take Note what
the study of calculation of geometric
are some different solid figures that the
quantities such a length , area and volume
bridge made up. After passing the two
from dimensions and angles that are already
bridges you can see skyscraper in Cebu city
known.
. Take note also some different solid
This subject is used extensively in the structures that the building made up. List
practice of engineering. The knowledge of down the different solid figures found in
this subject is a necessity to engineers in any the city.
project construction. This subject will cover
the study of solids such as cube ,
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
rectangular parallelepiped , prism , cylinder ,
cone , frustums , spheres , solids of At the end of the chapter , you should be
revolution , prismatoid and others. able to :

1. Compute surface areas and volume

of solid figures such as cube ,
SPECIFIC TOPICS :
rectangular parallelepiped , prism ,
1. Volume of prism cylinder , pyramids , cones, frustum
2. Volume of rectangular cones and pyramids and spheres .
parallelepiped 2. Using Napier’s rule calculate the
3. Cylinder right spherical triangle .
4. Pyramid 3. Solved applied problems using the
5. Cone principles discussed .
6. Frustums
7. Sphere LESSON 1

PRISM
KEY TERMS Is a polyhedron which has two
congruent and parallel faces called (
• VOLUME bases ) and whose other faces called (
• PRISM lateral faces ) are parallelogram formed by
• RECTANGLE joining corresponding vertices of the bases .
• CUBE
• CYLINDER
• PYRAMID
• CONE
• FRUSTUM
• SPHERE Altitude of the prism
Is the perpendicular distance
between the bases. 13

Right Section
Is a section of a prism , which
 is perpendicular to the lateral 2. Find the volume of prism whose base is
edges. an equilateral triangle with 10 cm sides
Right prism and whose altitude is 25 cm.
Is a prism whose lateral edges
are perpendicular to the bases. Solution
Regular prism 10 10
is a prism whose bases are
regular polygons.

FORMULAS: 10

Using Heron’s Formula solve for the area

LATERAL AREA = (lateral edge) x of the base w/c is equilateral triangle.
(perimeter of a right section )
A = s (s–a)(s–b) ( s–c )
LA = ep
S = a + b + c
TOTAL AREA = Lateral Area + Areas of 2
bases S = 10 + 10 + 10
TA = LA + B1 + B2 2
S = 15 cm
VOLUME = Area of Base x Altitude
A = 15 ( 5 ) ( 5 ) ( 5 )
V=Bh
A = 43.3 cm2
Sample: V = B h

V = ( 43.3 cm2 ) ( 25 cm )
1. Find the volume and total area of a
rectangular prism 20 cm high whose V = 1,082.5 cm3
bases is a 14 - cm square. 3. Find the volume of a rectangular
prism whose base is 3 ½ cm by
SOLUTION
6 cm and with a height of 11 cm.
V = B h Solution
V = B h
V = ( 14 cm )2 ( 20 cm ) V = ( L x W ) H
V = 6 x 3.5 x 11
V = 3,920 cm3 V = 231 cm3

T.A. = LA + B1 + B2

LA = ep

LA = ( 20 cm ) ( 14 + 14 + 14 + `14 )
LA = 1,120 cm2
TA = LA + B1 + B2
14
TA = 1,120 + 142 + 142
TA = 1,512 cm2
4. A square water tank 3.5 m high has a Activity No.4
capacity of 40,000 liters. Find the
length of the sides . 1. The sides and bottom of the tank
1.4 m – square and 2.6 m high are to
Solution be lined with lead. How many square
centimeters of lead are required ?
V = B h
2. A prism having trapezoidal bases
40,000 liters x 1 m3 = 4 m3 has an altitude of 20 cm . The
1000 liter lengths of the parallel edges of
the bases are 6 cm and 12 cm .
4 m3 = S2 ( 3.5 m ) The lengths of the non parallel
edges are 7 cm and 9 cm.
4 m3 = S2 Find the area of the lateral
1.5 m surface of the prism .

