Clastify logo
Subjects
Features
Review
HOT
Tutoring

Geometry of 3D Shapes

Practice exam-style IB Math AI questions for Geometry of 3D Shapes, aligned with the syllabus and grouped by topic.

Verified by Karim
Verified by Karim
Paper
Difficulty
Status
Level

This content can't be printed from the browser. Use Export PDF with Pro for an offline copy.

Question 1
SL • Paper 1
Easy
Calculator Permitted
SL • Paper 1
Easy
Calculator Permitted

Two tracking devices are located at points P(−2,3,1)P(-2,3,1) and Q(4,−1,7)Q(4,-1,7). Coordinates are measured in kilometres.

A

the midpoint of PQPQ.

[1]
B

the distance between the two devices.

[3]
C

The devices can communicate directly when they are at most 1010 km apart. whether they can communicate directly, giving a reason.

[1]
Question 2
SL • Paper 1
Easy
Calculator Permitted
SL • Paper 1
Easy
Calculator Permitted

A spherical weather balloon has surface area 900 m2900\text{ m}^2.

A

the radius of the balloon.

[2]
B

the volume of the balloon.

[2]
Question 3
SL • Paper 1
Medium
Calculator Permitted
SL • Paper 1
Medium
Calculator Permitted

A rectangular room has length 66 m, width 44 m and height 33 m. A cable runs in a straight line from one corner of the floor to the opposite corner of the ceiling.

A

the length of the projection of the cable onto the floor.

[2]
B

the length of the cable.

[1]
C

the angle between the cable and the floor.

[2]
Question 4
SL • Paper 1
Medium
Calculator Permitted
SL • Paper 1
Medium
Calculator Permitted

A lampshade is modelled by the curved surface of a right cone with base radius 4.24.2 cm and perpendicular height 9.59.5 cm. The circular base is open.

A

the slant height of the lampshade.

[2]
B

the curved surface area of the lampshade.

[2]
C

An additional 12%12\% of material is allowed for overlaps and waste. the total area of material required.

[2]

Build a Practice Exam — Math AI HL

Test your knowledge with a custom paper containing questions from selected topics.

Practice exam question preview
Practice exams dashboard preview
Question 5
SL • Paper 1
Medium
Calculator Permitted
SL • Paper 1
Medium
Calculator Permitted

A storage tank consists of a right cylinder of radius 1.51.5 m and height 44 m, with a hemisphere of the same radius attached to its top. The bottom circular face of the cylinder is closed.

A

the internal volume of the tank.

[3]
B

the total external surface area of the tank, including its bottom.

[3]
Question 6
SL • Paper 1
Medium
Calculator Permitted
SL • Paper 1
Medium
Calculator Permitted

A water trough is a right prism of length 2.52.5 m. Its constant cross-section is a right-angled triangle with perpendicular sides 0.80.8 m and 0.60.6 m.

A

the capacity of the trough in litres.

[3]
B

The trough is filled to 75%75\% of its capacity at a constant rate of 1818 litres per minute. the time required.

[2]
Question 7
SL • Paper 1
Medium
Calculator Permitted
SL • Paper 1
Medium
Calculator Permitted

A rectangular box has base dimensions 55 cm by 1212 cm and height 44 cm. A straight rod joins one lower vertex to the opposite upper vertex.

A

the length of the projection of the rod onto the base.

[2]
B

the length of the rod.

[1]
C

the angle between the rod and the base of the box.

[2]
Question 8
SL • Paper 1
Medium
Calculator Permitted
SL • Paper 1
Medium
Calculator Permitted

A monument is a right square-based pyramid. Its base has side length 88 m and its apex is 66 m vertically above the centre of the base.

A

the perpendicular slant height of one triangular face.

[2]
B

the total surface area of the monument, including its base.

[2]
C

the angle between a sloping edge of the pyramid and the base.

[2]

Build a Practice Exam — Math AI HL

Test your knowledge with a custom paper containing questions from selected topics.

Practice exam question preview
Practice exams dashboard preview
Question 9
HL • Paper 1
Medium
Calculator Permitted
HL • Paper 1
Medium
Calculator Permitted

A decorative solid consists of a right cone joined to a hemisphere along their common circular base. Both have radius 33 cm, and the cone has perpendicular height 55 cm.

A

the volume of the solid.

[2]
B

the external surface area of the solid.

