
Volume and capacity
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Efficient cutting
Use a single sheet of A4 paper and make a cylinder having the greatest possible volume. The cylinder must be closed off by a circle at each end.
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Sending a parcel
What is the greatest volume you can get for a rectangular (cuboid) parcel if the maximum combined length and girth are 2 metres?
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Tubular stand
If the radius of the tubing used to make this stand is r cm, what is the volume of tubing used? -
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Sliced
An irregular tetrahedron has two opposite sides the same length a and the line joining their midpoints is perpendicular to these two edges and is of length b. What is the volume of the tetrahedron? -
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Conical bottle
A right circular cone is filled with liquid to a depth of half its vertical height. The cone is inverted. How high up the vertical height of the cone will the liquid rise? -
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The genie in the jar
This jar used to hold perfumed oil. It contained enough oil to fill granid silver bottles. Each bottle held enough to fill ozvik golden goblets and each goblet held enough to fill vaswik crystal spoons. Each day a spoonful was used to perfume the bath of a beautiful princess. For how many days did the whole jar last? The genie's master replied: Five hundred and ninety five days. What three numbers do the genie's words granid, ozvik and vaswik stand for? -
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More christmas boxes
What size square should you cut out of each corner of a 10 x 10 grid to make the box that would hold the greatest number of cubes? -
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In a spin
What is the volume of the solid formed by rotating this right angled triangle about the hypotenuse?