1.143 = S 3. The altitude of a pentagonal prism

1.69 m = S Is 20 cm. The lengths of the
edges of the base are 3, 4, 8, 8 and
9 cm. What is the area of its lateral
5. Find the lateral surface of a surface of the prism ?
triangular prism with 18 cm sides and
is 28 cm high . 4. Find the altitude of a right prism
if its lateral surface is 218 cm2
Solution and the perimeter of its base
is 21 cm .
18 18
5. Find the lateral area of a right
18 prism with a lateral edge of 2.6 m
Solve for the Area of one triangle and the perimeter of its base
A = ½ bh = ½ ( 18 ) ( 28 ) 29 m .
= 252 cm2
LA = 252 cm x 3 triangle = 756 cm2
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 QUIZ no. 4 PARALLELEPIPEDS

1. A prism which is 26 cm high has a is a prism having six faces(hexahedron )

trapezoidal bases. The lengths of the all of which are parallelograms. If all the
parallel edges of the bases are 10
faces are rectangles , it is called as
and 20 cm ; the lengths of the non-
rectangular parallelepiped .
parallel edges are 12 and 14 cm.
Find the lateral area of the prism . FORMULA FOR RECTANGULAR
PARALLELEPIPED
2. What should be the depth of the
water in an octagonal tank 6 m
across flats in order to provide
15, 000 liter ?
1. LENGTH OF DIAGONAL
3. An automobile gasoline tank 72 cm
long has a cross section which is a D = L2 + W2 + H2
trapezoid whose altitude is 40 cm
and whose upper base is 25 cm. 2. TOTAL AREA
If the lower base is 37 cm, find
the capacity of the tank in cm3 . TA = 2 ( LW + LH + WH )
4. Find the volume and lateral area of
3. VOLUME
concrete column in the form of right
prism whose base is in the form of
regular hexagon of side 50 cm and V = L x W x H
whose altitude is 70 cm .
Sample
5. An irrigation canal is 10 km long and
2 m deep. It is 4 m wide at the top 1. A container having a rectangular
and 2 m wide at the bottom . How cross section of 8 m by 5 m has
many cubic meters of earth were an altitude of 6 m. Find
excavated to make the canal ? a. the storage space of the
container
b. total external area of the
container .
Solution
V = L x W x H
= 8 x 5 x 6
= 240 m3

TA = 2 ( LW + LH + WH )
TA = 2 ( 8 x 5 + 8 x 6 + 5 x 6 )
TA = 236 m2
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2. Find the capacity in gallons of a

LESSON 2 rectangular tank whose base is
 4 ft by 4 ft and a height of 5 ft
Solution
Solution
D = L2 + W2 + H2
V = LxwxH
= 4 x 4 x 5 D = 502 + 602 + 702
= 80 ft3
D = 104.88 cm

80 ft3 x 1 gal/ 0.134 ft3 6 A ballast tank is 19 m long , 25 m

wide and 7 m deep. Find its maximum
V = 597 gallons
capacity in tons if it is filled with
3. A rectangular metal container 1.5 m sea water
by 1.5 m by 2.5 m is filled with a
Solution
liquid. If 1 liter of the liquid has a
volume of 1000 cm3 , how many
V = L x W x H
liters of liquid does it contained ?
V = 19 m x 25 m x 7 m
Solution
V = 3,325 m3 x 1 ton
By conversion 1000 m3
1.5 m = 150 cm
2.5 m = 250 cm V = 3.325 ton
V = L x W x H
= 150 cm x 150 cm x 250 cm LESSON 3
= 5,625,000 cm3 x 1 liter CUBES
1000 cm3
= 5,625 liter IS A PARALLELEPIPED WHOSE SIX
FACES ARE SQUARES .
4. How many cubic meter of filling
materials needed for the foundation
of a house 10 m by 14 m if the
foundation is 0.4 m thick ?

