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CE LICENSURE EXAMINATION PROBLEMS 6. The bases of a right prism are hexagons with one side 6 cm long. If
SOLID GEOMETRY the volume of the prism is 450 cc, how far apart are the bases?
(M99 M 18)
a. 5.74 cm c. 4.11 cm
PRISM b. 3.56 cm d. 4.81 cm

1. A circular cylinder with a volume of 6.54 m3 is circumscribed 7. Find the volume of a right circular cylinder whose lateral area is
about a right prism whose base is an equilateral triangle of side 25.918 m2 and base area of 7.068 m2. (M00 M 30)
1.25 m. What is the altitude of the cylinder in meters? (N95 M 2) a. 19.44 m3 c. 20.53 m3
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a. 3.99 c. 4.75 b. 15.69 m d. 18.12 m3
b. 4.45 d. 4.95
8. A right regular hexagonal prism is inscribed in a right circular
2. A circular cylinder is circumscribed about a right prism having a cylinder whose height is 20 cm. The difference between the
square base 1 m on an edge. The volume of the cylinder is 6.283 circumference of the circle and the perimeter of the hexagon is 4
m3. Find its altitude in meters. (M96 M 7) cm. Determine the volume of the prism. (N00 M 5)
a. 5 c. 6 a. 9,756 cc c. 10,857 cc
b. 4.5 d. 4 b. 11,475 cc d. 10,367 cc

3. The bases of a right prism are pentagons with each side 6 cm long. 9. An open-top cylindrical tank is made of a metal sheet having an
The bases are 12 cm apart. What is the volume of the prism in cm3? area of 43.82 m2. If the diameter is 2/3 the height, what is the height
(N97 M 8) of the tank? (M01 M 6)
a. 733.2 c. 713.2 a. 3.24 m c. 4.23 m
b. 743.2 d. 723.2 b. 2.43 m d. 5.23 m

4. A right prism has hexagonal bases with an edge of 6 cm. The bases 10. A trough has an open top 0.30 m by 6 m and closed vertical ends
are 12 cm apart. What is the volume of the prism in cm3? (N97 M which are equilateral triangles 30 cm on each side. It is filled with
18) water to half its depth. Find the volume of water in m3. (N01 M 5)
a. 1,128.4 c. 1,126.4 a. 0.046 c. 0.037
b. 1,122.4 d. 1,124.4 b. 0.058 d. 0.065

5. A trough has an open top 0.30 m by 6 m and closed vertical ends 11. A cylindrical tank open at the top is made of metal sheet having a
which are equilateral triangles 30 cm on each side. It is filled with total area of 49.48 m2. If the height of the tank is 1.5 times its base
water to half its depth. Find the volume of the water in m3. (M98 M diameter, determine the base diameter of the tank. (M02 M 16)
18) a. 3.5 m c. 3m
a. 0.046 c. 0.037 b. 2.5 m d. 3.2 m
b. 0.058 d. 0.065

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TRUNCATED PRISM 18. A cone was formed by rolling a thin sheet of metal in the form of a
sector of a circle 72 cm in diameter with a central angle of 150.
12. A truncated prism having a square base has a volume of 1,000 m3. Find the volume of the cone in cc. (M98 M 15)
The height of the prism at each corner is respectively 7 m, 7 m, 10 a. 7,733 c. 7,744
m, and 10 m. What is the area of the base? (M01 M 2) b. 7,722 d. 7,711
a. 117.65 m2 c. 134.32 m2
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b. 92.12 m d. 125.21 m2 19. The slant height of a right circular cone is 5 m long. The base
diameter is 6 m. What is the lateral area in m2? (N98 M 5)
13. A truncated prism has a horizontal triangular base ABC, AB = 10 a. 37.7 c. 44
cm, BC = 12 cm, and CA = 8 cm. The vertical edges through A, B, b. 47 d. 40.8
and C are 20 cm, 12 cm, and 18 cm long, respectively. Determine
the volume of the prism, in cc. (M03 M 9) 20. A right circular cone has a base diameter of e and an altitude of 2e.
a. 661 c. 685 Its volume is: (N99 M 29)
b. 559 d. 574 a. e3/4 c. e3/2
b. e /6
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d. e3/3

