Surface area and volume test questions

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A cuboid tank measuring 5 m by 3 m by 10 m is filled with water. This water is then poured into cube tanks of sides 2 m. How many tanks can be filled completely?

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Questions 2 - 10 are for Intermediate and Higher tier

The surface area of one cube is 48 mm3. Three cubes are stuck together as shown. What is the surface area of the new shape?

A cube and a cuboid made of 3 cubes

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This graphic will help you answer questions 3 and 4:

A triangle prism with dimensions of 7 m x 12 m x 11.5 m x 4 m

What is the volume of the triangular prism?

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What is the surface area of the triangular prism?

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This graphic will help you answer questions 5 and 6:

A pyramid shape with a square base

This terrarium has a square base of length 8 cm and a height of 12 cm. Each triangular side is the same size.

If the plants inside take up 132 cm3, how much unoccupied space is there inside?

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What is the surface area of the pyramid including the base?

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This graphic will help you answer questions 7 and 8:

A composite shape with dimension of 20 cm x 35 cm x 10 cm x 29 cm x 23 cm x 20 cm

The sketch shows the dimensions of a model house to be constructed out of cardboard.

What is the surface area of the model house?

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What is the volume of the model house?

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This graphic will help you answer questions 9 and 10:

An ice cream cone

An ice cream cone is filled with ice cream and finished in a hemisphere. The diameter of the cone is 5 cm and the total height of the ice cream is 14 cm.

What is the volume of ice cream used? Give your answer to the nearest cm3.

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What is the surface area of the ice cream including the cone? Give your answer to one decimal place.