Solution
V = L x W x H
V = 10 m x 14 m x 0.4 m
V = 56 m3

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5. Find the length of the diagonal of a
rectangular box 50 cm by 60 cm by FORMULA :
70 cm .
1. LENGTH OF DIAGONAL = e 3
Solution
2. TA = 6 e2 C2 = a2 + b2
C2 = 102 + 102
C = 200
3. V = e3
C = 14.14 cm
SAMPLE :
A = L x W
1. Find the volume and total area of a
cube in cubic cm and square cm A = 14.14 cm x 10 cm
respectively , of a cube of edge
200 mm . A = 141.4 cm2

Solution 4. Find the volume and total area of the

Conversion 200 mm = 20 cm of the largest cube that can be cut
from a log of circular cross-section
V = e3 = ( 20 )3 = 8,000 cm3 whose radius is 32 cm .

TA = 6 e2 = 6 ( 20 )2 = 2,400 cm2 Solution

D2 = s2 + s2
2. A meter stick fits a cubical 642 = 2 s2
container . What is the minimum 4096 = s2
volume of the box ? 2
2,048 = s
Solution 45.25 cm = s

D2 = s2 + s2 V = e3 = 45.253 = 92,652.2 cm3

( 100 cm )2 = 2 s2 TA = 6 e2 = 6 ( 45.25 )2 = 12,285.4 cm2

10000 cm2 = s2 5. What is the edge of a cube whose

2 volume is numerically equal to its
total area ?
5,000 = s
Solution
70.7 cm = s 6 e 2 = e3
e2 e2
V = s3
6 = e
V = ( 70. 7 )3

V = 353, 393.24 cm3

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3. A cube of edge 10 cm IS cut by a
plane containing two diagonally
opposite edges of the cube. Find the LESSON 4
area of the section formed . CYLINDERS
 V = π (8)(5)
Is a solid bounded by a closed
cylindrical surface and two V = 125.66 m3
parallel planes.
3. Find the capacity in liter of a cylindrical
tank 2.5 m in diameter and 4 m high .

Solution
V = Bh

FORMULA V = π ( 1.25 m )2 ( 4 m )

LATERAL AREA ( L A ) = C h C V = 19.635 m3 x 1000 liter

= circumference of the base 1 m3
h = altitude V = 19,635,000 liter

VOLUME
V = Bh 4. Find the height of an 8 gallon cylindrical
SAMPLE container if the diameter is 30 cm.
1. Find the volume and lateral area of a
cylinder 14 cm in diameter and 18 cm Solution
long. V = Bh

Solution 8 gallon x 3785 cm3 = 30,280 cm3

V = Bh 1 gallon
V = π r2 h
V = π ( 7 )2 ( 18 ) 30,280 cm3 = π r2 h
V = 2,770.88 cm3
30, 280 cm3 = π ( 15 )2 h
LA = C h
= πdh 30,280 cm3 = π ( 225 ) h
= π ( 14 ) ( 18 )
= 791.68 cm2 30,280 cm3 = h
2. How many cubic meter of metal 706.86 cm2
are there in a length of pipe 8 m
long if the inside diameter is 4 cm 42.84 cm = h
and the outside diameter of the
pipe is 6 cm ?

Solution
V = Vout - Vin
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= π h ( r 2 - r2 )

