MATHEMATICS – GEOMETRY AND SOLID MENSURATION

1. What is the value of each interior angle of a regular hexagon?

A. 2π/5 B. 2π/7 C. 2π/9 D. 2π/3

2. A cubical container that measures 8 m on a side is tightly packed with eight balls and is filled with water. All
eight balls are in contact with the walls of the container and the adjacent balls. All of the balls are the same size.
What is the volume of water in the container?
A. 213.92 m3 B. 223.92 m3 C. 233.92 m3 D. 243.92 m3

3. All three sides of a triangle are initially 6 m in length. One of the triangle’s sides is oriented horizontally. The
triangle is scaled down in size without changing any of the angles. What is the new height of the triangle when
the area is exactly half of the original triangle’s area?
A. 0.67 m B. 1.67 m C. 2.67 m D. 3.67 m

4. Two 30 m diameter circles are placed so that the circumference of each just touches the center of the other.
What is the area common to each circle? (Refer to Figure 6)
A. 216.38 m2 B. 236.38 m2 C. 256.38 m2 D. 276.38 m2

5. 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 the area inside and concentric to the larger pentagon but outside of the smaller
pentagon.
A. 430.70 cm2 B. 573.26 cm2 C. 473.77 cm2 D. 516.14 cm2

6. What is the largest diameter circle that will fit inside a regular pentagon with 4 in sides?
A. 5.51 in B. 6.81 in C. 7.81 in D. 10.81 in

7. If the number of diagonals in a polygon is 9, what is the description of the polygon?

A. pentagon B. nonagon C. octagon D. hexagon

8. A car travels 36 kph due east and another car from the same point at N 30o E at the rate of 72 kph. After 2 hrs,
the distance between two points is:
A. 116.78 km B. 124.71 km C. 134.65 km D. 120.65 km

9. A square has a perimeter of 58 in. If the area of square is equal to the circle, find the circumference of the circle.
A. 23.45 in B. 34.34 in C. 51.40 in D. 48.56 in

10. A large 20 m diameter cylindrical tank that sits on the ground is to be painted. If one liter of paint covers 10 m2,
how many liters are required if it is 10 m high (include the top).
A. 94.25 liters B. 53.23 liters C. 47 liters D. 65.45 liters

11. Find the area of triangle whose sides are 30 cm, 35 cm and 45 cm.
A. 394.56 cm2 B. 402.34 cm2 C. 524.40 cm2 D. 653.45 cm2

12. In a triangle ABC, A = 30o angle B = 80o and b = 10 in. Find the area of triangle.
A. 23.85 in2 B. 27.34 in2 C. 29.03 in2 D. 32.63 in2

13. A rectangular lot has a width of 15 m and length of 20 m. Find the diameter of a circular lot whose area is twice
that of rectangular lot.
A. 20.64 m B. 23.64 m C. 25.64 m D. 27.64 m

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14. A square has a diagonal of 16 in. Find the length of its sides.
A. 11.31 in B. 15.66 in C. 12.123 in D. 19.230 in

15. The area of a triangle inscribed in a circle is 39.19 cm2 and the radius of the circumscribed circle is 7.14 cm. If
the two sides of the inscribed triangle are 8 cm and 10 cm, respectively, find the third side.
A. 11 cm B. 12 cm C. 13 cm D. 14 cm

16. A rhombus has diagonals of 32 and 20 inches. Determine its area.

A. 360 in2 B. 280 in2 C. 320 in2 D. 400 in2

17. The area of a circle is 250 in2. What is the diameter of the circle?
A. 11.84 in B. 13.84 in C. 15.84 in D. 17.84 in

18. The area of a circle is 300 in2. What is the circumference?

A. 51.40 in B. 61.40 in C. 71.40 in D. 81.40 in

19. Find the length of side of an equilateral triangle whose area is equal to 400 in2.
A. 24.30 in B. 26.36 in C. 28.38 in D. 30.39 in

20. A trapezoid has a bottom base of 10 in and top base of 6 in. If height is 5 in, find its area.
A. 30 in2 B. 45 in2 C. 35 in2 D. 40 in2

21. In the study of open channel fluid flow, the hydraulic radius is defined as the ratio of flow area to wetted perimeter.
What is the hydraulic radius of an 8-in diameter pipe filled to a depth of 3 inches?
A. 3.23 in B. 1.63 in C. 6.34 in D. 2.34 in

22. What is the total surface area including the base, of a 6-foot-high right circular cone with a 4 feet base?
A. 22.30 ft2 B. 32.30 ft2 C. 42.30 ft2 D. 52.30 ft2

23. A sphere whose diameter increases from 4 cm to 5 cm. What is the percent increase in surface area?
A. 56.25% B. 66.25% C. 76.25% D. 86.25%

