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PSE MODULE 3.1
1. What is the value of each interior angle of a regular pentagon? 16. The bases of a right prism are a hexagon with one side 6 cm long. If
A. /5 C. /2 the volume of the prism is 450 cm3, how apart are the bases?
B. 2/5 D.3/5* A. 4.81 cm * C. 5.32 cm
B. 4.22 cm D. 5.06 cm
2. How many gallons are there in 10 cubic meters of liquid? 17. A polyhedron is said to be ___ , If every section of the polyhedron is
A. 748 gal C. 2641.7 gal * a convex polygon.
B. 74.80 gal D. 7.480 gal A. concave C. maximum
B. convex * D. minimum
3. The number of board feet in a plank 3 inches thick, 1 foot wide and 20
feet long.
18. Polyhedrons are classified according to their
A. 20 C. 60 *
A. bases C. faces*
B. 30 D. 120
B. sides D. vertices
4. How many sides are there if a polygon has 54 diagonals?
A. 18 C. 10 19. The _____ of a circle of a sphere is the spherical distance to any point
B. 15 D. 12 * of it from it’s nearer pole.
A. polar distance* C. oblique
5. What is the value of each angle of regular decagon? B. poles D. chordal distance
A. 144* C. 200
B. 234 D. 145 20. The volume of a right circular cone is equal to one - third the product
of its base by its altitude
A. axiom C. theorem *
6. A regular hexagon with an area of 93.53 square centimeters is B. postulate D. corollary
inscribed in a circle. The area in the circle not covered by the hexagon
is:
A. 18.38 cm2 C.16.72 cm2 21. If two points of a straight line lie in a plane, every point of the line lies
B. 19.57 cm2 * D. 15.68 cm2 on the plane.
A. axiom C. theorem
B. postulate* D. corollary
7. The area of a regular decagon inscribed in a circle of 15 cm diameter
is:
A. 156 sq. cm. C.158 sq. cm. 22. The length of the side of a square is increased by 100%. The perimeter
B. 165 sq. cm.* D.177 sq. cm. is increased by ______.
A. 25% C. 200%
B. 100% * D. 150%
8. A polygon has 170 diagonals. Compute the number of sides?
A. 20* C.18
23. The area of a rhombus is 168 m2. If one of its diagonal is 12 m, find
B. 25 D. 26
the length of the sides of a rhombus.
9. The sum of the interior angle of a polygon is 2,5200. How many are A. 15.23 * C. 14.22
the sides? B. 10.42 D. 12.43
A. 14 C.15
B. 16* D.17 24. If the edge of the cube is increased by 20%, find the percentage
increase in volume?
10. The volume of a regular pyramid whose base area is a regular hexagon A. 72.8% * C. 76.3 %
is 156 cm3. If the altitude of the pyramid is 5 cm, determine the length B. 83.2% D. 63.3%
of the sides of the base.
A. 4 cm C. 3 cm 25. The volume of a right prism with an altitude of 15 m and having an
B. 5 cm D. 6 cm * equilateral triangle as its base is equal to 234 m3. Determine the length
of the side of the triangular base.
11. Find the volume of a hexagonal spherical pyramid whose base angles A. 6 * C. 8
B. 7 D. 5
are 135, 105, 122, 110, 131 and 142 on a sphere
of radius 20 in.
26. The interior angles of a polygon are in arithmetic progression. The
A. 1163.55 in3 * C. 1205.92 in3 least angle is 120° and the common difference is 5°. Find the number
B. 1243.22 in3 D. 1043.32 in3 of sides.
A. 8 C. 11
12. What is the distance between two points of a sphere is the smaller arc B. 9 * D. 10
of the great circle between them?
A. spherical arc C. spherical distance* 27. If the perimeter of a rhombus is 40 cm and one of its diagonals is 12,
B. spherical polygon D. spherical angle find the other diagonal.
A. 16 * C. 10
13. The ____ of a polygon of n sides is the excess of the sum of the B. 12 D. 20
polygon over (n - 2) 180
A. spherical distance C. spherical excess * 28. A circle of radius 10 cm is inscribed in a regular hexagon. Find the
B. remainder D. spherical polygon area of the hexagon
A. 346.41 * C. 132.32
14. The lengths of two corresponding sides of two similar polygons are 4 B. 432.32 D. 234.32
and 7. If the perimeter of the smaller polygon is 20, find the perimeter
of the larger polygon 29. Compute the area of regular hexagon inscribed in a circle of radius 1
A. 20 C. 10 cm.
B. 35 * D. 15 A. 3.698 C. 2.698
B. 3.598 D. 2.598*
15. If two dihedral angles have a common edge and a common face
between them, they are:
A. common dihedral angles
B. adjacent dihedral angles*