[2]
C

A geometrically similar solid has volume 280 cm3280\text{ cm}^3. its external surface area.

[2]
Question 10
HL • Paper 1
Medium
Calculator Permitted
HL • Paper 1
Medium
Calculator Permitted

Two transmitters are located at A(2,−1,4)A(2,-1,4) and B(−4,3,8)B(-4,3,8). A relay is to be placed at a point R(0,0,z)R(0,0,z) on the zz-axis. All coordinates are measured in kilometres.

A

the midpoint of ABAB.

[1]
B

the distance ABAB.

[2]
C

The relay is equidistant from AA and BB. the value of zz and the common distance from the relay to each transmitter.

[3]
Question 11
HL • Paper 1
Medium
Calculator Permitted
HL • Paper 1
Medium
Calculator Permitted

A sector of a circle has radius 1515 cm and central angle 216∘216^\circ. Its two straight edges are joined to form the curved surface of a right cone.

A

the radius of the base of the cone.

[2]
B

the perpendicular height of the cone.

[2]
C

the volume of the cone.

[2]
Question 12
HL • Paper 1
Medium
Calculator Permitted
HL • Paper 1
Medium
Calculator Permitted

A hollow spherical ornament has outer radius 1010 cm and uniform wall thickness 1.21.2 cm.

A

the volume of material used to make the ornament.

[2]
B

the volume of material as a percentage of the volume of a solid sphere with radius 1010 cm.

[2]
C

The material costs $0.035 per cubic centimetre. the material cost of one ornament.

[2]

Build a Practice Exam — Math AI HL

Test your knowledge with a custom paper containing questions from selected topics.

Practice exam question preview
Practice exams dashboard preview
Question 13
HL • Paper 1
Medium
Calculator Permitted
HL • Paper 1
Medium
Calculator Permitted

A sealed capsule consists of a right cylinder of radius 22 cm with a hemisphere of the same radius attached at each end. The total internal volume is 100π cm3100\pi\text{ cm}^3.

A

the length of the cylindrical section.

[3]
B

the external surface area of the capsule.

[2]
C

the total length of the two circular seams where the hemispheres meet the cylinder.

[1]
Question 14
HL • Paper 1
Medium
Calculator Permitted
HL • Paper 1
Medium
Calculator Permitted

An open cylindrical container has radius rr cm, height hh cm and volume 500 cm3500\text{ cm}^3. Its surface area, excluding the open top, is A cm2A\text{ cm}^2.

A

A=πr2+1000rA=\pi r^2+\dfrac{1000}{r}.

[3]
B

Use your GDC to the value of rr that minimizes AA, for r>0r>0.

[2]
C

the corresponding height and minimum surface area.

[2]
Question 15
HL • Paper 1
Medium
Calculator Permitted
HL • Paper 1
Medium
Calculator Permitted

A right pyramid has a rectangular base measuring 1010 m by 66 m. Its apex is 88 m vertically above the centre of the base.

A

the volume of the pyramid.

[2]
B

the total surface area of the pyramid, including its base.

[3]
C

the angle between a sloping edge and the base.

[2]
Question 16
HL • Paper 1
Medium
Calculator Permitted
HL • Paper 1
Medium
Calculator Permitted

A cable joins a point A(2,−3,0)A(2,-3,0) on a horizontal platform to a point B(8,5,12)B(8,5,12) above it. The platform is the plane z=0z=0, and coordinates are measured in metres. The orthogonal projection of BB onto the platform is CC.

A

the coordinates of CC and the length ACAC.

[2]
B

the length of the cable.

[2]
C

the angle between the cable and the platform.

[2]
D

the midpoint of the cable and its vertical distance above the platform.

[1]

Build a Practice Exam — Math AI HL

Test your knowledge with a custom paper containing questions from selected topics.

Practice exam question preview
Practice exams dashboard preview
Question 17
SL • Paper 2
Medium
Calculator Permitted
SL • Paper 2
Medium
Calculator Permitted

A grain silo consists of a right circular cylinder of radius 44 m and height 99 m, with a right conical roof of the same radius. The slant height of the roof is 55 m. The circular floor is not painted.

A

Consider the dimensions and capacity of the silo.

I.

the perpendicular height of the conical roof.

[2]
II.

the total capacity of the silo.

[2]
B

The curved exterior is painted. One litre covers 7.5 m27.5\text{ m}^2, and an additional 8%8\% is allowed for waste. the number of litres of paint required.