V = π ( 8 ) ( 32 - 22 ) Activity no. 5
1. Find the length of the diagonal of 1. Find the volume of water in a swimming
a rectangular box whose dimensions pool with vertical ends and sides. The length
are 16 cm x 19 cm x 13 cm measured at the water line is 50 ft and the
2. The dimensions of a rectangular breadth is 20 ft. The bottom of the swimming
Parallelepiped are 6, 9, and 17 cm. pool is a plane sloping gradually downward
Compute its total surface area so that the depth of the water at one end is 4
and volume . ft and at the other end is 8 ft.
3. Find the total area and volume of a 2.) A ship’s rectangular tank of 15 m. length,
cube whose face diagonal is 8.25 cm. 9 m. breadth and 5 m depth, has a semi-
4. Show that the total area of a cube is cylindrical bottom. The total depth of the
twice the square of its diagonal . tank is 9.5 m. Find the surface area and
5. What should be the diameter of a volume of the tank.
cylindrical container 3 m high to have 3.) A trench is 200 feet long and 12 feet deep,
a capacity of 10 liters ? 8 feet wide at the top and 4 feet wide at the
6. Find the lateral surface area of a bottom. How many cubic yards of earth have
cylinder 16 cm in diameter and 42 cm been removed?
high . 4.) How many washers can be made from a
7. A cylindrical container is to be cube of metal 4 in on a side, if the washers
constructed such that it will have a are 5/8 inches in diameter and 1/8 inches
capacity of 40 gallons . For ease thick? The hole in the center of the washers
handling , it is necessary to limit the is ¼ inches in diameter.
diameter to 2 ft. Find the height 5.) Calculate the total area and volume of
of the drum. hexagonal tank whose height is 5 meters
and 2 m across corners on its base of
the tank.
6.) The diagonal of a cube is 49.2
inches. Find its volume and total
surface area.
7.) Find the volume of the largest
cylindrical can , closed at both ends,
that can be constructed from a square
tin plate of edge equal to 50 cm.

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LESSON 5
QUIZ No. 5 PYRAMIDS
Is a polyhedron whose base is a polygon 3. V = B h or V = Abase x h
and whose sides are triangles with a common 3 3
point called as the vertex. SAMPLE :

1. Find the lateral area of the pyramid

whose altitude is 30 cm and each side
of the square base is 20 cm .

Solution
Lateral faces - are those triangles with a
common point . sh2 = 302 + 102
Lateral edges - is the intersection of the
Lateral faces . sh = 1,000 cm2
Altitude - is the line segment from the
vertex perpendicular to the sh = 31.62 cm
plane of the base.
Slant height or altitude of the lateral faces L.A = Pbase x sh
- are line segments drawn from 2
the vertex perpendicular to
the center of the sides or L.A. = 80 cm x 31.62 cm
edges of the base. 2
Regular pyramid - is one whose base is a
regular polygon and L.A. = 1,264.8 cm2
whose vertex lies
perpendicular to the 2. The volume of a triangular pyramid is
center of the base. 450.72 ft3. How high is the pyramid if
Pyramids are named according to the kinds the sides of the base are 8 ft , 13 ft ,
of polygon forming the base namely: and 17 ft.
Triangular pyramid , quadrangular pyramid,
pentagonal pyramid , hexagonal pyramid Solution
etc.
V = B h
FORMULA 3
Abase = s (s -a)(s–b)(s -c )
1. L A = Pbase x sh
2 S = a + b + c
where : 2
LA = LATERAL AREA S = 8 + 13 + 17
2
Pbase = PERIMETER OF THE BASE S = 19 ft.
sh = slant height

2. T A = LATERAL AREA + AREA OF 21

THE BASE
Abase = 19(19 – 8 )(19 – 13)(19 –17)
T A = L A + Abase
 Abase = 45.30 ft2 Is a solid whose base is a circle and whose
surface tapers from the base to a point called
450. 72 ft3 = ( 45.30 ft2 ) h vertex or top .
3
h = 29.85 ft Lateral face - is the curved surface that
3. Find the volume of a pyramid whose tapers from the base to the
base is an equilateral triangle 9 m vertex or top.
on each side and whose altitude is Altitude - is the line segment from the
15 m. vertex perpendicular to the
plane of the base.
Solution Slant height - is the line segment from the
vertex perpendicular to any
Abase = s ( s-a ) ( s-b ) ( s – c ) point on the circumference
of the base.
S= a + b + c = 9+9+9 Right circular cone - is a cone whose vertex
2 2 lies in a perpendicular
= 13.5 m erected at the center of the
base.
Abase = 13.5 ( 4.5 ) ( 4.5 ) ( 4.5 ) FORMULA :