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30. How many diagonals are there in a dodecagon? 44. Three spheres of radii 10, 20 and 30 cm respectively, are melted and
A. 27 * C. 54 formed into a single sphere. Find the volume of the single sphere.
B. 20 D. 30 A. 48,000 * C. 50,000
B. 45,000 D. 42,000
31. By how much is the increase in volume of a cube if each edge is
increase by 1 %? 45. The corner of a 2-meter square is cut off to form a regular octagon.
A. 4.03 % C. 3.03 % * Determine the length of the resulting side of the octagon?
B. 2.03 % D. 1.03 %% A. 0.834 C. 0.732
B. 0.724 D. 0.828 *
32. A cubical container measured 50.8 mm on a side is tightly packed with
eight marbles. The container is filled with water. All eight marbles are 46. A polygon has 170 diagonals. How many sides does it have?
in contact with the walls of the container and the adjacent marbles. A. 20 * C. 25
Considering that the marbles are of the same size, compute the volume B. 30 D. 28
of water in the container?
A. 62,454.54 * C. 68,641.97 47. The frustum of a regular triangular pyramid has equilateral triangles
B. 45,312.34 D. 131,096 for its bases and has an altitude of 8 m. The lower base edge is 9 m. If
the volume is 135 cu. m., what is the upper base edge?
33. The lateral area of a right circular cone is 4 times the area of the base.
A. 2 m C. 5 m
Find the angle at which an element of the cone is inclined to the base.
B. 4 m D. 3 m *
A. 7645’ C. 7531’ *
B. 7336’ D. 7742’
48. What is the volume of a right circular cylinder inscribed in a cube of
edge 10 cm?
34. In a circle with a diameter of 10 m, a regular five pointed star touching A. 200 C. 220
its circumference is inscribed. What is the area of the part not covered
B. 250 * D. 210
by the star?
A. 60.2 m2 C. 50.48 m2 *
B. 45.24 m 2 D. 71.28 m2 49. Two men A and B started to walk from the same point on the
circumference of a circle whose radius is 300 m; each man walking at
35. Find the area of a regular pentagon whose side is 25 m and apothem the rate of 120 meters per minute. If A walks toward the center of the
is 17.2 m. circle and B along the circumference, what will be the distance of the
A. 846 m2 C. 1090 m2 two men after one minute ?
B. 1075 m2 * D. 988 m2 A. 151.4 m * C. 184.5 m
B. 200.5 m D. 132.7 m
36. The volume of a sphere is 36 cm3. Determine the surface area of the
sphere. 50. A rhombus is formed by two radii and two chords of a circle of
A. 36 * C. 24  diameter 20 units. What is the area of the rhombus ?
B. 28 D. 30 A. 56.78 C. 86.60 *
B. 45.76 D. 221.70
37. A sphere having a diameter of 30 cm is cut into 2 segments. The 51. A cow is tethered to a stake at the corner of a field where the
altitude of the first segment is 6 cm. What is the ratio of the area of the boundaries intersect at an angle of 68. How long must the rope be so
second segment to that of the first? that the cow can graze over 300 m2?
A. 2 C. 3 A. 24.5 C. 21.5
B. 4 * D. 2.5 B. 23.5 D. 22.5 *

