
The diagram shows a cylindrical rice cake. of these rice cakes are stacked on top of each other in a cardboard tube. The tube has a cardboard base and a plastic lid.

What is the surface area of the cardboard needed to make the tube? Give your answer correct to three significant figures ( s.f.).

Important Questions on Mensuration





The radius of a solid right circular cone increases by and its height decreases by The percentage change in its volume is:


A right circular cylinder is just enclosed a sphere of radius , then :







Each vertical face of square based vertical pillar of height has equal, semi – cylindrical surfaces in such a way that its horizontal cross – section is as shown in the figure.
If the radius of each semi circle is , the volume (in ) of the pillar so designed (taking ) is


If radius of a right circular cylinder is increased by, then by what percent its height should be decreased so that its volume remains unchanged.




