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GCSE · Geometry and measures: volume and surface area

5.16 Spheres and Cones

EDEXCEL 1MA1 · Calculator allowed · about 80 minutes
Total Marks
Name: _______________________________    Date: ____ / ____ / ______
Answer ALL questions. Show all your working.
1
The volume of a sphere of radius r is given by one of the formulae below.
  • A) 4 π r2
  • B) 4/3 π r3
  • C) 1/3 π r2 h
  • D) π r l
(Total for Question 1 is 1 mark)
2
A sphere has radius 6 cm. Calculate the volume of the sphere. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
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O 6 cm
(Total for Question 2 is 2 marks)
3
A cone has base radius 4 cm and perpendicular height 9 cm. Calculate the volume of the cone. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
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9 cm 4 cm
(Total for Question 3 is 2 marks)
4
A sphere has diameter 10 cm. Calculate the surface area of the sphere. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
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10 cm
(Total for Question 4 is 3 marks)
5
A cone has base radius 3 cm and slant height 8 cm. Calculate the curved surface area of the cone. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
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3 cm 8 cm
(Total for Question 5 is 2 marks)
6
A cone has base radius 5 cm and slant height 13 cm. Show that the curved surface area of the cone is 65 π cm2.
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13 cm 5 cm
(Total for Question 6 is 2 marks)
7
A cone has base radius 6 cm and slant height 10 cm. Calculate the total surface area of the cone (the curved surface area plus the area of the circular base). Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
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10 cm 6 cm
(Total for Question 7 is 3 marks)
8
A cone has base radius 9 cm and slant height 15 cm.
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h 15 cm 9 cm
(a)Calculate the perpendicular height of the cone.(2)
(b)Hence calculate the volume of the cone. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.(2)
(Total for Question 8 is 4 marks)
9
A solid hemisphere has radius 9 cm. Calculate the volume of the hemisphere. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
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9 cm
(Total for Question 9 is 2 marks)
10
A solid hemisphere has radius 7 cm. Calculate the total surface area of the hemisphere (the curved surface area plus the flat circular face). Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
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7 cm
(Total for Question 10 is 3 marks)
11
A toy is made from a cone of radius 6 cm and height 8 cm fixed on top of a hemisphere of radius 6 cm, so that the flat faces are joined together. Calculate the total volume of the toy. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
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8 cm 6 cm
(Total for Question 11 is 4 marks)
12
A sphere has volume 972 π cm3. Find the radius of the sphere.
(Total for Question 12 is 3 marks)
13
A cone has base radius 5 cm and volume 100 π cm3. Find the perpendicular height of the cone.
(Total for Question 13 is 3 marks)
14
A sphere of radius 8 cm fits exactly inside a cube of side length 16 cm, touching every face of the cube. Work out the volume of empty space inside the cube that is not occupied by the sphere. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
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8 cm 16 cm
(Total for Question 14 is 4 marks)
15
A solid sphere of radius 4 cm is made from metal with density 8.9 g/cm3. Calculate the mass of the sphere in kilograms. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
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4 cm
(Total for Question 15 is 3 marks)
16
A cone has base diameter 1.4 m and perpendicular height 90 cm. Calculate the volume of the cone in cubic metres. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
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90 cm 1.4 m
(Total for Question 16 is 3 marks)
17
A spherical scoop of ice cream has radius 3 cm. It is placed on top of an empty cone-shaped wafer with radius 3 cm and height 10 cm. If all of the ice cream melts and drips into the wafer, determine whether the wafer will overflow. You must show your working.
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3 cm 3 cm 10 cm
(Total for Question 17 is 3 marks)
18
A solid dome is made from a cone of radius 8 cm and perpendicular height 15 cm fixed on top of a hemisphere of radius 8 cm, with the flat faces joined together.
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8 cm 15 cm
(a)Calculate the slant height of the cone.(2)
(b)Calculate the total area of the dome's surface that needs to be painted: the curved surface of the cone plus the curved surface of the hemisphere only (do not include the flat circle where the two solids join). Give your answer as a multiple of π.(3)
(c)Paint costs 2p per cm2. Work out the total cost of painting 50 of these dome solids. Give your answer in pounds, to the nearest penny.(3)
(Total for Question 18 is 8 marks)
19
Two similar spherical balloons have radii in the ratio 2:5. The volume of the smaller balloon is 32 cm3. Work out the volume of the larger balloon.
(Total for Question 19 is 3 marks)
20
A solid wooden hemisphere has radius 10 cm. A cone-shaped hole of radius 6 cm and depth 8 cm is drilled out of the flat face, with the apex of the cone pointing into the hemisphere. Work out the volume of wood remaining. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
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6 cm 10 cm 8 cm Diagram not drawn accurately
(Total for Question 20 is 4 marks)
21
A large cone has base radius 10 cm and perpendicular height 15 cm. A smaller, similar cone of radius 4 cm and height 6 cm is removed from the vertex end, leaving a frustum. Work out the volume of the frustum. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
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10 cm 4 cm 6 cm 15 cm
(Total for Question 21 is 5 marks)
Mark scheme · 5.16 Spheres and Cones

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