SOLID GEOMETRY

SOLID GEOMETRY 3. Volume of a prism with base B and altitude h:

Definition of Terms:

Polyhedron a solid bounded by planes. V Bh

Regular Polyhedron polyhedron whose faces are congruent
regular polygons and whose polyhedral angles are regular
polygons and whose polyhedral angles are equal.
There are only five regular polyhedron:
Tetrahedron 4 faces
Hexahedron 6 faces 4. Pyramid with base B and altitude h:
Octahedron 8 faces
Dodecahedron 12 faces 1
V Bh
Icosahedron 20 faces 3
Cube a polyhedron whose six faces are all squares
Rectangular Parallelepiped polyhedron whose six faces are
5. Prismatoid. with bases b and B, midsection M
all rectangles.
and altitude h:
Prism polyhedron of which two faces are equal polygon in
Prismoidal Formula: V hb B 4M
parallel planes and the other faces are equal parallelogram. 1
Pyramid a polyhedron of which one faces is a regular polygon 6
and other faces are triangles which have a common vertex.
Regular Prism prism whose lateral edges are perpendicular to
its bases.
Regular Pyramid pyramid whose base is a regular polygon
and whose altitude passes through the center of base.
Slant height altitude of lateral faces.
Section polyhedron is the plane figure formed by a plane
passing through the solid.
Frustum of Pyramid section of the pyramid between the base
and a section parallel to the base. 6. Sphere of radius r or diameter D:
Cone a solid bounded by a conic surface and a plane
intersecting all the elements. 4 3 1
Volume : V r or V D3
3 6
Sphere a solid bounded by a surface all points of which are
equidistant from a point called center.
Great circle the intersection and a plane passing through the Surface Area : S 4r 2 or S D2
center.
Small circle the intersection of a sphere and a plane not
passing through the center.
Quadrant one-fourth of a great circle. 7. Right circular cylinder with radius r and altitude h:
Zone portion of sphere bounded by a spherical polygon and
the plane of its sides. Volume : V r 2h
Lune portion of a sphere lying between two semi circles of
great circle. Lateral Area : S 2rh

Spherical pyramid portion of sphere bounded by a spherical

polygon and the plane of its sides.
Spherical Sector portion of sphere generated by the 8. Right circular cone with radius r and altitude h:
revolution of circular sector about any diameter of the circle
of which the sector is apart. 1 2
Spherical segment - portion of sphere included between two Volume : V r h
3
parallel lines.
Spherical wedge portion bounded by a lune and the planes of Lateral Area : S rl
two great circles.
Focus a solid formed by revolving a circle about a line not (l = slant height)
intersecting it.
9. Frustum of a right circular cone with base radii r and
Formulas in Solid Mensuration R
and altitude h, slant height l:
1. Cube with edge s: 1

Volume : V h r 2 R 2 rR
3

Volume : V s 3

Lateral Area : S lr R
Surface Area : A 6s2

2. Rectangular parallelepiped with edges a, b, c and

diagonal D:
Volume : V abc

Surface Area : A 2ab ac bc

Diagonal : D a2 b2 c 2

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15. Ellipsiod
10. Frustum of a pyramid with bases b and B and
V = /3 abc
4
altitude h: For oblate spheroid
V = /3 ab
4 2
1
Volume : V h b B bB
3
For prolate Spheriod
: V p Pl
1
V = /3 a b
Lateral Area 4 2
b a
2
c
where l = slant height
p = perimeter of base b
P = perimeter of base B

16. Paraboloid

V=a h
2 h

11. Area Z of a zone with altitude h on a sphere of radius R: 17. Ungula

h
2
V = 2/3 r h
Z 2Rh S = 2 rh
r

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1. A prismatoid has its end areas 20 m and
2
30 m , respectively. What is its volume in
cu. m if the distance between end areas is
10 m and the area at the mid section is 24
2
m?
A. 243.33
B. 246.67
12. Spherical segment of one base and altitude h on a C. 233.67
sphere of radius R: D. 223.67
Volume : V h2 3R h
1
3 2. A frustum of a cone have diameters of 5 cm
and 2 cm at the lower and upper base
: T h4R h
respectively. What is the altitude in cm if its
Total Area 3
volume is 50 cm ?
A. 4.9
B. 4.3
13. Spherical segment of two bases with radii a and b and C. 6
altitude h on a sphere of radius R: D. 3.4
1
6

Volume : V h 3a 2 3b 2 h2 3. A prismatoid has its end areas 20 m and
2
2
30 m , respectively. What is its volume (in

3
Total Area : T 2Rh a2 b2 m ) if the distance between end areas is 10
2
m and the area at the mid-section is 24 m
A. 233.67
B. 223.67
C. 246.67
D. 243.33

4. Find the volume in cu. m. of a pyramid

having a square base 8 cm and altitude of
10 cm.
A. 213
B. 354
14. Spherical Cone = a spherical sector having only one C. 112
conical surface D. 51
1 2
Volume : V ZR or V R 2h
6 3 5. What is the volume of a spherical pyramid whose
spherical excess is 100 and the radius of the sphere is
where: V = volume of spherical sector 10 units?
R = radius of the sphere A. 512.78
h = altitude of the sphere B. 581.78
Z = area of the zone which forms the C. 145.44
base of the sector D. 312.74

6. The bases of a right prism are pentagons with each

side 6 cm long. The bases are 12 cm apart. What is the
volume of the prism?
3
A. 473.2 cm
3
B. 347.2 cm
3
C. 734.2 cm
3
D 743.2 cm

