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Mensuration Question 1:
A 5 m wide cloth is used to make a conical tent of base diameter 14 m and height 24 m. Find the cost of cloth used at the rate of Rs. 25 per metre square. [Use π = 22/7]
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Mensuration Question 1 Detailed Solution
Given:
breadth = 5 m
diameter = 14 m
height = 24 m
Rate = Rs. 25/m
Formula used:
CSA(Cone) = 22/7 x r x l
l2 = h2 + r2
r = radius of the cone/tent(here)
h = slant height
CSA = Curved Surface Area
Solution:
r = 14/2 = 7 m
l = \(\sqrt{24^2 + 7^2} = \sqrt{576 + 49} = \sqrt{625}\)
l = 25 m
CSA = 22/7 x 7 x 25
CSA = 550 m2
Cost of cloth required = 550 x 25 = Rs. 13750
Hence, the correct option is 2.
Mensuration Question 2:
A solid iron cube of edge 24 cm is melted and recast into a rectangular sheet of thickness 2 mm. If the length (l) and breadth (b) of the sheet are in the ratio 6:5, then l + b (in cm) is
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Mensuration Question 2 Detailed Solution
Given:
Edge of solid iron cube = 24 cm
Thickness of rectangular sheet = 2 mm = 0.2 cm
Ratio of length (l) to breadth (b) = 6:5
Formula Used:
Volume of cube = Volume of rectangular sheet
Volume of cube = Edge3
Volume of rectangular sheet = Length × Breadth × Thickness
l / b = 6 / 5
Calculation:
Volume of cube = Edge3
⇒ Volume = 243
⇒ Volume = 13824 cm3
Volume of rectangular sheet = l × b × 0.2
⇒ 13824 = l × b × 0.2
⇒ l × b = 13824 / 0.2
⇒ l × b = 69120
l / b = 6 / 5
⇒ l = 6k, b = 5k
⇒ l × b = 6k × 5k
⇒ 69120 = 30k2
⇒ k2 = 69120 / 30
⇒ k2 = 2304
⇒ k = √2304
⇒ k = 48
l = 6k = 6 × 48 = 288 cm
b = 5k = 5 × 48 = 240 cm
l + b = 288 + 240
⇒ l + b = 528 cm
The correct answer is option 2 (528 cm).
Mensuration Question 3:
A solid metallic right circular cylinder of radius 3 inches and height 8 inches is melted and recast into identical hemispheres whose base is equal to the base of the cylinder. Then the number of hemispheres thus formed is
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Mensuration Question 3 Detailed Solution
Given:
Radius of cylinder = 3 inches.
Height of cylinder = 8 inches.
Formula Used:
Volume of cylinder = πr2h
Volume of hemisphere = (2/3)πr3
Calculation:
Volume of cylinder = π × 32 × 8
⇒ Volume of cylinder = π × 9 × 8
⇒ Volume of cylinder = 72π cubic inches
Volume of hemisphere = (2/3)π × 33
⇒ Volume of hemisphere = (2/3)π × 27
⇒ Volume of hemisphere = 18π cubic inches
Number of hemispheres = Volume of cylinder / Volume of hemisphere
⇒ Number of hemispheres = 72π / 18π
⇒ Number of hemispheres = 4
The number of hemispheres formed is 4.
Mensuration Question 4:
From a wooden cube of edge 14 cm, a right circular cone of maximum volume is carved out. If the volume of the removed portion of the cube is V, then 3 V (in cu.cm) is
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Mensuration Question 4 Detailed Solution
Given:
Edge of the wooden cube = 14 cm.
Formula Used:
Volume of the cube = Edge3
Volume of the cone = (1/3) × π × r2 × h
Maximum volume of the cone when it is carved from a cube: r = h/2, where h = edge of the cube.
Volume of the removed portion = Volume of the cube - Volume of the cone.
Calculation:
Volume of the cube = Edge3
⇒ Volume of the cube = 143
⇒ Volume of the cube = 2744 cm3
Radius (r) of the cone = h / 2 = 14 / 2 = 7 cm
Height (h) of the cone = 14 cm
Volume of the cone = (1/3) × π × r2 × h
⇒ Volume of the cone = (1/3) × 22/7 × 72 × 14
⇒ Volume of the cone = (1/3) × 22 × 49 × 2
⇒ Volume of the cone = (1/3) × 2156
⇒ Volume of the cone = 718.67 cm3
Volume of the removed portion (V) = Volume of the cube - Volume of the cone
⇒ V = 2744 - 718.67
⇒ V = 2025.33 cm3
3V = 3 × 2025.33
⇒ 3V = 6076 cm3
The value of 3V is 6076 cm3.
