AREAS & VOLUMES EXERCISES
Mathematics 3rd ESO
ALFONSO GONZÁLEZ. I.E.S. FERNANDO DE MENA. MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT
SECTION 5: Problems about volumes and surface areas of solids
1. Draw a sketch of the following solids and find their volumes (in terms of p and also round off to the hundredths):
a) Cube with edge 9 m. Also find its surface area. (Sol: 729 m3; 486 m2)
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STYLE b) Right triangular prism /ˈprɪzәm/ whose base edge and height measure 5 cm and 16.5 cm, respectively. Also
find its surface area. (Sol: 178.62 cm3; 269.15 cm2)
c) Cuboid /ˈkjuːbɔɪd/ with base 9 x 6 m and height 16 m. Also find its surface area. (Sol: 864 m3; 588 m2)
d) Right regular hexagonal /hɛkˈsægәnәl/ prism with base edge 8 cm and height 10 cm. Also find its surface
area.
(Sol: 1662.77 cm3; 812.55 cm2)
e) Right cylinder of radius 3 cm and height 10 cm. Also find its surface area. (Sol: 282.74 cm3; 245.04 cm2)
f) Oblique cylinder of radius 3 mm and height 5 mm. (Sol: 141.37 mm3)
g) Right circular cone of height 4 cm and radius 3 cm. Also find its surface area. (Sol: 37.70 cm3; 75.40 cm2)
h) Right cone of radius 4 cm and slant height 6 cm. Find previously its perpendicular height. Also find its
surface area. (Sol: 4.47 cm; 74.93 cm3; 125.66 cm2)
i) Right regular hexagonal prism of base edge 3 cm and height 4 cm. Find its surface area. ¬ see d)
(Sol: 93.53 cm3; 118.77 cm2)
j) A spherical planet with radius 10 km. Calculate its surface. (Sol: 4188.79 km3; 1256.64 km2)
k) Right pyramid with height 1.63 cm and whose base is an equilateral triangle of side 2 cm. (*) Also find its
surface area. (Sol: 0.94 cm3)
l) Oblique parallelepiped /pærәlɛlәˈpaɪpɛd/ of height 10 m whose base is a 2 m x 3 m rectangle. (Sol: 60 m3)
m) Oblique triangular prism with height 1 m, which base is an equilateral triangle with a base of 0.5 m.
(Sol: 0.11 m3)
n) Right pyramid which is 15 m high and whose base is a square with sides of 10 m. Also find its surface area.
(Sol: 500 m3; 416.23 m2)
o) Oblique pyramid knowing that its height is 20 cm and its base is an equilateral triangle with side 6 cm.
(Sol: 103.92 cm3)
p) Oblique circular cone of radius 12 mm and height 2 cm. Find its volume (in mm3). (Sol: 3015.93 mm3)
q) Right triangular prism of height 3 dm and whose base is an equilateral triangle with side 2 dm. Also find its
surface area. ¬ see b) (Sol: 5.20 dm3; 21.46 dm2)
r) Cuboid of height 5 cm knowing that its base is a 3 cm x 4 cm rectangle. Also find its surface area. ¬ see c)
(Sol: 60 cm3; 94 cm2)
s) (*) Right quadrangular pyramid with a lateral edge of 10 mm and height 5 mm. (Sol: 250 mm3)
t) Right triangular prism with a height of 8 dm and whose base is an equilateral triangle with side 4 dm. Also
find its surface area. (Sol: 55.43 dm3; 109.86 dm2)
u) Solid cylinder of diameter 12 dam and height three times longer than the diameter. ¬ see e) (Sol: 4071.50 dam3)
v) Right regular quadrangular prism with base 3 m and height 7 m, and a cylinder inscribed in it. Find the
volume of both shapes. (Sol: 63 m3; 49.48 m3)
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2. Write the name of the following shapes and find the missing elements and their volumes. Also find their total
surface area (except g):
a) b) c)
3m
2 hm
10 m
6m
(Sol: V 33.51 hm3; (Sol: V 56.55 m3;
(Sol: V=120 m3; A 113.09 m2)
6m A 50.27 hm2)
A 161.28 m2)
d) e) f)
5 cm
8 cm
5 cm h
6 cm 4 cm
4 cm
6 cm 3 cm (Sol: h 6.93 cm
(Sol: V 31.75 cm3; (Sol: V = 60 cm3;
A = 94 cm2) V 116.08 cm3)
A = 84 cm2)
g) h) i)
3 cm
4 cm 5 cm
8 cm
5 cm
4 cm
3
(Sol: V=24 cm ;
(Sol: V 134.04 cm3) (Sol: V 141.37 cm ;
3 2
A 56.42 cm )
A 150.80 cm2)
3. Consider the right pyramid of the figure, with height 4 m, whose base is an equilateral triangle with sides of 2
m. a) Find the area of its base (and round off to 2 decimals). b) Check that Euler’s
formula works for this solid. c) Find its volume (correct to 2 decimal places). (Sol:
1.73 m2 ; 2.31 m3)
4. Work out the surface area of a right-angled triangular pyramid knowing that its
4m
lateral edges measure 6 mm and its base is an equilateral triangle with side 4 mm.