[4]
Question 18
SL • Paper 2
Medium
Calculator Permitted
SL • Paper 2
Medium
Calculator Permitted

A drone travels in a straight line from A(−3,2,1)A(-3,2,1) to B(5,8,7)B(5,8,7). Coordinates are measured in kilometres, and the plane z=0z=0 represents horizontal ground.

Point

x [km]

y [km]

z [km]

A

-3

2

1

B

5

8

7

A′

-3

2

0

B′

5

8

0

A

properties of the route.

I.

the midpoint of ABAB.

[2]
II.

the length of ABAB.

[2]
B

the angle between the route and the horizontal ground.

[4]
Question 19
SL • Paper 2
Medium
Calculator Permitted
SL • Paper 2
Medium
Calculator Permitted

A frozen dessert consists of a hemisphere of radius 33 cm joined to the circular opening of a right cone of the same radius. The cone has perpendicular height 1010 cm.

A

geometric properties of the dessert.

I.

its total volume.

[2]
II.

its external surface area, excluding the circular join.

[2]
B

The dessert melts without loss and is poured into a cylindrical container of radius 44 cm. the depth of liquid and whether a container of height 2.82.8 cm is sufficient.

[4]
Question 20
SL • Paper 2
Medium
Calculator Permitted
SL • Paper 2
Medium
Calculator Permitted

A temporary exhibition tent is a right square-based pyramid. The square floor has side length 66 m and the apex is 44 m vertically above its centre. The floor is not covered by fabric.

A

the fabric dimensions.

I.

the perpendicular slant height of a triangular face.

[2]
II.

the area of fabric before allowing for waste.

[2]
B

the angle between a sloping edge and the floor. Fabric costs $14.50 per square metre, and 6%6\% extra fabric is ordered for waste. the total cost.

[4]

Build a Practice Exam — Math AI HL

Test your knowledge with a custom paper containing questions from selected topics.

Practice exam question preview
Practice exams dashboard preview
Question 21
SL • Paper 2
Medium
Calculator Permitted
SL • Paper 2
Medium
Calculator Permitted

An observatory consists of a vertical right cylinder of radius 77 m and height 44 m, with a hemispherical dome of the same radius. The circular floor is included when calculating internal volume but is not painted.

A

the size of the observatory.

I.

the internal volume.

[2]
II.

the exterior area to be painted.

[2]
B

Paint covers 8 m28\text{ m}^2 per litre. The manager orders 10%10\% more than the theoretical amount. Paint is supplied in 55-litre containers. the minimum number of containers required.

[4]
Question 22
HL • Paper 3
Medium
Calculator Permitted
HL • Paper 3
Medium
Calculator Permitted

A marine marker is modelled as a right cone joined to a solid hemisphere along a common circular face. The common radius is 22 m and the cone has perpendicular height 33 m. The joined circular face is internal.

A
I.

the total volume of the marker.

[2]
II.

the external surface area of the marker.

[2]
B
I.

The marker is made from material of average density 240 kg m−3240\text{ kg m}^{-3}. its mass.

[2]
II.

A proposed model treats the marker as a sphere with the same volume. the radius of this sphere and on whether it would have more or less external surface area.

[2]
Question 23
SL • Paper 2
Hard
Calculator Permitted
SL • Paper 2
Hard
Calculator Permitted

A planter is modelled as a frustum of a right cone. Its open top has radius 66 m, its circular base has radius 33 m, and its perpendicular height is 88 m. When extended, the sloping sides meet at the vertex of a cone.

A

Use similarity to the volume.

I.

the perpendicular heights of the small and large cones used to form the frustum.

[2]
II.

the capacity of the planter.

[2]
B

The inside curved surface and circular base are coated at a rate of 0.180.18 litres per square metre. the volume of coating required.

[4]
Question 24
SL • Paper 2
Hard
Calculator Permitted
SL • Paper 2
Hard
Calculator Permitted

A storage shelter is a right prism of length 1010 m. Its constant cross-section is an isosceles trapezium with parallel sides 33 m and 55 m and perpendicular height 2.42.4 m.

A

the dimensions and capacity.

I.

the length of each non-parallel side of the trapezium.

[2]
II.

the volume of the shelter.