Abase = 35.07 m2

V = B h = 35.07 m2 ( 15 m )
3 3
V = 175.35 m3 1. L.A = π r sh

4. The volume of a pyramid with a square 2. T.A = L.A + π r2

base is 168.75 m3 . Its altitude is 9 m.
Find the perimeter of the base. 3. V = π r2 h / 3
Solution
V = B h SAMPLE
3 1. The circumference of the base of a right
circular cone is 85 cm. Find its lateral
168.75 m3 = s2 ( 9 m ) area and volume if the slant height is
23 cm.
168.75 m3 = s Solution
9 m C = 2π r h = 232 - 13.532
85 = r
4.33 m = s 2π h = 18.59 cm
13.53 cm = r
P = 4s LA = π r sh
= π ( 13.53 ) ( 23 )
P = 4 ( 4.33 ) = 977.63 cm
V = π r2 h = π ( 13.53 )2 ( 18.59 )
P = 17.32 m 3 3
LESSON 6 V = 3,563.73 cm3 22
CONE 2. A conical tower is 105 ft. high and the
base is 28 ft. in diameter . Find the cost
 of paint to cover its lateral surface at base is 7 ft.
P 25 per square ft.
Solution
Solution V = π r2 h
LA = π r sh 3
V = π ( 7 )2 ( 28 )
105 sh 3
V = 1,436.76 ft3
14
Sh = 105 2 + 14 2 Sh = h2 + r2

Sh = 282 + 72
Sh = 105.93 ft
Sh = 28.86 ft
LA = π ( 14 ) ( 105.93 )
LA = π r sh
LA = 4,659.06 ft2
LA = π ( 7 )2 ( 28.86 )
Cost of paint = 4,659.06 ft2 x P 25
LA = 4,4426.66 ft2
ft2
= P 116,476.50 5. A right triangle whose legs are 8 in.
and 12 in. , is revolved about the longer
3. Find the volume of a right circular cone leg. Find the volume and the total area
having a slant height of 6 m and of the cone generated.
altitude of 4.5 m .
Solution
Solution V = π r2 h 12 sh
V = π r2 h a sh 3
3 8
r
V = π ( 8 )2 ( 12 ) sh = 122 + 82
r = sh2 - a2 3
V = 804.25 in3 sh = 14.42 in.
r = 62 - 4.52
TA = LA + π r2
r = 3.97 m = π r sh + π r2
TA = π ( 8 ) ( 14.42 ) + π ( 8 )2
V = π ( 3.97 )2 ( 4.5 )
3 TA = 362.41 in2 + 201.06 in2
V = 74.27 m3
TA = 563.47 in2

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4. Find the volume and lateral area of a Activity no. 6
cone 28 ft high and the radius of the 1. Find the lateral area , total area and
 volume of a regular hexagonal pyramid
one side of the base measures 9 ft. and is the lower part of a pyramid whose top
the altitude of the pyramid is 15 ft. is cut off by a plane parallel to the base .
2. The base of a pyramid is a rectangle ,
50 cm by 34 cm , Find the lateral FORMULA :
area and volume if the altitude is 40 cm.
3. Find the volume of the pyramid if its 1. LATERAL AREA = ( P + p ) sh
base is a triangle whose sides are 3 cm 2
by 4 cm by 5 cm and whose altitude
is 6 cm . 2. TOTAL AREA = L.A + B + b
4. A cone measures 6 in. in diameter at
the base. The distance from edge of the 3. VOLUME = ( B + b + B b ) h
circumference to the top is 12 in. Find 3
its volume . WHERE :
5. A circus constructed in the form of a P = perimeter of the bigger base
right circular cone . How many square p = perimeter of the smaller base
meters of cloth is needed if the tent B = area of the bigger base
is 30 m high and the area of the base b = area of the smaller base
is 434 square meters. sh = slant height
h = altitude of the frustum of the
pyramid
QUIZ No. 6
1. A glass is in the form of a right circular
cone . When full of water , it contains
318 cm3 . If the height of the glass is
15 cm , Find the circumference of the
glass.
2. A water tank is in the form of a right
circular cone with circumference of
the base 37 m and a slant height of
20 m. Find the volume of water it SAMPLE :
contains ;
a. When it is full ; 1. Find the lateral area , total area and
b. When filled it to a depth of 12 m volume of the frustum of a square
3. Find the area of the base of regular pyramid whose sides of the bases are
square pyramid whose lateral faces 3 ft. and 12 ft. The altitude of the
are equilateral triangles and whose frustum being 18 ft.
altitude is 20 cm.
4. A conical pile of sugar 10 cm in height Solution
has a volume of 30 cm3 bottom of the LA = ( P + p ) sh
pile is on top of a table , find the surface 2
covered by the pile.
5 A pile of sand is in the form of a right
circular cone of altitude 4 m and a slant
height of 7 m . What is the weight of the
sand , if the sand weighs 50 kg/m3 ? 24
LESSON 7
FRUSTUM OF PYRAMIDS
 3 ft V = ( B + b + Bb ) h
3

