Area and Volume of Similar Triangles/Figures

1.

The object is made up of three cylinders. The ratios of their radii and lengths are both
2 : 4 : 5. If the volume of the middle cylinder is 320 cm3, what is the volume of the whole
object?
2. The ratio of the volumes of two cubes is 5 : 4. If the total surface area of the bigger cube
is 5 m2, what is the total surface area of the smaller cube?
3.
Cylinder
A
B
C
D
E
F
G

Radius of the base (cm)

7
21
7
21
3
7
3

Height (cm)
10
10
30
30
10
5
5

Volume (cm3)

Copy and complete the table by finding the volumes of cylinder A to cylinder G. Express
your answers in terms of .
4. The volume of a sphere is three times that of a smaller sphere. Its surface area is 3 m2.
What is the surface area of the smaller sphere?
5. The ratio of the surface areas of two spheres is 6 to 5. The volume of the smaller sphere is
10 m3. What is the volume of the bigger sphere?
6.

Figures A, B, C and D are all sectors. Their angles at the centres and their radii are given.
Find the ratio of their areas.
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7. The radii of two spheres are in the ratio of 2 to 3. The smaller sphere is made of iron
which has a density of 7 g/cm3. The other sphere is made of wood which has a density of
1.2 g/cm3. Find the ratio of their masses.
8. O is the centre of sectors OAB, OCD and OEF. OACE and OBDF are straight lines.
OA : AC : CE = 3 : 5 : 2. The area of sector OAB is 120 cm2. Find the area of ABDC and
CDFE.

9. Two balls with equal radius of 12 cm are made of the same material. One of them is solid
and the other is hollow. The ratio of their masses is 27 : 26. What is the thickness of the
hollow ball if its thickness is uniform?
10.

A cone is trisected by parallel planes at B, C and D. AB : BC : CD = 2 : 3 : 4.

(i)
(ii)

If the volume of the biggest cone is 3645 cm3, calculate the volume of the section
between B and C.
If the curved surface area of the biggest cone is 2025 cm2, calculate the curved
surface area of the section between B and C.

11.

VABC is the vertical axis of a right circular cone. VA = AB = BC. The cone is then cut into
three pieces (I, II and III) by horizontal planes through A and B. Find
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(i)
(ii)

the ratio of the curved surface areas of the three pieces,

the ratio of the volumes of the three pieces.

12. Given that AB : BC : CD = 2 : 3 : 2, FB = 15 cm and FD = 25 cm, find the length of EG

and FG.

13. In the figure below, given that FG : GD = 2 : 5, AC = 35 cm and AD = 42 cm, find the
length of
(a) DE,
(b) AG.

14. In the figure below, PQRST is part of a regular polygon. YQR is a straight line and
PQY = 20o.
(a) Find the number of sides of the polygon.
(b) Find PXT.
(c) Show that PRX and PXT are not congruent.

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15. In the figure below, ABCDE is a regular polygon with n sides. BCF and EDF are straight
lines. Given that CFD = 144o, find BGE. Hence, name all the similar triangles and
congruent triangles.

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