[2]
B

Both trapezoidal ends, the roof and the two sloping rectangular sides are coated. The rectangular floor is not coated. the volume of coating required at a rate of 0.120.12 litres per square metre.

[4]

Build a Practice Exam — Math AI HL

Test your knowledge with a custom paper containing questions from selected topics.

Practice exam question preview
Practice exams dashboard preview
Question 25
SL • Paper 2
Hard
Calculator Permitted
SL • Paper 2
Hard
Calculator Permitted

A cylindrical candle has radius 33 cm and height 1212 cm. A conical cavity of radius 22 cm and perpendicular depth 55 cm is removed from the centre of its top.

A

the amount of wax and the cavity dimensions.

I.

the slant height of the conical cavity.

[2]
II.

the volume of wax in the candle.

[2]
B

the total exposed surface area, including the outside curved surface, bottom, top annulus and inside of the cavity.

[4]
Question 26
HL • Paper 2
Hard
Calculator Permitted
HL • Paper 2
Hard
Calculator Permitted

A solid metal sphere of radius 1212 cm is melted and recast into nn identical smaller spheres of radius rr cm. No metal is lost.

A

Develop relationships for the recast spheres.

I.

nr3=1728nr^3=1728.

[2]
II.

Express the total surface area SS of the smaller spheres in terms of rr.

[2]
B

The total surface area of the smaller spheres is three times the surface area of the original sphere. rr and nn.

[4]
Question 27
HL • Paper 2
Hard
Calculator Permitted
HL • Paper 2
Hard
Calculator Permitted

A cubic display case has side length 88 m. Relative to one lower corner as the origin, its vertices have coordinates from 00 to 88. Point P(4,0,8)P(4,0,8) is the midpoint of an upper edge and Q(8,8,0)Q(8,8,0) is a lower vertex.

Point / object

x [m]

y [m]

z [m]

Notes

Origin corner

0

0

0

lower corner / origin

P

4

0

8

midpoint of an upper edge

Q

8

8

0

lower vertex

P′

4

0

0

orthogonal projection of P onto the base

A

properties of segment PQPQ.

I.

the length of PQPQ.

[2]
II.

the midpoint of PQPQ.

[2]
B

the angle between PQPQ and the horizontal base. A sphere is centred at the midpoint of PQPQ and passes through PP. whether the sphere can fit entirely inside the display case.

[4]
Question 28
HL • Paper 3
Hard
Calculator Permitted
HL • Paper 3
Hard
Calculator Permitted

An exhibition building consists of a right circular cylinder of radius rr metres and height hh metres, with a hemispherical roof of the same radius. The total height of the building is 1818 m. For practical reasons, the cylindrical section must have height at least 66 m.

A
I.

the internal volume, VV, is given by V=π(18r2−13r3)V=\pi\left(18r^2-\frac{1}{3}r^3\right).

[2]
II.

the interval of possible values of rr.

[2]
B
I.

Use your GDC to the value of rr that maximizes the volume on the permitted interval, and this maximum volume.

[2]
II.

For a building of total height HH with a required minimum cylindrical height gg, where 0<g<H0<g<H, the radius that maximizes its volume. your answer.

[2]

Build a Practice Exam — Math AI HL

Test your knowledge with a custom paper containing questions from selected topics.

Practice exam question preview
Practice exams dashboard preview
Question 29
HL • Paper 3
Hard
Calculator Permitted
HL • Paper 3
Hard
Calculator Permitted

A drone travels in a straight line from A(1,2,0)A(1,2,0) to B(9,8,12)B(9,8,12), where coordinates are measured in kilometres and the plane z=0z=0 represents level ground. The orthogonal projection of BB onto the ground is CC.

Object

x [km]

y [km]

z [km]

Note

A

1

2

0

start point

B

9

8

12

end point

C

—

—

0

orthogonal projection of B onto z=0

Gate

—

—

4

point on AB at altitude 4 km

Ground plane

—

—

0

plane z = 0

A
I.

the coordinates of CC and the length ACAC.

[2]
II.

the angle between the flight path and the ground.

[2]
B
I.

A monitoring gate is placed where the flight path reaches an altitude of 44 km. its coordinates.

[2]
II.

the fraction of the total flight distance completed when the drone reaches the gate, and why this equals the fraction of the horizontal displacement completed.