(Tip: First of all find the slant height) (Sol: 40.87 mm2)
5. Find the volume and the surface area of the composite solids below:
2m
a) b)
6 cm
3 cm
4 cm
7 cm
(Sol: V 150.80 cm3)
(Sol: A 603.19 cm2;
V 1244.07 cm3) 4 cm
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6. Find the area of a right pyramid whose base is an equilateral triangle with base edge 2 cm and lateral edge 6
cm. (*) Also calculate its volume. (Sol: 41 cm2)
7. Find the volume of the space comprised between the cube and the cone below.
10 m
(Sol: 738.20 cm3)
More elaborate:
8. (*) Find the area of the truncated /trʌŋˈkeɪtɪd/ square pyramid3 given below:
(Sol: 1684 cm2)
9. (*) Draw a right regular quadrangular pyramid with base 6 cm and apothem 8 cm. Then, find its height, surface
area and volume. (Sol: 5 cm; 60 cm3; 132 cm2)
10. (*) Draw a right regular hexagonal pyramid with base 6 cm and slant height 12 cm. Then, calculate its height,
surface area and volume. (Sol: h 6.08 cm; A 189.64 cm2; V 309.53 cm3;)
11. (*) Draw a right regular hexagonal pyramid with base 3 m and lateral edge 6 m. Then, find its slant height,
height, surface area and volume. (Sol: a 5.81 m; h 5.20 m; A 75.67 m2; V 121.48 m3)
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SECTION 6: Volume and surface area word problems
1. Estimate the volume and area of the Earth, knowing that its average radius
measures aproximately 6371 km. (Sol: V 1.0832x1012 km3; S 5.1006x108 km2)
2. Work out the volume of Kio Towers (see figure), knowing that its base is a
square with side measuring 35 m, and has a height of 114 m. (Sol: 139 650 m3)
3. The walls and ceiling of a rectangular room whose measurements are 12 m
long, 7 m broad and 3.5 m height are to be painted. Alongside this, it has two
doors each measuring 1 m by 2 m and three
windows each measuring 2 m by 2 m. a) How much
area is to be painted? (Tip: Draw a sketch). b)
Supposing that we have paint cans each covering 25
m2, how many cans do we need? (Sol: 159 m2; 7 cans)
4. Find the volume of a Rubik’s cube of side 8 cm. Also find the volume of one of its
pieces. (Sol: 512 cm3; 18.96 cm3)
5. The dimensions of a swimming pool are given in the diagram.
6m 12 m
Find the volume (in m3). (Tip: 1 m3 = 1 000 l ) (Sol: 144 000 l )
6. In the previous exercise, how many hours will it take to fill the
2,5 m
pool at a rate of 0.5 l/s? (Sol: 80 hours) 1,5 m
7. Estimate the volume (in ml) of a can of Coke, knowing that it
has a height of 10.9 cm and a diameter of 6.2 cm (Tip: 1 ml = 1
cm3) (Sol: 330 ml)
8. Estimate the volume of the Pyramid of Cheops /ˈkiːops/, knowing that its current height is 230.35 m and its
base is a quadrilateral whose sides measure 136.86 m. (Sol: 2 420 648.41 m3)
9. What is the area of the peel of each of the 12 slices of an orange whose diameter is 10 cm? (Sol: 26.18 cm2)
10. A water tank is designed in the shape of a cuboid with height 10 m and 4 000 m3
of water storage. Find the side of its square base. (Sol: 20 m)
11. The diameter of the base of a cylinder is equal to its height and its surface area is
169.56 m2. Work out its dimensions. (Sol: d=h=6 m)
12. A patient has an intravenous drip inserted into the arm, at a rate of 1 drop every
20 seconds. Supposing that the recipient is a cylindric bottle with a radius of 2 cm
and a height of 5 cm, and each drop is aproximately a sphere with diameter 6
mm, estimate how long does a bottle take. (Sol: @ 3h 5 min)
13. If the edge of a cube is increased by 1 cm its volume increases by 271 cm3. What will be the length of each
edge of the cube? (Tip: State a 3rd-degree equation) (Sol: 9 cm)
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14. Prove that the surface area of a regular tetrahedron with edge a is a2 3 , and its volume is 2 .
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15. An asteroid in the shape of a sphere with a diameter length of 150 m is about to impact on the Earth. Its
density is 5 g/cm3. Find its weight in g and tons, using scientific notation.
16. Find the sphere whose volume is equal to its area. (Sol: A sphere with r=3 units)
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