RD Sharma Solution Class 9 Maths Chapter 18 Surface Area and Volume of Cuboid and Cube PDF
RD Sharma Solution Class 9 Maths Chapter 18 Surface Area and Volume of Cuboid and Cube PDF
RD Sharma Solution Class 9 Maths Chapter 18 Surface Area and Volume of Cuboid and Cube PDF
Solution:
Given, Dimensions of a cuboid:
Length (l) = 80 cm
Breadth (b) = 40 cm
Height (h) = 20 cm
= 2[(80)(40)+(40)(20)+(20)(80)]
= 2[3200+800+1600]
= 2[5600]
= 11200
Now,
Lateral Surface Area = 2[l + b]h
= 2[80+40]20
= 40[120]
= 4800
Question 2: Find the lateral surface area and total surface area of a cube of edge 10 cm.
Solution:
= 400 cm2
= 6(102)
= 600 cm2
Question 3: Find the ratio of the total surface area and lateral surface area of a cube.
Solution:
Now,
Ratio of TSA and LSA = (6 Side2)/ (4 Side2) = 3/2 or 3:2.
Question 4: Mary wants to decorate her Christmas tree. She wants to place the tree on a wooden
block covered with colored paper with a picture of Santa Claus on it. She must know the exact
quantity of paper to buy for this purpose. If the box has length, breadth, and height as 80 cm, 40 cm
and 20 cm respectively. How many square sheets of paper of side 40 cm would she require?
Solution:
The dimensions of the wooden block are:
Length (l) = 80cm
Breadth (b) = 40cm
Height (h) = 20cm
= 2[(80x40)+(40x20)+(20x80)]
= 2[5600]
= 11200
Surface Area of the wooden box is 11200 cm2
RD Sharma Solutions for Class 9 Maths Chapter 18 Surface Area
and Volume of Cuboid and Cube
The Area of each sheet of the paper = 40×40 cm2 = 1600 cm2
Now,
The total number of sheets required = (Surface area of the box )/(Area of one sheet of paper)
= 11200/1600
=7
Question 5: The length, breadth, and height of a room are 5 m, 4 m and 3 m respectively. Find the
cost of white washing the walls of the room and the ceiling at the rate of Rs 7.50 m2.
Solution:
From given:
Length = l = 5 m
Breadth = b = 4 m
Height = h = 3 m
= 74
Total area to be white washed is 74 m2
= Rs. 555
Question 6: Three equal cubes are placed adjacently in a row. Find the ratio of a total surface area of
the new cuboid to that of the sum of the surface areas of the three cubes.
RD Sharma Solutions for Class 9 Maths Chapter 18 Surface Area
and Volume of Cuboid and Cube
Solution:
Let breadth of the cuboid = a
Then, length of the new cuboid = 3a and
Height of the new cuboid = a
Now,
Total surface area of the new cuboid (TSA) = 2(lb+bh+hl)
= 2(3a x a + a x a + a x 3a)
= 14a2
Again,
Total Surface area of three cubes = 3 x (6 side2 )
= 3 x 6a2
= 18a2
Therefore, ratio of a total surface area of the new cuboid to that of the sum of the surface areas of the
three cubes = 14a2/18a2 = 7/9 or 7:9
Question 7: A 4 cm cube is cut into 1 cm cubes. Calculate the total surface area of all the small cubes.
Solution:
Edge of the cube = 4 cm (Given)
Again,
Edge of the cube = 1 cm3
Question 8: The length of a hall is 18 m and the width 12 m. The sum of the areas of the floor and the
flat roof is equal to the sum of the areas of the four walls. Find the height of the hall.
RD Sharma Solutions for Class 9 Maths Chapter 18 Surface Area
and Volume of Cuboid and Cube
Solution:
Dimensions of the hall are:
Length = 18m
Width = 12m
From statement:
Area of the floor and the flat roof = Sum of the areas of four walls …(1)
Area of the floor and the flat roof = 2lb = 2 x 18 x 12 = 432 sq/ft …(2)
or h = 7.2
Question 9: Hameed has built a cubical water tank with lid for his house, with each other edge 1.5 m
long. He gets the outer surface of the tank excluding the base, covered with square tiles of side 25
cm. Find how much he would spend for the tiles if the cost of tiles is Rs 360 per dozen.
Solution:
Edge of the cubical tank = 1.5m or 150 cm
Now,
Number of tiles required = (Surface Area of Tank ) / (Area of each Tile)
RD Sharma Solutions for Class 9 Maths Chapter 18 Surface Area
and Volume of Cuboid and Cube
= (5×150×150) / 25×25
= 180
Question 10: Each edge of a cube is increased by 50%. Find the percentage increase in the surface
area of the cube.
Solution:
= 3a/2
Surface area of the cube having edge ‘3a/2’ = 6 x (3a/2)2 = (27/2) a2 ……(2)
Subtract equation (1) from (2) to find the increase in the Surface Area:
= (15/2)a2
Now,
Percentage increase in the surface area = ( (15/2)a2 / 6a2 ) x 100
= 15/12 x 100
= 125%
Volume = 6×5×4.5
= 135
Therefore, Volume of the cuboidal water tank is 135 m3
= 135000 liters
Question 2: A cuboidal vessel is 10 m long and 8 m wide. How high must it be made to hold 380 cubic
meters of a liquid?