[2]
Question 30
HL • Paper 3
Hard
Calculator Permitted
HL • Paper 3
Hard
Calculator Permitted

A glass skylight is modelled as a right square-based pyramid. Its base has side length 1212 m and the perpendicular slant height of each triangular face is 1010 m. The apex lies vertically above the centre of the base.

A
I.

the vertical height of the skylight.

[2]
II.

the volume enclosed by the skylight.

[2]
B
I.

the angle between a sloping edge and the base.

[2]
II.

A geometrically similar skylight must enclose 648 m3648\text{ m}^3. the area of glass required, excluding the base.

[2]
Question 31
HL • Paper 3
Hard
Calculator Permitted
HL • Paper 3
Hard
Calculator Permitted

A plant pot is modelled as a frustum formed by removing a smaller cone from a right cone. The original cone has base radius 66 cm and height 1515 cm. The removed cone has height 55 cm. The top of the pot is open.

A
AI.

the radius of the open top of the pot.

[2]
AII.

the internal capacity of the pot.

[2]
B
BI.

the slant length of the frustum.

[2]
BII.

the total area of material required for the curved surface and the circular base.

[2]
Question 32
HL • Paper 3
Hard
Calculator Permitted
HL • Paper 3
Hard
Calculator Permitted

A right pyramid has a rectangular base measuring 1414 m by 1010 m. Its apex is 99 m vertically above the centre of the base.

A
I.

the volume of the pyramid.

[2]
II.

its total surface area, including the base.

[2]
B
I.

the angle between a sloping edge and the base.

[2]
II.

A similar pyramid is designed to have volume 1000 m31000\text{ m}^3. its total surface area.

[2]

Build a Practice Exam — Math AI HL

Test your knowledge with a custom paper containing questions from selected topics.

Practice exam question preview
Practice exams dashboard preview
Question 33
HL • Paper 3
Hard
Calculator Permitted
HL • Paper 3
Hard
Calculator Permitted

An aircraft hangar is a right prism of length 3030 m. Its cross-section consists of a rectangle of width 1212 m and height 44 m, topped by a semicircle of radius 66 m.

A
I.

the internal volume of the hangar.

[2]
II.

the area of the two vertical side walls and curved roof, excluding the floor and end faces.

[2]
B
I.

A cable runs from a wall–roof junction at one end of the hangar to the highest point of the roof at the other end. the cable length.

[2]
II.

the angle between this cable and the floor.

[2]
Question 34
HL • Paper 3
Hard
Calculator Permitted
HL • Paper 3
Hard
Calculator Permitted

A star is modelled as a sphere of radius RR. Its total power output is assumed to spread uniformly over spherical surfaces. At distance dd from the centre, the intensity is modelled by I=L4πd2I=\frac{L}{4\pi d^2}, where LL is constant.

A
I.

the intensity at distance 2R2R is one quarter of the intensity at the surface.

[2]
II.

the altitude above the surface where the intensity is half its surface value.

[2]
B
I.

the volume of the spherical region between the star's surface and the half-intensity surface.

[2]
II.

For a required intensity fraction pp, where 0<p<10<p<1, a formula for altitude above the surface in terms of RR and pp.

[2]
Question 35
HL • Paper 2
Hard
Calculator Permitted
HL • Paper 2
Hard
Calculator Permitted

A closed cylindrical container has radius rr cm, height hh cm and fixed volume 750 cm3750\text{ cm}^3. Its total surface area is A cm2A\text{ cm}^2.

A

Develop a surface-area model.

I.

Express hh in terms of rr.

[2]
II.

A=2πr2+1500rA=2\pi r^2+\frac{1500}{r}.

[2]
B

Use your GDC to the dimensions that minimize the surface area, and the minimum area.

[4]
Question 36
HL • Paper 2
Hard
Calculator Permitted
HL • Paper 2
Hard
Calculator Permitted

A right square-based pyramid has base side length xx cm and perpendicular height (x+2)(x+2) cm. Its volume is 200 cm3200\text{ cm}^3.

A

the dimensions of the pyramid.

I.

xx satisfies x3+2x2−600=0x^3+2x^2-600=0.

[2]
II.

Use your GDC to xx and the perpendicular height.

[2]
B

the total surface area of the pyramid and the angle between a sloping edge and the base.

[4]

Build a Practice Exam — Math AI HL

Test your knowledge with a custom paper containing questions from selected topics.