CONE 21. The lateral area of a right circular cone of radius 4 cm is 100.53
cm2. Determine the slant height. (M00 M 4)
14. A right circular cone has a base radius of x and an altitude of 3x. a. 8 cm c. 6 cm
What is its slant height? (N94 M 4) b. 9 cm d. 10 cm
a. 3.742x c. 3.464x
b. 3.162x d. 2.828x 22. The base diameter of a cone is 18 cm and its axis is inclined 60
with the base. If the axis is 20 cm long, what is the volume of the
15. What is the height of a right circular cone having a slant height of cone? (N00 M 29)
10x and base diameter of 2x? (M95 M 22) a. 1,524 cc c. 1,245 cc
a. 3.317x c. 3x b. 1,469 cc d. 1,689 cc
b. 3.16x d. 9.95x
23. A conical vessel 1 m diameter at the top and 60 cm high holds salt
16. A conical vessel has a height of 24 cm and a base diameter of 12 at a depth of 36 cm from the bottom. How many cc of salt does it
cm. It holds water to a depth of 18 cm above its vertex. Find the contain? (N02 M 9)
volume of its content in cc. (M96 M 3) a. 37,214 c. 35,896
a. 387.4 c. 383.5 b. 33,929 d. 31,574
b. 381.7 d. 385.2
24. The lateral area of a right circular cone is 386 m2. If its diameter is
17. A cone was formed by rolling a thin sheet of metal in the form of a one-half its altitude, determine its altitude in meters. (N03 M 10)
sector of a circle 72 cm in diameter with a central angle of 210. a. 24.7 c. 18.9
What is the volume of the cone in cc? (N97 M 17) b. 17.4 d. 22.5
a. 13,318 c. 13,716
b. 13,602 d. 13,504

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PYRAMID 32. A right circular cone with an altitude of 9 m is divided into two
segments. One is a smaller circular cone having the same vertex
25. A regular triangular pyramid had an altitude of 9 m and a volume with an altitude of 6 m. Find the ratio of the volume of the two
of 187.06 m3. What is the base edge in m? (N94 M 6) cones. (M97 M 6)
a. 18 c. 12 a. 1:3 c. 2:3
b. 14 d. 16 b. 19:27 d. 8:27

26. The base edge of a regular triangular pyramid is 12 m. If the 33. A right circular cone with an altitude of 8 cm is divided into two
altitude is 9 m, what is the volume in m3? (M95 M 24) segments. One is a smaller circular cone having the same vertex
a. 193.99 c. 187.06 with volume equal to 1/4 of the bigger cone. Find the altitude of the
b. 169.74 d. 180.13 smaller cone. (M99 M 17)
a. 4.52 cm c. 5.04 cm
27. Determine the volume of a regular tetrahedron whose side is 3 m. b. 6.74 cm d. 6.12 cm
(M01 M 15)
a. 3.182 m3 c. 5.321 m3 34. Two identical cones with vertical axis, one inverted and the other
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b. 2.983 m d. 1.119 m3 is upright has base radius of 1.2 m and height of 4.8 m. Each cone
contains equal volume of oil having specific gravity of 0.8. If the
28. The volume of a regular tetrahedron is 3.182 m3. Find its total depth of oil in the inverted cone is 2.4 m, what is the depth of oil in
surface area. (M02 M 17) the upright cone? (M02 M 8)
a. 12.47 m2 c. 16.87 m2 a. 0.63 m c. 1.54 m
2
b. 15.59 m d. 10.42 m2 b. 0.47 m d. 0.21 m

29. How far from a vertex is the opposite face of a tetrahedron if an 35. A triangular piece of land has one side measuring 12 km. The land
edge is 50 cm long? (M03 M 8) is to be divided into two equal areas by a dividing line parallel to
a. 38.618 cm c. 39.421 cm the given side. What is the length of the dividing line? (M02 M 23)
b. 40.825 cm d. 41.214 cm a. 6 c. 7.623
b. 8.485 d. 8
30. The surface area of a regular tetrahedron is 173.2 cm2. What is its
altitude? (N03 M 11)
a. 8.2 cm c. 7.2 cm FRUSTUM
b. 9.6 cm d. 6.5 cm
36. The volume of a frustum of a regular triangular pyramid is 135 m3.
The lower base is an equilateral triangle with an edge of 9 m. The
SIMILAR FIGURES upper base is 8 m above the lower base. What is the upper base
edge in m? (N95 M 9)
31. If the edge of a cube is increased by 30%, by how much is the a. 3 c. 5
surface area increased? (N96 M 10) b. 4 d. 6
a. 67 % c. 69 %
b. 63 % d. 65 %

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37. An artificial lake, 5 m deep, is to be dug in the form of a frustum of PRISMOID