18 ft B = ½ Pa , b =½ Pa

P = ns , P = ns
sh
P = 5 ( 1.3 m ) , P = 5 ( 0.6 m )

P = 6.5 m , P = 3 m

12 ft Solve for a 3600/ 5 = 720/2 = 360

a a
2 2 2
c = a + b
c = 182 + 62
0.65 m 0.3
c = 18.97 ft
tan 360 = 0.65 tan 360 = 0.3
sh = 18.972 - 1.52 a a

sh = 18.91 ft a = 0.89 m a = 0.41 m

LA = ( 48 + 12 ) 18.91 B = ½Pa , b = ½ Pa
2 = ½ ( 6.5 ) (0.89) b = ½ ( 3 ) ( 0.41)
LA = 567.3 ft2 = 2.89 m2 b = 0.62 m2

TA = LA + B + b V = ( B + b + Bb ) h
3
TA = 567.3 + 122 + 32
0.83 = [ (2.89 + 0.62 + ( 2.89 ) (0.62 )] h
3
TA = 720.3 ft2
2.49 m3 = 4.85 h
VOLUME = ( B + b + B b ) h
4.85 m2
3
V = ( 144 + 9 + 36 ) 18
0.51 m = h
3
V = 1,134 ft3
3. The edges of the bases of a frustum of a
2. A flower box is in the form of an
regular square pyramid are 6 cm and
inverted frustum of pyramid whose
12 cm respectively and the altitude is
bases are regular pentagon whose
7 cm. Determine the slant height ,
upper base has a side of 130 cm
lateral area, and volume of the frustum.
and the lower base has a side of 60 cm.
The box contains 0.83 m3 of soil.
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How high is the box ?
6
 = ( C + c ) sh
2
7 2. T.A = L.A + π ( R2 + r 2 )
= L.A + B + b
sh
3. V = π h ( R2 + r2 + R r )
3

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SAMPLE :

Sh = 72 + 32 1. Find the lateral area and volume of the

frustum of a right circular cone , the
Sh = 6.32 cm slant height is 14 m and the radii of
the bases are 4 m and 1.5 m
LA = ( P + p ) sh respectively .
2
LA = ( 48 + 24 ) 6.32 Solution
2 LA = π sh ( R + r )
LA = 227.52 cm2
1.5 m
V = (B + b + Bb ) h
3
V = ( 144 + 36 + 5,184 ) 7
3 14 m
3
V = 588 cm h
2.5 m
LESSON 8
FRUSTUM OF A RIGHT CIRCULAR CONE

Properties of right circular cone 4m

1. Bases are circle LA = π ( 14 ) ( 4 + 1.5 )
2. Altitude is a line segment or distance
perpendicular to the center of the LA = 241.9 m2
bases .
3. Slant height is a line segment or h = 142 - 2.52
distance perpendicular to the
circumference of the bases. h = 13.77 m
4. Lateral area is equal to one-half the
sum of the circumference of the two V = π h ( R2 + r2 + R r )
bases times the slant height. 3
5. Total area is the sum of the lateral area = π ( 13.77 ) [ ( 42 + 1.52 + 4 ( 1.5 ) ]
and the area of the two circles called 3
the bases . V = 349.68 m 3

