Unit 3: Geometry and Trigonometry

Topic 3.1: Volumes and Surface Areas of 3D Shapes Questions

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A cylinder has radius 5 cm and height 12 cm. Find its volume (to 3 s.f.).
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A sphere has radius 7 cm. Find its volume and surface area.
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Find the distance between A(2.5, 3.5) and B(8.5, 11.5).
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A surveyor places a point M at the midpoint of A(3, 12) and B(15, -4). Find the coordinates of M.
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A cylinder has radius 3 cm and height 10 cm. Find its TOTAL surface area (closed).
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A cone has radius 6 cm and vertical height 8 cm. Find its volume.
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A rectangle has vertices at (1, 2), (7, 2), (7, 10), (1, 10). Find the length of the diagonal.
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Find the distance between A(0, 5, 12) and B(0, 0, 0).
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Two coordinates A(2, 4) and B(2, 10) are on a vertical line. Find the distance.
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Find the distance from the origin to (3, 4) and to (5, 12). Which point is farther?
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Find the distance between A(0, 0) and B(6, 8).
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Find the distance between A(2, 3) and B(7, 15).
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A circle has centre C(3, 5) and passes through point P(8, 17). Find the radius.
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Find the midpoint of A(1, 9) and B(7, 3).
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Find the midpoint of A(-5, 8) and B(11, -4).
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Find the distance between P(-3, 4) and Q(5, -2).
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Two villages A(2, 5) and B(11, 17) are on a map where each unit represents 1 km. Find the straight-line distance between them.
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A field is rectangular with corners at (0, 0), (300, 0), (300, 400) and (0, 400) (in metres). Find the diagonal walking distance.
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Find the distance from the origin to the point (-9, 12).
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A cuboid has dimensions 8 × 5 × 3 cm. Find its volume and surface area.
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