Spheres and Cones (Volume and Surface Area): Fluency and Exam Drill - Worksheets, Questions and Revision

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5.16D Spheres and Cones (Volume and Surface Area): Fluency and Exam Drill

EDEXCEL 1MA1 · Calculator allowed · about 80 minutes
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Answer ALL questions. Show all your working.

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Revision Library formulae reminder, styled on Edexcel 1MA1 formulae-sheet conventions; wording is original.

Volume of a sphere = (4/3) x pi x r^3

Surface area of a sphere = 4 x pi x r^2

Volume of a cone = (1/3) x pi x r^2 x h

Curved surface area of a cone = pi x r x l (l = slant height)

Volume of a hemisphere = (2/3) x pi x r^3

Total surface area of a solid hemisphere = 3 x pi x r^2

Note: on the Edexcel formulae sheet, the volume formulae for the sphere and the cone are given. The surface area formulae are not given and should be recalled or derived.

1
A solid sphere has radius 10 cm. Work out the volume of the sphere. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
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O 10 cm
(Total for Question 1 is 2 marks)
2
A sphere has radius 4.5 cm. Calculate the surface area of the sphere. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
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O 4.5 cm
(Total for Question 2 is 2 marks)
3
A cone has base radius 7 cm and perpendicular height 15 cm. Work out the volume of the cone. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
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15 cm 7 cm
(Total for Question 3 is 2 marks)
4
A sphere has radius 3 cm. Work out the volume of the sphere. Give your answer as a multiple of π.
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O 3 cm
(Total for Question 4 is 2 marks)
5
A cone has base radius 5 cm and perpendicular height 8 cm. Calculate the curved surface area of the cone. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
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8 cm 5 cm
(Total for Question 5 is 3 marks)
6
A cone has base radius 4 cm and perpendicular height 7 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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7 cm 4 cm
(Total for Question 6 is 3 marks)
7
A solid hemisphere has radius 11 cm. Work out the volume of the hemisphere. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
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11 cm
(Total for Question 7 is 2 marks)
8
A solid hemisphere has radius 12 cm. Calculate the total surface area of the hemisphere (the curved surface plus the flat circular face). Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
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12 cm
(Total for Question 8 is 2 marks)
9
A pottery bowl is made in the shape of an open solid hemisphere with radius 6.5 cm. The flat circular top is open, so it is not coated. The outside curved surface of the bowl is coated with a glaze that costs 1.5p per cm2. Work out the total cost of glazing the outside curved surface of the bowl.
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6.5 cm
(Total for Question 9 is 3 marks)
10
A solid sphere has volume 1000 cm3. Work out the radius of the sphere. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
(Total for Question 10 is 3 marks)
11
A cone has volume 250 cm3 and base radius 6 cm. Work out the perpendicular height of the cone. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
(Total for Question 11 is 3 marks)
12
A solid toy is made from a cone joined to a hemisphere of the same radius, as shown. The cone has base radius 5 cm and perpendicular height 11 cm. The hemisphere also has radius 5 cm and is joined to the circular base of the cone, flat faces together.
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11 cm 5 cm
(a)Work out the total volume of the solid toy. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.(4)
(b)Work out the total surface area of the solid toy. The toy has no flat faces on the outside, since the flat circular faces where the cone and hemisphere join are hidden inside the solid. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.(5)
(Total for Question 12 is 9 marks)
13
Elin is a jeweller. She casts a solid silver charm in the shape of a sphere with radius 2.2 cm. The density of the silver she uses is 10.49 g/cm3. Work out the mass of the charm. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
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O 2.2 cm
(Total for Question 13 is 3 marks)
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Kwame, a metalworker, melts down a solid bronze cone with base radius 9 cm and perpendicular height 14 cm. He recasts all of the bronze as a solid sphere, with no bronze wasted. Work out the radius of the sphere. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
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14 cm 9 cm
(Total for Question 14 is 4 marks)
15
A sphere and a cone both have radius r. The volume of the sphere is exactly twice the volume of the cone. Show that the perpendicular height of the cone, h, satisfies h = 2r.
(Total for Question 15 is 3 marks)
16
A spinning top is made from a cone joined to a hemisphere of the same radius. The hemisphere has radius 7 cm, and the total height of the spinning top (hemisphere plus cone) is 21 cm. Work out the total volume of the spinning top. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
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total height 21 cm 7 cm
(Total for Question 16 is 4 marks)
17
A solid sphere has volume 500 cm3. Calculate the surface area of the sphere. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
(Total for Question 17 is 4 marks)
18
The surface area of a sphere with radius r is equal to the curved surface area of a cone with the same radius r and slant height l. Show that l = 4r.
(Total for Question 18 is 3 marks)
19
Two spheres are mathematically similar. Their radii are in the ratio 2:3. The volume of the smaller sphere is 96 cm3. Work out the volume of the larger sphere.
(Total for Question 19 is 3 marks)
20
A farm has two storage tanks. Tank A is a sphere with radius 2.5 m. Tank B is a cone with base radius 3 m and perpendicular height 5 m. Work out which tank has the greater volume, and by how much. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
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2.5 m Tank A (sphere) 5 m 3 m Tank B (cone)
(Total for Question 20 is 5 marks)
Mark scheme · 5.16D Spheres and Cones (Volume and Surface Area): Fluency and Exam Drill

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