Geometry of 3D Shapes (DP IB Maths: AI HL)

Exam Questions

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1a
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The height of a regulation basketball is 2286 space mm. Assuming the surface of the basketball is a sphere:

Calculate the circumference of the basketball.

1b
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Calculate the surface area of the basketball.

1c
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Calculate the volume of the basketball.

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A waffle ice cream cone forms a right circular cone that has a volume of 120 space cm cubed and a radius of 2.8 space cm.

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Find the height, h, of the cone.

2b
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Find the slant height, l, of the cone.

2c
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Calculate the curved surface area of the cone.

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A baking container has the shape of a cylinder, as shown in the diagram below. The diameter of the baking container is 6.7 cm and its volume, V, is 80 space cm cubed.

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Find the height, h, of the baking container.

3b
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A bowl full of cake batter has the shape of a hemisphere, as shown in the diagram below. The cake batter is poured into the baking container and fills a quarter of the container.

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Find the radius, r, of the bowl.

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4a
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Hamish is building a tree hut using cylindrical logs of length 1.1 straight m and radius 11.4 cm.

A wedge is cut from the logs as shown.

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Find the length, in cm, of the

(i)
minor arc AB

(ii)
major arc AB.
4b
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Find the area of the empty sector OAB.

4c
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Find the volume of each log. Give your answer in cm cubed.

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5a
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Vivian has two containers. The first container is in the shape of a cylinder with diameter 28 space cm and height 37 space cm. The second container is in the shape of a cuboid with width 28 space cm, height 37 space cm and length x cm.

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Calculate the surface area of the first container.

5b
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Both containers have the same surface area.

Find the value of x.

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6a
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A stone is in the shape of a sphere with radius 1.84 space straight m.

Calculate the volume of the stone.

6b
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The stone is cooled and its volume decreases by 1 percent sign.

Calculate the radius of the stone following this decrease.

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7a
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A right pyramid has square base ABCD and apex straight V. The sides of the square base are 5.8 space cm  and the sloping edges are 12.4 space cm.

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Calculate the length of VM..

7b
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Calculate the volume of the pyramid.

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A storage warehouse consists of a cuboid measuring 15 space straight m cross times 32 space straight m cross times 35 space straight m and a roof in the shape of an isosceles triangular prism with side lengths of 21 space straight m, as shown in the diagram. The total exterior surface of the storage warehouse is to be painted. 

Find the area to be painted. Give your answer to the nearest straight m squared.

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Two planes, A and B, are coming into land at Sharp airport. The locations of the planes and Sharp airport can be described by coordinates on an x comma space y comma space z axes, where x and y represent the distance east and north of Sharp airport respectively and z represents the altitude of the planes. Plane A has coordinates left parenthesis 11 comma 14 comma 4 right parenthesis, plane B has coordinates left parenthesis 4 comma 17 comma 3 right parenthesis and Sharp airport has coordinates left parenthesis 0 comma 0 comma 0 right parenthesis. All distances are in km.

Determine which plane is farthest away from Sharp airport.

9b
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Calculate the distance between plane straight A and plane straight B.

9c
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After an hour of flying, plane A has coordinates left parenthesis negative 8 comma 20 comma 5 right parenthesis. Realizing the plane is low on fuel, the pilot decides to make an emergency landing at the closest airport. His two options are Sharp airport or Kit airport, located at left parenthesis negative 15 comma 1 comma 0 right parenthesis.

State which airport the pilot land the plane.

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A trapezoidal prism, ABCDEFGH, is shown in the diagram below. The length of the base is 7.5 cm and the width is 6.3 cm.  The height of the prism is 6.5 cm and the length BF is 8.8 cm.  In the trapezoidal cross-section ABFE side AB is parallel to side EF.

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Calculate the length AB.

1b
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Find the size of the angle straight B straight H with hat on top straight A.

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2a
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In the diagram below ABCD is the square base of a right pyramid with vertex V. The centre of the base is M. The sides of the square base are 4.2 cm and the vertical height is 10.6 cm.

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Calculate the area of the triangle ABV.

2b
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Calculate the length of AV.

2c
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Find the size of the angle AV spacemakes with the square base ABCD.

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3a
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A symmetrical candle with the shape of a right circular cone has a circular base with radius r cm and an initial height of h subscript 1 cm. As the candle burns the height decreases, and the shapes of the candle becomes a frustum with the same base radius.

Find an expression, in terms of h subscript 1, for the height of the remaining unburnt candle, h subscript 2, when exactly a quarter of the initial volume has been burnt.

3b
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The height of the candle is 5cm when a quarter of its volume has been burnt.

Calculate the initial height of the candle.