38. Find the area of the spherical lune whose angle is 75 on a sphere of 52. Calculate the volume of a tetrahedron of 10 inches in its sides.
radius 30 cm. A. 131.35 C. 117.85 *
A. 2356.19 cm2 * C. 2054.34 cm2 B. 124.30 D. 115.49
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B. 2052.52 cm D. 2257.26 cm2
53. Find the volume of a spherical wedge whose angle is 54 on a sphere
39. The height of a circular cone with circular base is h. If it contains of radius 27 cm.
water to a depth of 2/3 h, what is the ratio of the volume of the water to A. 12,367.19 cm3 * C. 12,422.42 cm3
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that of the cone? B. 11,243.42 cm D. 10,626.71 cm3
A. 1:27 C. 26:27 *
B. 8:27 D. 24:27 54. Find the length of the side of a pentagon if the line perpendicular to its
side is 12 units from the center.
40. A room is 12 ft wide, 15 ft long and 8 ft high. If an air conditioner A. 14.74 units C. 71.44 units
changes the air once every five minutes, how many cubic feet of air B. 17.44 units * D. 14.47 units
does it change per hour?
A. 17,280 * C. 14,522 55. The base areas of a frustum of a cone are 25 cm2 and 16 cm2,
B. 19,553 D. 16,733 respectively. If its altitude is 6 cm, find its volume.
A. 120 C. 122 *
41. The sum of the interior angles of a polygon of n sides is 1080. Find B. 125 D. 136
the value of n.
A. 10 C. 8 * 56. The circumference of the base of a right circular cylinder is 48 cm
B. 9 D. 11 and its altitude is 15 cm. Determine its total surface area.
A. 1086.69 cm2 * C. 1204.23 cm2
42. What is the spherical excess of spherical polygon of four sides whose B. 1042.52 cm2 D. 1102.62 cm2
angles are 95, 112, 134 and 78.
A. 60 C. 67 57. What is the volume of an ellipsoid having values of a = 8; b = 4 and c
B. 54 D. 59 * = 3 cm respectively.
A. 120 C. 145
43. A rectangle is inscribed in a circle whose radius is 5 inches. The base B. 138 D. 128 *
of the rectangle is 8 inches. Find the area of the rectangle.
A. 44 C. 48 * 58. Find the total surface area of a regular triangular pyramid if each edge
B. 50 D. 40 of the base measures 6 inches and each lateral edge of the pyramid
measures 5 inches.
A. 51.59 in2 * C. 54.42 in2
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59. If the sides of a parallelogram and an included angle are 6, 10 and 74. A regular octagon is inscribed in a circle of radius 10 inches. Find the
100°, respectively, find the length of the shorter diagonal. area of the octagon.
A. 10.73 * C. 12.53 A. 282.8 * C. 302.2
B. 15.32 D. 11.71 B. 265.5 D. 294.8

60. Find the length of the side of a regular pentagon inscribed in a circle of 75. For a regular polygon of heptagon sides, find the number of degrees
radius 10 cm. contained in each central angle.
A. 10.34 cm C. 12.42 cm A. 51.43° * C. 60°
B. 11.76 cm * D. 35.22 cm B. 40° D. 32.73°

61. What is the percentage in the increase in the volume of the sphere 76. The great pyramid of Egypt has a square base 232 m on a side and 147
given that the increase in surface area is 15%. m high. Find its volume.
A. 24.7% C. 31.4 % A. 2,768,334 m3 C. 2,632,242 m3
B. 32.7% D. 23.3% * B. 2,662,351 m3 D. 2,637,376 m3 *

62. The area of a zone of a spherical segment is 1/4 that of a sphere. What 77. What is the increase in the diameter of the sphere whose area is
is the ratio of the radius to the altitude of the spherical zone? increase by 25%?
A. 3:1 C. 2:3 A. 7.7 % C. 25%
B. 2:1 * D. 3:4 B. 11.8% * D. 10.5%
78. The sum of the interior angles of a polygon is 540. Find the number
63. The portion of a sphere lying between two semi - circles of great of sides.
circles. A. 4 C. 5 *
A. zone C. sector B. 6 D. 7
B. lune * D. segment 79. How many diagonals are there in a polygon if it has 16 sides?
A. 240 C. 75
64. The portion of a sphere included between two parallel planes. B. 104 * D. 120
A. spherical wedge C. spherical segment* 80. The bases of a right prism are regular hexagons with each side equal to
B. spherical pyramid D. spherical sector 6 cm. The bases are 10 cm apart. What is the volume of the prism?
A. 935.31 * C. 783.22
65. The portion of a sphere generated by the revolution of a circular sector B. 943.57 D. 893.73
about any diameter of the circle of which the sector is a part.
81. A solid of circular base 10 inches. Compute the volume of the solid if
A. spherical wedge C. spherical segment
every cutting plane perpendicular to the base along a given diameter is
B. spherical pyramid D. spherical sector *
an equilateral triangle.
A. 78.5 cu in C. 85.4 cu. in
66. The volume of two spheres is in the ratio of 27:343 and the sum of B. 72.2 cu in * D. 836 cu. in
their radii is 10. Find the radius of the smaller sphere.
82. How many diagonals does a pentedecagon have:
A. 7 C. 5
A. 60 C.70
B. 3 * D. 7
B. 80 D. 90 *

67. The intersection of sphere and a plane passing through the center. 83. Find the radius of the circle circumscribing a regular nonagon whose
A. great circle * C. poles of a circle perimeter is 405 cm.
B. small circle D. half circle A. 65.78 cm * C. 43.24 cm
B. 52.67 cm D. 45.54 cm
68. The portion of a sphere bounded by a spherical polygon and the planes
84. A pyramid with a square base has an altitude of 25 cm. If the edge of
of its sides.
the base is 15 cm. Calculate the volume of the pyramid.
A. spherical wedge C. spherical pyramid *
A. 1785 cm3 C. 1875 cm3 *
B. spherical segment D. spherical sector
B. 5178 cm3 D. 5871 cm3