Mensuration Question 5:
The part above the cone filled with ice-cream looks as a hemisphere surmounted on its top. If the height and the radius of the cone are 13 cm and 4 cm respectively, then the volume (in cu.cm) of the ice-cream is
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Mensuration Question 5 Detailed Solution
Given:
Height of cone = 13 cm
Radius of cone = 4 cm
Radius of hemisphere = 4 cm
Formula Used:
Volume of cone = (1/3) × π × r2 × h
Volume of hemisphere = (2/3) × π × r3
Total volume = Volume of cone + Volume of hemisphere
Calculation:
Volume of cone = (1/3) × π × 42 × 13
⇒ Volume of cone = (1/3) × π × 16 × 13
⇒ Volume of cone = (208/3)π
Volume of hemisphere = (2/3) × π × 43
⇒ Volume of hemisphere = (2/3) × π × 64
⇒ Volume of hemisphere = (128/3)π
Total volume = (208/3)π + (128/3)π
⇒ Total volume = (336/3)π
⇒ Total volume = 112π
Using π ≈ 3.14:
Total volume = 112 × 3.14
⇒ Total volume = 351.68 cm3
The volume of the ice-cream is approximately 352 cm3.
Top Mensuration MCQ Objective Questions
Six chords of equal lengths are drawn inside a semicircle of diameter 14√2 cm. Find the area of the shaded region?
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Mensuration Question 6 Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFGiven:
Diameter of semicircle = 14√2 cm
Radius = 14√2/2 = 7√2 cm
Total no. of chords = 6
Concept:
Since the chords are equal in length, they will subtend equal angles at the centre. Calculate the area of one sector and subtract the area of the isosceles triangle formed by a chord and radius, then multiply the result by 6 to get the desired result.
Formula used:
Area of sector = (θ/360°) × πr2
Area of triangle = 1/2 × a × b × Sin θ
Calculation:
The angle subtended by each chord = 180°/no. of chord
⇒ 180°/6
⇒ 30°
Area of sector AOB = (30°/360°) × (22/7) × 7√2 × 7√2
⇒ (1/12) × 22 × 7 × 2
⇒ (77/3) cm2
Area of triangle AOB = 1/2 × a × b × Sin θ
⇒ 1/2 × 7√2 × 7√2 × Sin 30°
⇒ 1/2 × 7√2 × 7√2 × 1/2
⇒ 49/2 cm2
∴ Area of shaded region = 6 × (Area of sector AOB - Area of triangle AOB)
⇒ 6 × [(77/3) – (49/2)]
⇒ 6 × [(154 – 147)/6]
⇒ 7 cm2
∴ Area of shaded region is 7 cm2
There is a rectangular garden of 220 metres × 70 metres. A path of width 4 metres is built around the garden. What is the area of the path?
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Mensuration Question 7 Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFFormula used
Area = length × breath
Calculation
The garden EFGH is shown in the figure. Where EF = 220 meters & EH = 70 meters.
The width of the path is 4 meters.
Now the area of the path leaving the four colored corners
= [2 × (220 × 4)] + [2 × (70 × 4)]
= (1760 + 560) square meter
= 2320 square meters
Now, the area of 4 square colored corners:
4 × (4 × 4)
{∵ Side of each square = 4 meter}
= 64 square meter
The total area of the path = the area of the path leaving the four colored corners + square colored corners
⇒ Total area of the path = 2320 + 64 = 2384 square meter
∴ Option 4 is the correct answer.
The width of the path around a square field is 4.5 m and its area is 105.75 m2. Find the cost of fencing the field at the rate of Rs. 100 per meter.
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Mensuration Question 8 Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFGiven:
The width of the path around a square field = 4.5 m
The area of the path = 105.75 m2
Formula used:
The perimeter of a square = 4 × Side
The area of a square = (Side)2
Calculation:
Let, each side of the field = x
Then, each side with the path = x + 4.5 + 4.5 = x + 9
So, (x + 9)2 - x2 = 105.75
⇒ x2 + 18x + 81 - x2 = 105.75
⇒ 18x + 81 = 105.75
⇒ 18x = 105.75 - 81 = 24.75
⇒ x = 24.75/18 = 11/8
∴ Each side of the square field = 11/8 m
The perimterer = 4 × (11/8) = 11/2 m
So, the total cost of fencing = (11/2) × 100 = Rs. 550
∴ The cost of fencing of the field is Rs. 550
Shortcut TrickIn such types of questions,
Area of path outside the Square is,
⇒ (2a + 2w)2w = 105.75
here, a is a side of a square and w is width of a square
⇒ (2a + 9)9 = 105.75
⇒ 2a + 9 = 11.75
⇒ 2a = 2.75
Perimeter of a square = 4a
⇒ 2 × 2a = 2 × 2.75 = 5.50
costing of fencing = 5.50 × 100 = 550
∴ The cost of fencing of the field is Rs. 550
If the side of an equilateral triangle is increased by 34%, then by what percentage will its area increase?
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Mensuration Question 9 Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFGiven:
The sides of an equilateral triangle are increased by 34%.
Formula used:
Effective increment % = Inc.% + Inc.% + (Inc.2/100)
Calculation:
Effective increment = 34 + 34 + {(34 × 34)/100}
⇒ 68 + 11.56 = 79.56%
∴ The correct answer is 79.56%.