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ABCDEF is a pencil case in the shape of a triangular prism. The end of the pencil case is an isosceles triangle where AC = 4 cm and AB = BC = 6 cm. The length of the pencil case is 11 cm. M is the midpoint of AC. This information is shown in the diagram below.

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Show that the volume of the pencil case is 88 square root of 2 space cm cubed.

4b
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Calculate angle straight B straight F with hat on top straight M.

4c
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Find the length of the longest pencil that could fit into the pencil case.

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A coffee scoop is made out of 2 mm thick stainless steel. It is in the shape of a hemisphere and has an outer diameter of 3.8 cm.

Show that the outer surface area of the scoop is  361 over 50 pi space cm squared.

5b
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Calculate the volume of coffee that the scoop can hold, in cm cubed.

5c
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The density of the coffee when compacted in the scoop is 0.825 g/cm3.  A single bag of ground coffee beans contains 350 g and costs $16. 

Calculate the cost per scoop of ground coffee.

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6a
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Two points, A (2, 1, 3) and B (5, 2, 6), are located on an xyz coordinate grid as shown in the diagram below.

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Find the length of AB.

6b
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Find the coordinates of the midpoint of [AB].

6c
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Calculate the angle between the line (AB) and xy plane.

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7a
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A number of model buildings are created in the shape of a rectangular based right pyramid. A single model, ABCDE, has a base of 4.6 cm by 7.2 cm and a slant height of 8.3 cm, as shown in the diagram below.

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Calculate the volume of one of the models.

7b
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The entire surface of the model is to be painted with the exception of the base, which will be glued to the surface on which the models are to be set up.  An 18 ml pot of model paint will cover an area of 120 cm squared.

Calculate the number of pots of paint that would need to be purchased to paint 8 of these models.

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8a
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The packaging for a particular firework consists of a thin piece of cardboard in the shape of a right cone with a height of 7.5 cm. The radius of the base is 5.3 cm.

Calculate the area of cardboard required for the packaging.

8b
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Calculate the volume of the cone.

8c
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The firework company wants to reduce the amount of packaging material used without changing the volume of the cone.  

Calculate the radius that the cone needs to be if the height is increased to 7.8 cm. Give your answer to 1 decimal place.

8d
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Using your answer from part (c) show that the new cone will require less packaging material than the original cone.

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9a
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A company manufactures metal doorknobs that consist of a cylinder of radius 27 mm and height 20 mm topped with a solid hemisphere. The cylindrical portion is also solid, save for a cylindrical hole in the base with diameter 4 mm and depth 19 mm to accommodate a screw. The axis of the cylindrical hole is perpendicular to the base of the doorknob. A diagram showing this information can be seen below.

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Show that the volume of material required to construct the doorknob is 27   626 pi space mm cubed.

9b
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The cost of the metal used to make the doorknob has risen to $ 0.00027 divided by mm cubed.

Calculate the amount of money that will be saved per doorknob if the diameter of the doorknob is reduced by 5 mm. Give your answer to 2 decimal places.

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10a
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A rectangular swimming pool is to be constructed with length 22 m and width 14 m. The depth of the swimming pool is 3.1 m at the deep end rising to 1.2 m at the shallow end as shown in the diagram below. The four vertical sides of the swimming pool are all perpendicular to the horizontal top surface.

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The pool is filled to a height of 14 cm below the top edge of the pool.

Calculate the volume of water in the swimming pool.

10b
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A partial draining of the water is required to investigate a problem with one of the walls, so 2 over 3 of the water is temporarily removed. 

Find the height of the water that is now in the deepest part of the pool.

10c
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Calculate the area of the base of the pool that is left uncovered by water.

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Sphere 1 has radius r subscript 1, volume V subscript 1 and surface area straight A subscript 1, and sphere 2 has radius r subscript 2, volume V subscript 2 and surface area straight A subscript 2. Sphere 2 has eight times the mass of sphere 1 and both spheres are made out of the same material.  Find the ratio of extra paint needed to paint the surface of sphere 2 compared to that needed to paint the surface of sphere 1.

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A lunchbox has a rectangular base of length 18 cm and width 12.5 cm. The height of the box at the front, shallower end is 6.4 cm, rising to a height of 9.6 cm at the far end. There is an internal divider that is parallel to the front and the back, situated at a distance of x cm from the shallower end of the box. All of the sides are perpendicular to the base.  
A diagram representing this information is given below.

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Calculate the total volume of the lunchbox.

2b
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Show that the volume of the front, shallower compartment can be expressed as

10 x open parentheses fraction numerator 72 plus x over denominator 9 end fraction close parentheses space cm cubed

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3a
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A firepit is constructed from a solid cuboid of stone, ABCDEFGH, with a length and width of 62 cm and a height of 42 cm. A depression in the shape of a hemisphere with diameter 48 cm is removed from the centre of the top face of the cuboid. M is the centre of the base of the hole. This information can be seen in the diagram below.