69. Find the length of the diagonal of a cube whose volume is 729 cubic 85. A cylindrical gasoline tank, lying horizotally, 0.90 m in diameter and 3
cm. m long is filled to a depth of 0.60. How many gallons of gasoline does
A. 15.59 cm * C. 12.54 cm it contain if one cubic meter is equal to 265 gallons
B. 17.43 cm D. 14.72 cm A. 360 * C. 320
B. 250 D. 280
70. A sphere of radius 10 m and a right circular cone of base radius 10 m
and height 15 m stands on a table. At what height from the table 86. What is the measure of the interior angle of a regular 2000-gon?
should the two solids be cut in order to have equal circular sections? A. 180° * C. 200°
A. 3.14 m C. 3.44 m B. 220° D. 178°
B. 3.24 m D. 3.54 m *
87. A regular dodecagon is inscribed in a circle of radius 24. Find the
71. Find the surface area of a right circular cone in which the radius perimeter of the dodecagon.
measures 14 inches while the slant height measures 20 inches. A. 149.08 * C. 145.53
A. 1520 in2 C. 1496 in2 * B. 142.74 D. 152.70
B. 1453 in2 D. 1562 in2 88. A regular pentagon has sides of 20 cm. An inner pentagon with sides
of 10 cm is inside and concentric to the larger pentagon. Determine
72. The area of a zone of a spherical segment is 180 sq.m. and has a the area inside and concentric to the larger pentagon but outside of the
volume of 468 cu.m. Find the volume of the sphere. smaller pentagon.
A. 4000 C. 4800 A. 430.70 C. 573.26
B. 473.77 D. 516.14 *
B. 4500 * D. 4200

73. Find the volume of a paraboloid having a radius of 8 cm and a height 89. A pipe lining material of silicon carbide used in the conveyance of
of 16 cm. pulverized coal to fuel a boiler, has a thickness of 2 cm and inside
A. 512 * C. 422 diameter of 10 cm. Find the volume of the material with a pipe length
of 6 meters.
B. 500 D. 483 A. 45,239 cm3 * C. 42,539 cm3
B. 49,532 cm3 D. 43,932 cm3

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90. A trapezoid has its 2 bases in meters in a ratio of 4:5 with an altitude
of 20 meters. If the trapezoid has an area of 360 m2 , find the two
bases.
A. 20, 25 C. 12, 15
B. 20, 16 * D. 24, 30
91. The perimeter of a sector is 9 and its radius is 3. What is the area of the
sector?
A. 4.50 * C. 3.75
B. 6.52 D. 5.25

92. 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.
A. 1.6 C. 1.4
B. 1.2 D. 1.0 *

93. A circular cone having an altitude of 9 m is divided into 2 segments

having the same vertex. If the smaller altitude is 6 m. Find the ratio of
the volume of small cone to the big cone.
A. 0.296 * C. 0.386
B. 0.186 D. 0.486

94. A goat is tied to a corner of a 30 ft by 35 ft building. If the rope is 40

ft long and the goat can reach 1 ft farther than the rope length , What is
the maximum. area the goat can cover ?
A. 4840.07 C. 8044.07
B. 4804.07 D. 4084.07*

95. Three circles C1, C2 and C3 are externally tangent to each other.
Center to center distances are 10 cm between C1 and C2, 8 cm
between C2 and C3 and 6 cm between C3 and C1. Determine the total
areas of the circles.
A. 184.12 cm2 C. 162.31 cm2
B. 157.08 cm2 D. 175.93 cm2 *
96. A tetrahedron is a regular solid with equilateral triangles for each of
the three surfaces. If each side is 10 cm, what is the volume of the
tetrahedron?
A. 116.21 cu. cm C. 91.67 cu. cm
B. 117.85 cu. cm * D. 83.33 cu. cm
97. Two equilateral triangles, each with 12 cm sides overlap each other to
form a 6-point star. Determine the overlapping area.
A. 28.87 C. 34.64
B. 41.57 * D. 49.88
98. The area of a spherical lune is 90 cm2. If the area of the sphere is 810
cm2, what is the angle subtended by the lune?
A. 45 C. 48
B. 40 * D. 42
99. A cubical container that measures 2 m on a side is tightly packed with
eight balls and is filled with water. All 8 balls in contact with the walls
of the container and the adjacent marbles. All of the balls are the same
size. What is the volume of water in the container?
A. 0.38 m3 C. 3.8 m3 *
B. 2.5 m3 D. 4.2 m3

100. The diameter of a sphere and the base of a cone are equal. What
approximate percentage of that diameter must the cone’s height be so
that both volumes are equal?
A. 133% C. 166 %
B. 150% D. 200 % *

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