MESL - Plane and Solid Geometry

How many sides has a polygon if each interior angle is 165 degrees?
A. 32
B. 42
C. 24
D. 28
Which of the following regular polygons has 27 diagonals?

A. nonagon
B. pentagon
C. hexagon
D. heptagon
Find the area of a regular pentagon whose apothem is 17.2 cm.

A. 1075
B. 1142
C. 1010
D. 1067
The area of circle is 89.42 square inches. What is the length of a side of a
regular hexagon inscribed in this circle?
A. 5.553 in
B. 7.543 in
C. 5.335 in
D. 7.335 in
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
B. 573.26
C. 473.77
D. 516.14
The areas of two squares differ by 5 sq. feet and their perimeters differ by 4
feet. Determine the sum of their areas.
A. 13
B. 27
C. 14
D. 28
A rhombus is formed by two radii and two chords of a circle of diameter 20
units. What is the area of the rhombus?
A. 56.78
B. 45.76
C. 86.60
D. 221.70
An isosceles trapezoid has two base angles of 45 deg and its bases are 6 and
10. Find its area.
A. 16
B. 18
C. 10
D. 24
An 8-inch diameter (I.D.) pipe is filled to a depth equal to one-third of its

diameter. What is the area in flow?
A. 14.64 in 2
B. 15.45 in 2
C. 12.45 in 2
D. 10.45 in 2
The area of the sector of a circle having a central angle of 60 degrees is 24

pi. Find the perimeter of the sector.
A. 36.56cm
B. 43.27cm
C. 23.45cm
D. 54.37cm
A circle having an area of 452 sq. m is cut into segments by a chord which
is 6m from the center of the circles. Compute the area of the bigger
segment.
A. 363.56
B. 456.76
C. 234.56
D. 343.563
Find the area of a washer formed by two concentric circles whose chord
outside the small circle is 10 cm.
A. 25 pi
B. 36 pi
C. 100 pi
D. 10 pi
Felix tied his favorite goat to a corner of a 30 ft by 35 ft building. If the

rope is 40 ft long and the goat can reach 1 ft farther than the rope length,
what is the maximum area the goat can cover?
A. 4084.07
B. 4804.07
C. 4840.07
D. 8044.07
What is the area of an ellipse with an aspect ratio of two and total perimeter
of 18 inches?
A. 20.63 in 2
B. 34.56 in 2
C. 15.67 in 2
D. 23.45 in 2
The altitude of a parallelepiped is 20 cm, and the base is a rhombus with

diagonals 10 and 16 cm respectively. Find its volume.
A. 1600
B. 3200
C. 1000
D. 1200
The lateral area of a right prism is 162 sq. m, and the base is a rectangle 3m
by 6m. Find the altitude of the prism.
A. 9 m
B. 10 m
C. 8 m
D. 7 m
A solid has a circular base diameter 20 cm. Find the volume of the solid if
every cutting plane perpendicular to the base along a given diameter is an
equilateral triangle.
A. 2309.40 cm 3
B. 2176.72 cm 3
C. 2389.61 cm 3
D. 1226.85 cm 3
The base area of a circular cylinder is 12 cm 2 and an element of the cylinder

is 10 cm. Find the volume of the cylinder if the element is inclined to the
base at an angle of 60 deg.
A. 103.92
B. 207.24
C. 301.42
D. 194.24
Find the volume of a regular square pyramid if each edge of the base
measures 10 in and the slant height of the pyramid measures 13 in.
A. 400
B. 200
C. 100
D. 500
The frustum of a regular triangular pyramid has equilateral triangles of its

base measuring 3 m and 9 m respectively. If the bases are 8 m apart,
determine its volume.
A. 135
B. 123
C. 243
D. 175
Find the volume of the frustum of a right circular cone whose slant height is
10 cm and whose radii are 3 cm and 9 cm.
A. 312 pi
B. 423 pi
C. 134 pi
D. 212 pi
Determine the total surface area of an icosahedron if the length of each edge
is 10 cm.
A. 866
B. 203
C. 453
D. 43
Find the area of the spherical lune whose angle is 75 deg on a sphere of
radius 30 cm.
A. 2356.19 cm 2
B. 2052.52 cm 2
C. 2054.35 cm 2
D. 2257.61 cm 2
A cubical container that measures 2 m on a side is tightly packed with eight

