Prisms, cylinders and surface area
8 exam-style questions, grades 3 to 7. Worked solutions and the marks are on the last page.
- Question 1
This question is about volumes of prisms.
(a) A prism has a cross-section of area and a length of 9 cm. Work out its volume.
(b) A cuboid measures 5 cm by 4 cm by 3 cm. Work out its volume.
- Question 2
A prism has a right-angled triangle as its cross-section. The triangle's sides are 3 cm, 4 cm and 5 cm (the right angle is between the 3 cm and 4 cm sides). The prism is 10 cm long.
(a) Work out the total surface area of the prism.
- Question 3
(a) A cylindrical container has internal radius 3 cm and height 14 cm. It is exactly half full of water. Work out the volume of water. Give your answer in terms of
- Question 4
A right triangular prism has perpendicular cross-section sides 6 cm and 8 cm. Its length is 5 cm.
(a) Find the volume.
(b) Find the total surface area.
- Question 5
A closed cylinder has radius 3 cm and height 8 cm.
(a) Find its volume exactly in terms of pi.
(b) Find the total surface area exactly.
- Question 6
An open cuboid tank has base 6 cm by 9 cm and volume 324 cm³. Its walls have negligible thickness.
(a) Find its height.
(b) Find the area of material in its base and four sides.
- Question 7
A cylindrical tank has radius 30 cm and height 80 cm. It is full of water. The water is poured into empty cuboid containers, each 20 cm by 20 cm by 25 cm.
(a) Work out the greatest number of containers that can be filled completely.
- Question 8
A closed cylinder has radius 5 cm and volume .
(a) Work out the total surface area of the cylinder. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
Worked solutions and marks
Question 1
(a)
- Volume of a prism area of cross-section length .
- M1 Writing .
- A1 .
(b)
- .
- B1 .
Question 2
(a)
- Two triangular ends.
- Three rectangles, one for each side of the triangle.
- Add.
- P1 Area of both triangular ends, 12.
- P1 Areas of the three rectangles, 30, 40 and 50.
- A1 .
Question 3
(a)
- A cylinder has volume , so the full volume is 14 = cm³.
- Half of this volume is cm³.
- P1 Establishing or an equivalent valid method.
- A1 Correct answer:
Question 4
(a) cm³
- Find the triangular cross-section area.
- Multiply by the length of the prism.
- Therefore cm³.
- P1 Find the triangular cross-section area.
- P1 Multiply by the length of the prism.
- A1 Correct answer: cm³
(b) cm²
- Add the two triangular ends and rectangles along all three triangle sides.
- Therefore cm².
- P1 Add the two triangular ends and rectangles along all three triangle sides.
- A1 Correct answer: cm²
Question 5
(a)
- Multiply the circular base area by the height.
- Therefore .
- M1 Multiply the circular base area by the height.
- A1 Correct answer:
(b)
- Add two circular ends and the curved area.
- Therefore .
- M1 Add two circular ends and the curved area.
- A1 Correct answer:
Question 6
(a) cm
- Divide volume by base area.
- Therefore cm.
- M1 Divide volume by base area.
- A1 Correct answer: cm
(b) cm²
- Include the base once and the two pairs of side faces.
- Therefore cm².
- P1 Include the base once and the two pairs of side faces.
- A1 Correct answer: cm²
Question 7
(a) 22
- Volume of the tank.
- Volume of one container.
- Divide.
- Only 22 containers can be filled completely.
- P1 Volume of the cylinder, .
- P1 Volume of a container, 10 000.
- P1 Dividing the tank's volume by a container's volume.
- A1 Correct answer: 22 containers.
Question 8
(a)
- Find the height from the volume.
- Curved surface.
- Two ends.
- Total.
- P1 Rearranging to find .
- P1 The curved surface area with their .
- P1 Adding both circular ends, .
- A1 (awrt 557).