Practice exam question preview
Practice exams dashboard preview
Question 37
HL • Paper 2
Hard
Calculator Permitted
HL • Paper 2
Hard
Calculator Permitted

A decorative block is a frustum of a right square-based pyramid. Its lower square has side length 1212 cm, its upper square has side length xx cm, and its perpendicular height is 99 cm. Its volume is 684 cm3684\text{ cm}^3.

A

the upper side length.

I.

x2+12x−84=0x^2+12x-84=0.

[2]
II.

xx, giving an exact value and a decimal approximation.

[2]
B

the total surface area of the frustum, including both square faces.

[4]
Question 38
HL • Paper 2
Hard
Calculator Permitted
HL • Paper 2
Hard
Calculator Permitted

A sealed underwater chamber consists of a right cylinder with a hemisphere attached at each end. Its total length is 2020 m and its internal volume is 1000 m31000\text{ m}^3. The common radius is rr m. Assume the chamber walls have negligible thickness, so the internal and external dimensions are the same.

A

Model the chamber dimensions.

I.

rr satisfies π(20r2−23r3)=1000\pi\left(20r^2-\frac23r^3\right)=1000.

[2]
II.

Use your GDC to the physically valid value of rr and the length of the cylindrical section.

[2]
B

The entire curved exterior is coated. its area can be written as 40πr40\pi r, and the coating area.

[4]
Question 39
HL • Paper 3
Hard
Calculator Permitted
HL • Paper 3
Hard
Calculator Permitted

A grain silo consists of a right circular cylinder of radius rr m and height hh m, topped by a right cone of the same radius and perpendicular height rr m. The total internal volume is 500π m3500\pi\text{ m}^3. The base is not included in the area to be coated.

A
I.

h=500r2−r3h=\frac{500}{r^2}-\frac{r}{3}.

[2]
II.

the external area to be coated is A=1000πr+πr2(2−23)A=\frac{1000\pi}{r}+\pi r^2\left(\sqrt2-\frac23\right).

[2]
B
I.

Use your GDC to the value of rr that minimizes the area, subject to h>0h>0.

[2]
II.

the corresponding cylindrical height and minimum coating area.

[2]
Question 40
HL • Paper 3
Hard
Calculator Permitted
HL • Paper 3
Hard
Calculator Permitted

A spherical display of radius 55 m is placed at the centre of a cubical hall of side length 1010 m. Eight identical smaller spheres are placed in the corners. Each smaller sphere is tangent to the three faces meeting at its corner and tangent to the central sphere.

A

Part (a)

I.

Let the radius of a smaller sphere be xx m. 3(5−x)=5+x\sqrt3(5-x)=5+x.

[2]
II.

xx in exact form.

[2]
B

Part (b)

I.

the percentage of the hall occupied by the nine spheres.

[2]
II.

why two smaller spheres placed at adjacent corners do not overlap.

[2]

Build a Practice Exam — Math AI HL

Test your knowledge with a custom paper containing questions from selected topics.

Practice exam question preview
Practice exams dashboard preview
Question 41
HL • Paper 3
Hard
Calculator Permitted
HL • Paper 3
Hard
Calculator Permitted

A pavilion roof is a frustum of a right square-based pyramid. The complete pyramid has base side length 1010 m and vertical height 1212 m. The roof is cut by a plane parallel to the base so that the top square has side length 44 m.

A
AI.

the vertical height of the removed small pyramid and the vertical height of the frustum.

[2]
AII.

the volume of the frustum between its two square faces.

[2]
B
BI.

the area of the four sloping faces of the frustum.

[2]
BII.

the angle between a sloping edge of the complete pyramid and its base.

[2]
Question 42
HL • Paper 3
Hard
Calculator Permitted
HL • Paper 3
Hard
Calculator Permitted

An open hemispherical bowl has outer radius 66 cm and uniform thickness 0.50.5 cm. The material is modelled as the region between two concentric hemispheres. The flat annular rim is exposed.

A
I.

the volume of material in the bowl.

[2]
II.

the total exposed surface area, including the inner and outer curved surfaces and the rim.

[2]
B
I.

the volume of material as a percentage of the volume of a solid hemisphere of outer radius 66 cm.

[2]
II.

A redesigned bowl has outer radius 66 cm. the uniform thickness required for the material to occupy exactly 20%20\% of the outer solid hemisphere.

