ML Aggarwal Class 8 Solutions for ICSE Maths Chapter 18 Mensuration Ex 18.4
Question 1.
The surface area of a cube is 384 cm2. Find
(i) the length of an edge
(ii) volume of the cube.
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Question 2.
Find the total surface area of a solid cylinder of radius 5 cm and height 10 cm. Leave your answer in terms of n.
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Question 3.
An aquarium is in the form of a cuboid whose external measures are 70 cm × 28 cm × 35 cm. The base, side faces and back face are to be covered with coloured paper. Find the area of the paper needed.
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Question 4.
The internal dimensions of the rectangular hall are 15 m × 12 m × 4 m. There are 4 windows each of dimension 2 m × 1.5 m and 2 doors each of dimension 1.5 m × 2.5 m. Find the cost of whitewashing all four walls of the hall, if the cost of whitewashing is ₹5 per m2. What will be the cost of whitewashing if the ceiling of the hall is also whitewashed?
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Question 5.
A swimming pool is 50 m in length, 30 m in breadth and 2·5 m in depth. Find the cost of cementing its floor and walls at the rate of ₹27 per square metre.
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Question 6.
The floor of a rectangular hall has a perimeter 236 m. Its height is 4·5 m. Find the cost of painting its four walls (doors and windows be ignored) at the rate of Rs. 8.40 per square metre.
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Question 7.
A cuboidal fish tank has a length of 30 cm, a breadth of 20 cm and a height of 20 cm. The tank is placed on a horizontal table and it is three-quarters full of water. Find the area of the tank which is in contact with water.
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Question 8.
The volume of a cuboid is 448 cm3. Its height is 7 cm and the base is a square. Find
(i) a side of the square base
(ii) surface area of the cuboid.
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Question 9.
The length, breadth and height of a rectangular solid are in the ratio 5 : 4 : 2. If its total surface area is 1216 cm2, find the volume of the solid.
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Question 10.
A rectangular room is 6 m long, 5 m wide and 3·5 m high. It has 2 doors of size 1·1 m by 2 m and 3 windows of size 1·5 m by 1·4 m. Find the cost of whitewashing the walls and the ceiling of the room at the rate of ₹5·30 per square metre.
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Question 11.
A cuboidal block of metal has dimensions 36 cm by 32 cm by 0·25 m. It is melted and recast into cubes with an edge of 4 cm.
(i) How many such cubes can be made?
(ii) What is the cost of silver coating the surfaces of the cubes at the rate of ₹0·75 per square centimetre?
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Question 12.
Three cubes of silver with edges 3 cm, 4 cm and 5 cm are melted and recast into a single cube, find the cost of coating the surface of the new cube with gold at the rate of ₹3·50 per square centimetre?
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Question 13.
The curved surface area of a hollow cylinder is 4375 cm2, it is cut along its height and formed a rectangular sheet of width 35 cm. Find the perimeter of the rectangular sheet.
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Question 14.
A road roller has a diameter of 0.7 m and its width is 1.2 m. Find the least number of revolutions that the roller must take in order to level a playground of size 120 m × 44 m.
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Question 15.
A company packages its milk powder in cylindrical container whose base has a diameter of 14 cm and height 20 cm. Company places a label around the surface of the container (as shown in the figure). If the label is placed 2 cm from top and bottom, what is the area of the label?
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Question 16.
The sum of the radius and height of a cylinder is 37 cm and the total surface area of the cylinder is 1628 cm2. Find the height and the volume of the cylinder.
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Question 17.
The ratio between the curved surface and total surface of a cylinder is 1 : 2. Find the volume of the cylinder, given that its total surface area is 616 cm3.
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Question 18.
The given figure showed a metal pipe 77 cm long. The inner diameter of the cross section is 4 cm and the outer one is 4.4 cm.
Find its
(i) inner curved surface area
(ii) outer curved surface area
(iii) total surface area.
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