FORMULA : 26

1. L.A = π sh ( R + r ) 2. A pail is in the form of an inverted

 frustum of a right circular cone. When
full of water it contains 1.53 gallons.
How high is the pail if the diameters Sh = 2.6 m
of the bases are 7 in. and 5.5 in. , h
respectively ? Note : 1 gal = 231 in3

Solution
7 in.

2.5 m

L.A = π sh ( R + r )
h
= π ( 2.6 ) ( 5 + 2.5 )

LA = 61.26 m 2

T.A = L.A + π ( R2 + r 2 )
5.5 in.
= 61.26 + π ( 52 + 2.52 )
V = 1.53 gal x 231 in3
1 gal
TA = 159.44 m 2
V = 353.43 in 3
4. A monument is to be constructed in
V = π h ( R2 + r2 + R r )
the form of a frustum of a cone 22 ft
3
high , the respective radii are 6 ft and
353.43 = π h ( 12.25 + 7.56 + 9.625 )
13 ft . How many cubic feet of concrete
3
is needed to construct such monument?
1,060.29 = π h ( 29.435 )
Solution
1,060.29 = h
V = π h ( R2 + r2 + R r )
29.435 π
3
V = π ( 22 ) [ 132 + 62 + 13 ( 6 ) ]
11.47 in. = h
3
3. Find the total area of the frustum of
V = 6,519.87 ft 3
cone whose slant height is 2.6 m and
the radii of the bases are 5 m and
2.5 m .

Solution

. T.A = L.A + π ( R2 + r 2 )

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Activity No. 7
5 m
1. How many gallons of water will a 1. A Tanker ship carrying crude oil has 13
container hold if the diameter of container tanks of the same size . They
the bottom is 16 in. that of its are in the form of frustum of right
top is 24 in. and the depth of the circular cone. The upper base is 78.54
container is 9 in. ? ft 2 and the lower base is 28.27 ft 2 . If
the height of each tank is 20 ft. How
2 A regular hexagonal pyramid of many cubic meters of crude oil can
altitude is 12 m and whose base the 13 tanks hold ?
edge is 3 m is cut by a plane parallel
to its base and is 3 m from the base. 2. Find the volume and lateral surface
What is the lateral area of the area of the frustum of a regular square
frustum formed ? pyramid whose altitude is 30 cm and
whose base edges are 10 cm and
3. A milk container is in the form of a 20 cm respectively.
frustum of a cone . The areas of the
bases are 616 cm2 and 254 cm2 3. The areas of the bases of a frustum
respectively , and whose height is of a regular pyramid are 250 m2 and
38 cm . Find the number of liters of 640 m2 respectively . Find the altitude
milk the container will hold . of the pyramid , if the altitude of its
frustum is 130 cm.
4. A tank used for storing water has a
diameter of 12 ft & 7 ft respectively , 4. A tea pot is made in the shape of an
an a height of 14 ft. How many inverted frustum of a right circular
gallons of water will it hold ? cone. The sum of the radii of its bases
Note: 1 ft3 = 7.48 gal is 7 cm and its altitude is 6 cm. Find
the radii of the bases , if the capacity
5. A container tank is in the form of the of the pot is 232.48 cm3 .
frustum of a right circular cone. The
areas of the bases are 38.48 ft2 and 5. A lamp shade is in the form of a
107.51 ft2 respectively , when full of frustum of a right circular cone whose
liquid it contains 950.66 ft3 . How radii are 30 cm by 50 cm , respectively,
high is the tank ? and whose altitude is 50 cm. Find
the surface area of the lamp shade.