Solution:
Dimensions of a cuboidal vessel:
Length = l = 10 m
Breadth = b = 8 m
Volume of the vessel = 380 m3 (given)
lbh = 380 m3
or 10×8×h = 380
or h = (380)/(10×8)
or h = 4.75
Question 3: Find the cost of digging a cuboidal pit 8 m long, 6 m broad and 3 m deep at the rate of Rs
30 per m3.
Solution:
Dimensions of a cuboidal pit:
Length = l = 8 m
Breadth = b = 6 m
Depth or height = h = 3 m
= 8×6×3
= 144
Question 4: If V is the volume of a cuboid of dimensions a, b, c and S is its surface area, then prove
that
Solution:
Dimensions of a cube are:
Length = l = a
RD Sharma Solutions for Class 9 Maths Chapter 18 Surface Area
and Volume of Cuboid and Cube
Breadth = b = b
Height = h = c
= a×b×c
Or V = abc ….(1)
Again,
Surface area of the cube (S) = 2 (lb+bh+hl)
or S = 2 (ab+bc+ca) ……(2)
Now,
Hence Proved.
Question 5: The areas of three adjacent faces of a cuboid are x, y and z. If the volume is V, Prove that
V2 = xyz.
Solution:
Hence proved.
Question 6: If the areas of three adjacent face of a cuboid are 8 cm2 , 18 cm2 and 25 cm2. Find the
volume of the cuboid.
Solution:
x = l×b = 8 cm2
y = b×h = 18 cm2
z = l×h = 25 cm2
V2 = 3600
or V = 60
Question 7: The breadth of a room is twice its height, one half of its length and the volume of the
room is 512 cu.dm. Find its dimensions.
Solution:
Let, l, b and h are the length, breadth and height of the room.
=> l/2 = 2h
or l = 4h
So, 4h×2h×h=512
or h3=64
or h=4
Question 8: A river 3 m deep and 40 m wide is flowing at the rate of 2 km per hour. How much water
will fall into the sea in a minute?
Solution:
Water flow of a river = 2 km per hour = (2000/60) m/min or (100/3 )m/min
Question 9: Water in a canal 30 dm wide and 12 dm deep, is flowing with a velocity of 100 km every
hour. What much area will it irrigate in 30 minutes if 8 cm of standing water is desired?
Solution:
Water in the canal forms a cuboid of Width (b) and Height (h).
Here, Cuboid length = distance travelled in 30 min with a speed of 100 km per hour.
Water accumulated in the field forms a cuboid of base area equal to the area of the field and height =
8/100 metres (Given)
= 2250000
Question 10: Three metal cubes with edges 6cm, 8cm, 10cm respectively are melted together and
formed into a single cube. Find the volume, surface area and diagonal of the new cube.
Solution:
Let us consider, ‘x’ be the length of each edge of the new cube.
Volume of cube = x3
RD Sharma Solutions for Class 9 Maths Chapter 18 Surface Area
and Volume of Cuboid and Cube
or x3 = 1728
or x=12
Question 11: Two cubes, each of volume 512 cm3 are joined end to end. Find the surface area of the
resulting cuboid.
Solution:
Let ‘a’ be the side of a cube.
or a = 8
Now,
Dimensions of the new cuboid formed are:
= 2 (16×8+8×8+16×8)
= 640 cm2
Question 12: Half cubic meter of gold-sheet is extended by hammering so as to cover an area of 1
hectare. Find the thickness of the gold-sheet.
Solution:
= 0.5 m3/10000 m2
= m/20000
Question 13: A metal cube of edge 12 cm is melted and formed into three smaller cubes. If the edges
of the two smaller cubes are 6 cm and 8 cm, find the edge of the third smaller cube.
Solution:
123 = 63 + 83 + x3
[Using formula, Volume of cube = (side)3]
or 1000 = x3
or x = 10
Question 2: Three cubes of metal whose edges are in the ratio 3 : 4 : 5 are melted down into a single
cube whose diagonal is 12√3 cm. Find the edges of three cubes.
Solution:
Given:
Ratio of edge of 3 cubes = 3 : 4 : 5
Let edges are = 3x, 4x and 5x
Volume of new cube = Volume of figure obtained after combining three cubes = (3x)3 + (4x) 3 + (5x) 3
= 216 x3 …(1)
or a = 12
(12)^3 = 216 x3
RD Sharma Solutions for Class 9 Maths Chapter 18 Surface Area
and Volume of Cuboid and Cube
Question 3: If the perimeter of each face of a cube is 32 cm, find its lateral surface area. Note that
four faces which meet the base of a cube are called its lateral faces.
Solution:
Perimeter of each face of a cube = 32 cm (given)
Let 'a' be the edge of a cube.
=> 4a = 32
or a = 8
Now,
Lateral surface area of cube = 4a2 = 4×82 = 256 cm2.