balls and is filled with water. All 8 balls in contact with the walls of the
container and the adjacent marbles. All of the balls are the same size. What
is the volume of water in the container?
A. 0.38 m 3
B. 2.5 m 3
C. 3.8 m 3
D. 4.2 m 3
The diameter of a sphere and the base of a cone are equal. What
approximate percentage of that diameter must the cone’s height be so that
both volumes are equal?
A. 133%
B. 150%
C. 166%
D. 200%
A metal sphere is melted and recast into a hollow spherical shell whose
outer radius is 277cm. The radius of the hollow interior of the shell is equal
to the radius of the original sphere. Find the radius of the original sphere.
A. 200 cm
B. 225 cm
C. 220 cm
D. 240 cm
A spherical wooden ball 15 cm in diameter sinks to a depth of 12 cm in a
certain liquid. Determine the area exposed above the liquid.
A. 141.37
B. 235.75
C. 174.56
D. 245.76
Find the volume of a hexagonal spherical polygon whose base angles are
135°, 105°, 122°, 110°, 131° and 142° on a sphere of radius 20 in.
A. 1163.55 in 3
B. 1243.22 in 3
C. 1205.92 in 3
D. 1043.32 in 3
In a circle with a diameter of 10m, a regular five-pointed star touching its

circumference is inscribed. What is the area of the part not covered by the
star?
A. 60.2 sq. m
B. 45.24 sq. m
C. 50.50 sq. m
D. 71.28 sq. m
The diameter of the generating circle of cycloid is 6 inches. Compute the

area enclosed between the cycloidal curve and the baseline.
A. 84.82 sq. inch
B. 35.45 sq. inch
C. 10.24 sq. inch
D. 107.3 sq. inch
Compute the area of a spandrel of radius 0.8 inches.

A. 0.441 sq. in
B. 0.122 sq. in
C. 0.705 sq. in
D. 0.137 sq. in
A torus is a solid formed by revolving a circle about an axis. Calculate the
surface area of the torus whose mean diameter is 5 inches, and the diameter
of the generating circle is 1.5 in.
A. 70 sq. in
B. 74 sq. in
C. 60 sq. in
D. 180 sq. in
A tank in the shape of a paraboloid is filled with water to a height of 5m

and the radius of the circular section at the water surface is 3 m. Determine
the volume of water inside the tank in liters.
A. 70,686 li
B. 45,987 li
C. 54,876 li
D. 87,552 li
x2 y 2
The region bounded by the curve + =1, the x-axis and the y-axis, in the
3 2
first quadrant, is revolved about the y-axis. Determine the volume generated
bounded by the curve.
A. 213.42 cubic units
B. 16.22 cubic units
C. 17.77 cubic units
D. 42.40 cubic units
A pyramid whose altitude is 5 feet weighs 10,000 lbs. At what distance from
its vertex must it be cut by a plane parallel to its base so that the two solids
of equal weight will be formed?
A. 3.97
B. 2.503
C. 1.761
D. 2.657
If the edge of the cube is increased by 20%, find the percentage increase in
volume?
A. 72.8%
B. 83.2%
C. 76.3%
D. 63.3%
What is the percent increase in area achieved for a sphere whose diameter
increases from 3 cm to 4 cm?
A. 78 %
B. 70 %
C. 82 %
D. 90 %

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How many sides has a polygon if each interior angle is 165 degrees?

Which of the following regular polygons has 27 diagonals?

Find the area of a regular pentagon whose apothem is 17.2 cm.

A regular pentagon has sides of 20 cm. An inner pentagon with sides of 10

An 8-inch diameter (I.D.) pipe is filled to a depth equal to one-third of its

The area of the sector of a circle having a central angle of 60 degrees is 24

Felix tied his favorite goat to a corner of a 30 ft by 35 ft building. If the

The altitude of a parallelepiped is 20 cm, and the base is a rhombus with

The base area of a circular cylinder is 12 cm 2 and an element of the cylinder

The frustum of a regular triangular pyramid has equilateral triangles of its

A cubical container that measures 2 m on a side is tightly packed with eight

In a circle with a diameter of 10m, a regular five-pointed star touching its

The diameter of the generating circle of cycloid is 6 inches. Compute the

Compute the area of a spandrel of radius 0.8 inches.

A tank in the shape of a paraboloid is filled with water to a height of 5m

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