24. The inner surface area in square meters of a closed (both ends) cylinder 3 meters in height and 4 m in diameter
is
A. 21/2 p B. 33/4 p C. 20 p D. 30 p

25. A cube has a diagonal of 5 ft. Find the diameter of a sphere whose volume is thrice that of the cube.
A. 2.58 ft B. 3.58 ft C. 4.58 ft D. 5.17 ft

26. A cylindrical truncated prism has a base diameter of 10 m. The shortest height is 5 m and longest height is 10
m. Find the volume of the prism.
A. 589 m3 B. 689 m3 C. 789 m3 D. 889 m3

27. What is the percentage increase in the volume of sphere when its surface area is increased by 21%?
A. 5% B. 10% C. 21% D. 33%

28. The ratio of the volume to the lateral area of a right circular cone is 2:1. If the altitude is 15 cm, what is the ratio
of the slant height to the radius?
A. 5:6 B. 5:4 C. 5:3 D. 5:2

29. A spherical water tank 9 m diameter is filled to a height of 5/4 of its radius. Find the volume of water in the tank.
A. 160.93 m3 B. 260.93 m3 C. 360.93 m3 D. 460.93 m3

30. A pyramid has a rectangular base of 10 in x 12 in. If the height is 14 in, find the volume of pyramid.
A. 560 in3 B. 580 in3 C. 600 in3 D. 620 in3

31. A square piece of sheet metal is to be made into a cake pan by cutting a 2 inches square from each corner and
then turning up the sides. What size piece of sheet metal is needed if the volume of the pan is to be 128 cubic
inches?
A. 10 in B. 12 in C. 14 in D. 16 in

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32. Find the area of the rhombus whose diagonals are 8 m and 24 m respectively.
A. 82 m2 B. 86 m2 C. 90 m2 D. 96 m2

33. The three dimensions of a rectangular parallelepiped are in the ratio 3:4:5. If the volume is 2620 cu cm, what is
the length of the shortest side?
A. 6 56 cm B. 8.56 cm C. 10.56 cm D. 12.56 cm

34. The two bases of a trapezoid are 14 inches and 18 inches respectively. If the angles at the extremities of one base
are 65o and 55o respectively, find the area of trapezoid.
A. 44.86 in2 B. 54.86 in2 C. 64.86 in2 D. 74.86 in2

35. The volume of the right frustum of a right circular cone is 78 cu cm. The upper base radius is 2 cm and the lower
base radius is 5 cm. Find the altitude in cm.
A. 1.91 B. 2.01 C. 2.11 D. 2.21

36. Find the interior angle of a decagon.

A. 144o B. 136o C. 156o D. 166o

37. The sum of interior angle of nonagon is:

A. 1028o B. 1108o C. 1260o D. 1380o

38. A pentagon is inscribed in a circle whose radius is 10 in. Find the area of the polygon.
A. 237.76 in B. 247.76 in C. 257.76 in D. 267.76 in

39. A heptagon is circumscribed in a circle whose area is 150 cm2. Find the length of side of
heptagon.
A. 3.66 cm B. 4.66 cm C. 5.66 cm D. 6.66 cm

40. The radii of the two circles that are tangent externally are 8 and 3 m, respectively. What is the distance between
the points of tangency of one of their common external tangents?
A. 6.90 B. 7.80 C. 8.90 D. 9.80

41. A trapezoid has two equal slanting sides a 6 cm base and 3 cm top parallel to and 5 cm above base. Determine
the moment of inertia of the trapezoidal area relative to the base, in cm4.
A. 142.05 B. 171.88 C. 129.13 D. 156.25

42. A chord is 40 cm long and its midpoint is 40 cm from the midpoint of the longer arc. Find the area of the circle.
A. 25π B. 625 π C. 568 π D. 455 π

43. Given a square with 20 cm sides. Another square is to be inscribed in the given square such that the vertices of
the former lies on the sides of the latter. Determine the area, in sq. cm of the smallest inscribed square?
A. 200 B. 220 C. 180 D. 160

44. Two equilateral triangles, each with 12-cm sides, overlap each other to form a 6-point “Star of David”. Determine
the overlapping area, is sq-cm.
A. 34.64 B. 41.57 C. 28.87 D. 49.88

45. An isosceles triangle with equal sides of 20 cm has these sides at variable equal angles with the base.
Determine the maximum area attainable by the triangle.
A. 250 sq. cm B. 200 sq. cm C. 180 sq. cm D. 300 sq. cm

46. The volume of a regular tetrahedron is 3.182 cubic meter. Find its total surface area.
A. 12.47 sp. m. B. 15.59 sq. m. C. 16.87 sq. m. D. 10.42 sq. m.

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