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7. If a solid steel ball is immersed in an eight cm. diameter 17. A right circular cone with an altitude of 8 cm is divided
cylinder , it displaces water to a depth of 2.25 cm. The into two segments. One is a smaller circular cone
radius of the ball is _________ having the same vertex with volume equal to of the
A. 3 cm bigger cone. Find the altitude of the smaller cone
B. 9 cm A. 21 cm
C. 6 cm B. 12 cm
D. 12 cm C. 30 cm
D. nota
8. Find the volume of a right circular cylinder whose lateral
2 2
area is 25.918 m and base area of 7.068 m 18. A conical vessel has a height of 24 cm and a base
3
A. 19.44 m diameter of 12 cm. It holds water to a depth of 18 cm
3
B. 44.19 m above its vertex. Find the volume of its content
3 3
C. 91.44 m A. 381.7 cm
3 3
D. 41.49 m B. 831.7 cm
3
C. 138.7 cm
3
9. The volume of a cube is reduced by how much if all D. 318.7 cm
sides are halved
A. 1 /8 19. The diameter of sphere and the base of a cone are
B. 6 / 8 equal. What percentage of that diameter must the
C. 5 / 8 cones height be so that both volumes are equal ?
D. 7 / 8 A. 50 %
B. 150%
10. If 23 cu.m. of water is poured into a conical vessel, it C. 100 %
reaches a depth of 12 cm. How much water must be D. 200%
added so that the depth reaches 18 cm ?
A. 95 cu.cm. 20. If the volume of the sphere is 345cc solve for its
B. 54.6 cu.cm. diameter
C. 100 cu.cm. A. 8.7 m
D. 76.4 cu. cm. B. 8.7 mm
C. 8.7 cm
11. A regular triangular pyramid has an altitude of 9 m and D. 8.7 km
3
a volume of 187.06 m . What is the base edge?
A. 42 m 21. A cubical container that measures 2 inches on a side is
B. 12 m tightly packed with 8 marbles and is filled with water. All
C. 24 m 8 marbles are in contact with the walls of the container
D. 21 m and the adjacent marbles. All marbles are of the same
size. What is the volume of water in the container?
12. A cylindrical tank lying horizontally , 0.90 m in diameter A. 4.21 cu. in.
and 3 m long is filled to a depth of 0.60 m. How many B. 2.51 cu. In
gallons of gasoline does it contains? C. 0.381 cu. in.
A. 250 D. 3.81 cu.in
B. 300
C. 350 22. A cone was formed by rolling a thin sheet of metal in
D. 270 the form of a sector of a circle 72 cm in diameter with
a central angle of 210. What is the volume of the
13. The surface area of a sphere is 4r2. Find the cone?
3
percentage increase in its diameter when the surface A. 31,504 cm
3
area is increase by 21%? B. 15,304 cm
3
A. 5% C. 13,504 cm
3
B. 15% D. 51,304 cm
C. 10%
D. 20% 23. A frustum of a cone whose upper base is 15 cm in
diameter and lower base is 10cm in diameter with an
14. Determine the volume of a regular tetrahedron whose altitude of 25 cm is filled with water. It is wished that the
side is 3 m water shall be transferred to a spherical container.
3
A. 2.183 m Determine the diameter of the spherical container.
3
B. 8.132 m A. 11.90 cm
3
C. 3.182 m B. 29.08 cm
3
D. 1.382 m C. 18.11 cm
D. 23.90 cm
15. A right circular conical vessel is constructed to have a
volume of 100,000 liters. Find the diameter if depth is 24. The space diagonal of a cube is 4 times the square root
to be 1.25 times the diameter of 3 meters. Find the volume of the cube
A. 6.736 m A. 16 cu.m
B. 8.24 m B. 64 cu.m
C. 5.85 m C. 48 cu.m
D. 2.75 m D. 86 cu.m

16. If the edge of a cube is increased by 30%, by how much 25. An artificial lake, 5 m deep, is to be dug in the form of a
is the surface area increased? frustum of an inverted pyramid. The level bottom is 8 m
A. 44 % by 80 m and its top is 10 m by 100 m. How many cubic
B. 96 % meters of earth are to be removed?
3
C. 88 % A. 6,047 m
3
D. 69 % B. 4,067 m
3
C. 7,064 m
3
D. 7,046 m

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26. A sector of radius 6 cm. and central angle of 60

degrees is bent to form a cone . Find the volume of the
cone in cu. cm
A. 6.19
B. 5.9
C. 18.58
D. 10.23

27. A solid steel ball immersed in an 8cm diameter cylinder

displaced water to a depth of 2.25 cm. The radius of
the ball is _______
A. 3 cm.
B. 1.5 cm
C. 9 cm
D. 2.0 cm

28. What is the surface area of a sphere whose volume is

3
36 m ?
2
A. 52.7 m
2
B. 25.7 m
2
C. 72.5 m
2
D. 25.7 m

29. What is the area of the zone of a spherical segment

3
having a volume of 1,470.265 m if the diameter of the
sphere is 30 m?
2
A. 556.487 m
2
B. 568.457 m
2
C. 487.565 m
2
D. 565.487 m

30. The volume of two spheres is in the ratio of 27 : 343

and the sum of their radii is 10. Find the radius of the
smaller sphere
A. 6
B. 5
C. 3
D. 4

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