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Calculate the distance MA.

3b
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The density of the stone is 1602 space kg divided by straight m cubed.

Calculate the mass of a single firepit.

3c
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The cost of the stone is AUS $ 676 space per space straight m cubed and labour costs AUS $ 38 per hour.  It takes 4 hours to make one firepit. The company constructing the firepits has a budget of AUS $ 2000.  

Calculate the number of firepits that can be constructed within budget. You need only consider the volume of stone in a completed firepit in your answer.

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A building is to be constructed with a concrete slab foundation. In order to accommodate this foundation, a rectangular section of earth measuring 25 m by 28 m is removed to a depth of 1.3 m. The removed earth is used to create a hemispherical landscaped feature in order to reduce waste.  

Calculate the diameter of the landscaped hemisphere that can be created.

4b
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The architect has decided that a cylindrical area 2 m in height would be more appropriate than a hemisphere as a design feature.

Given that the maximum straight-line distance that is available on the site for landscaping features is 20 m, show that the cylindrical design would not be suitable for the site.

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5a
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The diagram below shows a product in the shape of a sphere with radius 3.6 cm. The product is packed in cuboidal packing crates measuring 1.7 m by 0.9 m with a depth of 22 cm. The spheres are stacked directly on top of and next to each other, using gum to fix them in position. Each layer contains the same number of spheres.

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Find the number of spheres that can be packed in a single crate.

5b
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Calculate the volume of unused space between the spheres.

5c
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The company that has created the product wants to reduce costs by increasing the number of items that they can pack in one crate. They re-design the product in the shape of a cylinder keeping the radius and the volume the same.

Show that, to 3 significant figures, there is a 30.9% decrease in unused space in the packing crate if the cylindrical tube design is used instead of the spherical design.

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The diagram below shows a door wedge, ABCDEFGH.  ADEH is a horizontal surface and angles straight G straight H with hat on top ̂ D and straight F straight E with hat on top straight A are right angles. The face space ABCD spaceis a square face parallel to EFGH with the centres ofspace AD spaceand EH being aligned.  FG space equals space 12 space cm,  GH space equals space 7 space cm,  DH space equals space 15 space cm  and  AD space equals space 2 space cm. This information is represented in the diagram below.

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Find the size of the angle straight C straight G with hat on top straight H.

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Calculate the length AG.

6c
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(i)
Find the perpendicular distance between BC and FG.

(ii)
Hence find the angle that the plane BCFG makes with the horizontal.

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The diagram below shows a frustum, ABCDEFGH, that has been made by removing a square based pyramid of height 4 space cm from a solid square based pyramid of height 12 space cm and base length 3 space cm. Plane space EFGH spaceis parallel to plane ABCD.

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Calculate the volume of the frustum.

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Calculate the surface area of the frustum.

7c
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Find the length AG.

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A cuboid, ABCDEFGH, has sides of length 2 x space cm comma space 2 square root of 3 x space cm, and x space cm.  

A diagram representing this information is shown below.

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Show that the length BH can be expressed as square root of 17 x space cm

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Find an expression that describes the surface area of the cuboid.

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M is the midpoint of AF.

Find the angle that the line MG makes with the horizontal plane.

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An ice cream cone is in the form of a right cone with a slant height of 9.1 cm and a perpendicular height of 8.7 cm. The bottom of the ice cream cone is filled with chocolate. The top of the chocolate layer is a circle of diameter 1 cm parallel to the circle forming the open top of the cone. A diagram representing this information can be seen below.

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A sphere of ice cream, with radius r, is placed on top of the cone. It can be assumed that when the ice cream melts it will run into the cone and not down the sides until the cone is full and overflows.

Find the radius r that the sphere of ice cream must have in order for it to fill the space inside the cone perfectly when melted, leaving no empty space and not overflowing.

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A spherical ball bearing of radius 4 mm is fired onto a vertical surface made of soft clay and is embedded to a depth of 2.3 mm. The shape of the ball bearing is not distorted by the impact.

A spherical cap is a portion of a sphere cut off with a plane, as can be seen in the diagram below.

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The volume of a spherical cap can be calculated using the following formula: V equals 1 third pi h squared left parenthesis 3 r minus h right parenthesis

where r is the radius of the sphere and h is the height of the spherical cap.

Calculate the volume of soft clay that is displaced by the ball bearing.

10b
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Find the angle between the plane forming the cap and the radius connecting the centre of the sphere to the point where the plane intersects the surface of the sphere.

10c
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A second ball bearing is fired at the soft clay surface and is embedded to a depth of 2.8 mm. The volume of soft clay that is displaced is the same as it is in part (a).

Find the surface area of the second ball bearing.

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