[2]
Question 43
HL • Paper 3
Hard
Calculator Permitted
HL • Paper 3
Hard
Calculator Permitted

A straight structural beam joins A(−6,2,3)A(-6,2,3) to B(4,10,15)B(4,10,15) in a three-dimensional coordinate system measured in metres. A vertical partition is represented by the plane x=0x=0.

Object

x [m]

y [m]

z [m]

Equation / note

A

-6

2

3

beam endpoint

B

4

10

15

beam endpoint

Vertical partition

—

—

—

x=0

A
I.

the length of the beam.

[2]
II.

the coordinates where the beam intersects the partition.

[2]
B
I.

the length of the orthogonal projection of the beam onto the partition.

[2]
II.

the acute angle between the beam and the partition.

[2]
Question 44
HL • Paper 3
Hard
Calculator Permitted
HL • Paper 3
Hard
Calculator Permitted

A circular sheet of radius 2020 cm has a sector removed. The two remaining radial edges are joined to form the curved surface of a right cone. The slant height of the cone is therefore 2020 cm. A particular cone is required to have perpendicular height 1212 cm.

A
I.

the radius of the cone and the angle of the sector removed.

[2]
II.

the volume of this cone.

[2]
B
I.

For any cone formed from this sheet, its volume can be modelled by V(r)=13πr2400−r2V(r)=\frac13\pi r^2\sqrt{400-r^2}, where 0<r<200<r<20.

[2]
II.

Use your GDC to the radius and remaining sector angle that maximize the cone's volume.

[2]

Build a Practice Exam — Math AI HL

Test your knowledge with a custom paper containing questions from selected topics.

Practice exam question preview
Practice exams dashboard preview
Question 45
HL • Paper 2
Hard
Calculator Permitted
HL • Paper 2
Hard
Calculator Permitted

A right cone is placed inside a sphere of radius 1010 cm so that the cone's vertex and the circumference of its base lie on the sphere. The cone has perpendicular height hh cm and base radius rr cm.

A

Develop a model for the cone.

I.

r2=h(20−h)r^2=h(20-h).

[2]
II.

the cone's volume is V(h)=π3h2(20−h)V(h)=\frac{\pi}{3}h^2(20-h).

[2]
B

Use your GDC to the dimensions of the cone with maximum volume, and this maximum volume.

[4]
Question 46
HL • Paper 2
Hard
Calculator Permitted
HL • Paper 2
Hard
Calculator Permitted

A right circular cylinder is placed inside a sphere of radius 1010 cm. The cylinder is centred at the centre of the sphere. Its radius is rr cm and its total height is hh cm.

A

Develop a volume model.

I.

r2=100−h24r^2=100-\frac{h^2}{4}.

[2]
II.

the cylinder's volume is V(h)=πh(100−h24)V(h)=\pi h\left(100-\frac{h^2}{4}\right).

[2]
B

Use your GDC to the dimensions of the cylinder with maximum volume, and its total surface area.

[4]
Question 47
HL • Paper 3
Hard
Calculator Permitted
HL • Paper 3
Hard
Calculator Permitted

A family of right square-based pyramids has sloping edge length 1515 m. Each apex lies vertically above the centre of its square base. Let the base side length be ss m and the vertical height be hh m.

A
I.

h=225−s22h=\sqrt{225-\frac{s^2}{2}}.

[2]
II.

a model for the volume VV in terms of ss, and its physical domain.

[2]
B
I.

Use your GDC to the values of ss and hh that maximize the volume.

[2]
II.

the maximum volume and the total surface area of the corresponding pyramid, including its base.

[2]
Question 48
HL • Paper 3
Hard
Calculator Permitted
HL • Paper 3
Hard
Calculator Permitted

A rectangular observation chamber has dimensions xx m, 2x2x m and zz m. Its volume is 480 m3480\text{ m}^3. A laser beam joins one lower vertex to the opposite upper vertex and makes an angle of 45∘45^\circ with the base.

A
I.

z=x5z=x\sqrt5.

[2]
II.

xx and zz.

[2]
B
I.

the length of the laser beam.

[2]
II.

the total internal surface area of the chamber and why enlarging every dimension by the same scale factor would not change the angle of the beam with the base.

[2]

Build a Practice Exam — Math AI HL

Test your knowledge with a custom paper containing questions from selected topics.

Practice exam question preview
Practice exams dashboard preview

Geometric Transformations

Graph Theory