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QUIZ No. 7 LESSON 9
SPHERES
is a set of points in space equidistant from a
point called center . = 2,044.13 cm3

Small circles - are circles on a sphere whose 2. What is the volume of the largest cube
planes do not pass through that can be cut from a sphere of radius
its center. of 2 ft. ?
Great circles - are circles on a sphere Solution
whose planes will pass V = e3 , solving for e use the
through the center. formula
FORMULA
d = e 3
1. T.A = area of four great circles or
Area of sphere . D = 2 r

D = 4 ft. = d

e = 4_ = 2.31 ft.
3
T.A = 4 π R2
V = e3 = ( 2.31 ft )3
2. V = 4 π R3
3 = 12.33 ft3

3. The plane of a small circle of a sphere is

SAMPLE 10 cm from the center of the sphere. If
1. Find the total area and volume of a the area of the sphere is 36 π cm2 ,
sphere which has a great circle of area Find the volume of the sphere .
64 π cm2 . Solution
V = 4 π R3
SOLUTION : A = π r2 3

r2 = A_ A = 4 π R2
π 36 π = R2
4 π
r = 64 π cm2
9 = R
π
3 cm = R
r = 8 cm
V = 4 π R3
T.A. = 4 π R2 3
T.A. = 4 π ( 8 cm )2
V = 4 π ( 3 )3
3
= 804. 25 cm2
V = 113.09 cm3 29
VOLUME = 4 π R3
4. The volume of a sphere is 268 ft3 .
3 What is the circumference of the
V = 4/3 π ( 8 cm )3
 small circle whose plane is 2 ft from 1. Find the total area and volume of a
the center ? sphere which has a great circle of
circumference 144 π inches .
Solution
2. What will be the diameter of a sphere
V = 4 π R3 such that its total surface area is
3 numerically equal to its volume ?

268 ft3 = 4 π R3 3. The total area of the sphere is 315 ft2.

3 Find the ratio of the area of the small
804 ft3 = R3 circle whose plane is 3 ft. from the
4π center of the sphere to the area of
the great circle .
3 63.98 = R r
4. A spherical ball 10 in. in diameter is
3.99 ft = R 3.99 2 filled with air. Find the volume of the
ball and its total surface area.
r = 3.992 - 22
5. The ratio of the radii of two spheres
r = 3.45 ft is 3: 4 . If the sum of their total area
is 838 π cm2 , find the radii of the
C = 2πr two spheres.

C = 2 π ( 3.45 ) 6. The radius of one sphere is equal to

the diameter of one sphere . What is
C = 21.68 ft. the ratio of their volumes ?

5. Find the volume of a sphere whose

total area is 143 π cm2 .
Enrichment/Assigned readings
Solution Shute , W. Shirk W, Solid Geometry
A = 4 π R2 Kern and Bland , Solid Mensuration , John
Wiley & Sons ; 2nd edition.
143 π = R2 Paragon, T. and Sobrejuanite, R: Solid
4 π Mensuration
Koeberlein , Geralyn M. Elementary
Geometry for college students : student
35.75 = R study guide Boston : Houghton Miffin ,
c2007 .
Plane and Solid Geometry . https: // www.
5.98 cm = R
approged. pt.
V = 4 π ( 5.98 ) 3 = 895.76 cm3 Solid Mensuration Problems with Solution
3 www.yb.tl

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Activity no. 8
 QUIZ No. 8

1. The total surface area of one sphere

is one-half the total surface area of
another sphere. What is the ratio
of their diameters ?

2. Find the volume of the largest cube

that can be cut from a sphere of
radius of 12 inches .

3. A building is hemispherical in shape.

If the contractor used 20 gallons of
paint for the floor, how many gallons
does he need to paint the exterior ?

4. A sphere is contained in a right circular

cylinder such that it is tangent to the
two bases . Express the volume of the
sphere in terms of the volume of the
right circular cylinder .

5. Two balls whose diameters are 5 in.

and 6 in. are placed in a container.
If the container has the shape of a
right circular cylinder of radius
5 in. What is the volume of water
needed to just cover the two balls ?

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