an inverted pyramid. The level bottom is 8 m by 80 m and its top is
10 m by 100 m. How many cubic meters of earth is to be removed? 42. The base diameter of a certain solid is 40 cm. Find the volume of
(M97 M 5) the solid in cc if every cutting plane perpendicular to a given
a. 4,067 c. 4,286 diameter is a square. (M99 M 19)
b. 4,417 d. 4,636 a. 52,667 cc c. 52,334 cc
b. 32,567 cc d. 42,667 cc
38. The altitude of the frustum of a regular rectangular pyramid is 5 m,
the volume is 140 m3 and the upper base is 3 m by 4 m. What are 43. A solid has a circular base of base radius 20 cm. Find the volume
the dimensions of the lower base in m? (N97 M 1) of the solid if every plane section perpendicular to a certain
a. 7.5 x 10 c. 6x8 diameter is an isosceles right triangle with one leg in the plane of
b. 4.5 x 6 d. 9 x 10 the base. (N00 M 6)
a. 21,333 cc c. 18,667 cc
39. The frustum of a regular triangular pyramid has equilateral b. 24,155 cc d. 20,433 cc
triangles for its bases. The lower and upper base edges are 9 m and
3 m, respectively. If the volume is 118.2 m3, how far apart are the 44. The base radius of a certain solid is 20 cm. Find the volume of the
bases? (N98 M 10) solid in cc if every cutting plane perpendicular to a given diameter
a. 9m c. 7m is an equilateral triangle. (N01 M 20)
b. 8m d. 10 m a. 16,543.29 c. 18,475.21
b. 19,453.87 d. 14,213.98
40. The frustum of a regular triangular pyramid has equilateral
triangles for its bases and has an altitude of 8 m. The lower base
edge is 9 m. If the volume is 135 m3, what is the upper base edge? VOLUME OF INTERSECTIONS
(M00 M 14)
a. 2m c. 4m 45. A square hole 2” x 2” is cut through a 6-inch diameter log along
b. 5m d. 3m its diameter and perpendicular to its axis. Find the volume of wood
that was removed. (N99 M 11)
41. A lateral edge of the frustum of a regular pyramid is 1.8 m long. a. 27.32 in3 c. 21.78 in3
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The upper base is a square 1 m x 1 m and the lower base 2.4 m x b. 23.54 in d. 34.62 in3
2.4 m square. Determine the volume of the frustum in m3. (N02 M
7) 46. A cylinder of radius 6 m has its axis along the X-axis. A second
a. 4.6 c. 5.7 cylinder of the same radius has its axis along the Y-axis. Find the
b. 3.3 d. 6.5 volume, in the first octant, common to the two cylinders. (M00 M
15)
a. 866 m3 c. 144 m3
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b. 1,152 m d. 288 m

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SPHERE 53. A mixture compound from equal parts of two liquids, one white
and the other black, was placed in a hemispherical bowl. The total
47. The volume of sphere of radius 1.2 m is: (M94 M 6) depth of the two liquids is 6”. After standing for a short time, the
a. 6,666 m3 c. 8,567 m3 mixture separated. The white liquid settled below the black. If the
b. 4,156 m3 d. 7,238 m3 thickness of the segment of the black liquid is 2”, find the radius of
the bowl in inches. (M96 M 22)
48. The corners of a cubical block touch the closed spherical shell that a. 7.53 c. 7.73
encloses it. The volume of the box is 2,744 cc. What volume in cc b. 7.33 d. 7.93
inside the shell is not occupied by the block? (M97 M 17)
a. 7,421 c. 4,721 54. The volume of the water in a spherical tank is 1,470.265 cm3.
b. 2,741 d. 1,321 Determine the depth of water if the tank has a diameter of 30 cm.
(N96 M 11)
49. What is the surface area of a sphere whose volume is 36 m3? (N98 a. 8 c. 6
M 20) b. 4 d. 10
a. 52.7 m2 c. 46.6 m2
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b. 48.7 m d. 54.6 m2 55. The volume of water in a spherical tank having a diameter of 4 m
is 5.236 m3. Determine the depth of the water in the tank. (N96 M
50. The volume of a sphere is 52 m3. Determine its surface area in 15)
square meters. (N99 M 24) a. 1.0 c. 1.4
a. 54.1 c. 56.32 b. 1.2 d. 1.6
b. 93.3 d. 67.35
56. 20.5 m3 of water is inside a spherical tank whose radius is 2 m.
Find the height of the water surface above the bottom of the tank,
SPHERICAL SEGMENT in meters. (M98 M 16)
a. 2.7 c. 2.3
51. What is the area, in m2, of the zone of a spherical segment having a b. 2.5 d. 2.1
volume of 1,470.265 m3 if the diameter of the sphere is 30 m? (N94
M 5) 57. A mixture compound from equal parts of two liquids, one white
a. 659.734 c. 848.23 and the other black, was placed in a hemispherical bowl. The total
b. 565.487 d. 753.982 depth of the two liquids is 6”. After standing for a short time, the
mixture separated. The white liquid settled below the black. If the
52. A sphere having a diameter of 30 cm is cut into 2 segments. The thickness of the segment of the black liquid is 2”, find the radius of
altitude of the first segment is 6 cm. What is the ratio of the area of the bowl in inches. (N99 M 10)
the zone of the second segment to that of the first? (M95 M 23) a. 7.53 c. 7.73
a. 4.5:1 c. 5:1 b. 7.33 d. 7.93
b. 5.5:1 d. 4:1

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SPHERICAL WEDGE

58. Find the radius of the spherical wedge whose volume is 12 m3 with
a central angle of 1.8 radians. (M03 M 7)
a. 2.36 m c. 2.52 m
b. 2.73 m d. 2.15 m

59. Determine the volume of a spherical wedge of radius 2 m and a

central angle of 1.25 radians. (N03 M 9)
a. 6.67 m3 c. 9.85 m3
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b. 8.64 m d. 5.74 m3

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