The length of an arc of a circle is 4.5π cm and the area of the sector circumscribed by it is 27π cm2. What will be the diameter (in cm) of the circle?
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Mensuration Question 10 Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFGiven :
Length of an arc of a circle is 4.5π.
Area of the sector circumscribed by it is 27π cm2.
Formula Used :
Area of sector = θ/360 × πr2
Length of arc = θ/360 × 2πr
Calculation :
According to question,
⇒ 4.5π = θ/360 × 2πr
⇒ 4.5 = θ/360 × 2r -----------------(1)
⇒ 27π = θ/360 × πr2
⇒ 27 = θ/360 × r2 ---------------(2)
Doing equation (1) ÷ (2)
⇒ 4.5/27 = 2r/πr2
⇒ 4.5/27 = 2/r
⇒ r = (27 × 2)/4.5
⇒ Diameter = 2r = 24
∴ The correct answer is 24.
A wire is bent to form a square of side 22 cm. If the wire is rebent to form a circle, then its radius will be:
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Mensuration Question 11 Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFGiven:
The side of the square = 22 cm
Formula used:
The perimeter of the square = 4 × a (Where a = Side of the square)
The circumference of the circle = 2 × π × r (Where r = The radius of the circle)
Calculation:
Let us assume the radius of the circle be r
⇒ The perimeter of the square = 4 × 22 = 88 cm
⇒ The circumference of the circle = 2 × π × r
⇒ 88 = 2 × (22/7) × r
⇒ \(r = {{88\ \times\ 7 }\over {22\ \times \ 2}}\)
⇒ r = 14 cm
∴ The required result will be 14 cm.
A solid hemisphere has radius 21 cm. It is melted to form a cylinder such that the ratio of its curved surface area to total surface area is 2 ∶ 5. What is the radius (in cm) of its base (take π = \(\frac{{22}}{7}\))?
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Mensuration Question 12 Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFGiven:
The radius of a solid hemisphere is 21 cm.
The ratio of the cylinder's curved surface area to its Total surface area is 2/5.
Formula used:
The curved surface area of the cylinder = 2πRh
The total surface area of cylinder = 2πR(R + h)
The volume of the cylinder = πR2h
The volume of the solid hemisphere = 2/3πr³
(where r is the radius of a solid hemisphere and R is the radius of a cylinder)
Calculations:
According to the question,
CSA/TSA = 2/5
⇒ [2πRh]/[2πR(R + h)] = 2/5
⇒ h/(R + h) = 2/5
⇒ 5h = 2R + 2h
⇒ h = (2/3)R .......(1)
The cylinder's volume and the volume of a solid hemisphere are equal.
⇒ πR2h = (2/3)πr3
⇒ R2 × (2/3)R = (2/3) × (21)3
⇒ R3 = (21)3
⇒ R = 21 cm
∴ The radius (in cm) of its base is 21 cm.
The surface area of three faces of a cuboid sharing a vertex are 20 m2, 32 m2 and 40 m2. What is the volume of the cuboid?
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Mensuration Question 13 Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe surface area of three faces of a cuboid sharing a vertex are 20 m2, 32 m2 and 40 m2,
⇒ L × B = 20 sq. Mt
⇒ B × H = 32 sq. Mt
⇒ L × H = 40 sq. Mt
⇒ L × B × B × H × L × H = 20 × 32 × 40
⇒ L2B2H2 = 25600
⇒ LBH = 160
∴ Volume = LBH = 160 m3A solid cube of side 8 cm is dropped into a rectangular container of length 16 cm, breadth 8 cm and height 15 cm which is partly filled with water. If the cube is completely submerged, then the rise of water level (in cm) is:
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Mensuration Question 14 Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFGiven:
Each side of the cube = 8 cm
The rectangular container has a length of 16 cm, breadth of 8 cm, and height of 15 cm
Formula used:
The volume of cube = (Edge)3
The volume of a cuboid = Length × Breadth × Height
Calculation:
The volume of cube = The volume of the rectangular container with a length of 16 cm, breadth of 8 cm, and height of the water level rise
Let, the height of the water level will rise = x cm
So, 83 = 16 × 8 × x
⇒ 512 = 128 × x
⇒ x = 512/128 = 4
∴ The rise of water level (in cm) is 4 cm
The sum of length, breadth and height of a cuboid is 21 cm and the length of its diagonal is 13 cm. Then the total surface area of the cuboid is
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Mensuration Question 15 Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFGiven:
Sum of length,, breadth and height of a cuboid = 21 cm
Length of the diagonal(d) = 13 cm
Formula used:
d2 = l2 + b2 + h2
T.S.A of cuboid = 2(lb + hb +lh)
Calculation:
⇒ l2 + b2 + h2 = 132 = 169
According to question,
⇒ (l + b + h)2 = 441
⇒ l2 + b2 + h2 + 2(lb + hb +lh) = 441
⇒ 2(lb + hb +lh) = 441 - 169 = 272
∴ The answer is 272 cm2 .