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RD Sharma solutions for Class 9 Mathematics chapter 21 - Surface Areas and Volume of a Sphere

Chapter 21 : Surface Areas and Volume of a Sphere

Page 8

Q 1.1 | Page 8

Find the surface area of a sphere of radius 10.5 cm .

Q 1.2 | Page 8

Find the surface area of a sphere of radius 5.6 cm .

Q 1.3 | Page 8

Find the surface area of a sphere of radius 14 cm .

Q 2.1 | Page 8

Find the surface area of a sphere of diameter 14 cm .

Q 2.2 | Page 8

Find the surface area of a sphere of diameter 21 cm .

Q 2.3 | Page 8

Find the surface area of a sphere of diameter 3.5 cm .

Q 3 | Page 8

Find the total surface area of a hemisphere and a solid hemisphere each of radius 10 cm.
(Use 𝜋 = 3.14)

Q 4 | Page 8

The surface area of a sphere is 5544 cm^2, find its diameter.

Q 5 | Page 8

A hemispherical bowl made of brass has inner diameter 10.5 cm. Find the cost of tin- plating
it on the inside at the rate of Rs. 4 per 100 cm^2

Q 6 | Page 8

The dome of a building is in the form of a hemisphere. Its radius is 63 dm. Find the cost of
painting it at the rate of Rs. 2 per sq. m.

Q 7 | Page 8

Assuming the earth to be a sphere of radius 6370 km, how many square kilo metres is area
of the land, if three-fourth of the earth’s surface is covered by water?

Q 8 | Page 8

A cylinder of same height and radius is placed on the top of a hemisphere. Find the curved
surface area of the shape if the length of the shape be 7 cm.

Q 9 | Page 8

A wooden toy is in the form of a cone surmounted on a hemisphere. The diameter of the base
of the cone is 16 cm and its height is 15 cm. Find the cost of painting the toy at Rs. 7 per 100
cm^2.

Q 10 | Page 8

A storage tank consists of a circular cylinder with a hemisphere adjoined on either end. If the
external diameter of the cylinder be 1.4 m and its length be 8 m, find the cost of painting it
on the outside at the rate of Rs. 10 per m^2.

Q 11 | Page 8

The diameter of the moon is approximately one fourth of the diameter of the earth. Find the
ratio of their surface areas.

Q 12 | Page 8

A hemi-spherical dome of a building needs to be painted. If the circumference of the base of
the dome is 17.6 cm, find the cost of painting it, given the cost of painting is Rs. 5 per l00
cm^2

Q 13 | Page 8

The front compound wall of a house is decorated by wooden spheres of diameter 21 cm, placed on small supports as shown in the given figure. Eight such spheres are used for this purpose, and are to be painted silver. Each support is a cylinder of radius 1.5 cm and height 7 cm and is to be painted black. Find the cost of paint required if silver paint costs 25 paise per cm2 and black paint costs 5 paise per cm2.

Pages 19 - 21

Q 1.1 | Page 19

Find the volume of a sphere whose radius is 2 cm.

Q 1.2 | Page 19

Find the volume of a sphere whose radius is 3.5 cm.

Q 1.3 | Page 19

Find the volume of a sphere whose radius is 10.5 cm .

Q 2.1 | Page 19

Find the volume of a sphere whose diameter is 14 cm .

Q 2.2 | Page 19

Find the volume of a sphere whose diameter is 3.5 dm .

Q 2.3 | Page 19

Find the volume of a sphere whose diameter is 2.1 m .

Q 3 | Page 19

A hemispherical tank has inner radius of 2.8 m. Find its capacity in litres.

Q 4 | Page 19

A hemispherical bowl is made of steel 0.25 cm thick. The inside radius of the bowl is 5 cm. Find the volume of steel used in making the bowl.

Q 5 | Page 19

How mañy bullets can be made out of a cube of lead, whose edge measures 22 cm, each bullet being 2 cm in diameter?

Q 6 | Page 19

Q 7 | Page 20

A spherical ball of lead 3 cm in diameter is melted and recast into three spherical balls. If the diameters of two balls be a/2cm and 2 cm, find the diameter of the third ball.

Q 8 | Page 20

A sphere of radius 5 cm is immersed in water filled in a cylinder, the level of water rises 5/acm. Find the radius of the cylinder.

Q 9 | Page 20

If the radius of a sphere is doubled, what is the ratio of the volume of the first sphere to that of the second sphere?

Q 10 | Page 20

A cone and a hemisphere have equal bases and equal volumes. Find the ratio of their heights.

Q 11 | Page 20

A vessel in the form of a hemispherical bowl is full of water. Its contents are emptied in a right circular cylinder. The internal radii of the bowl and the cylinder are 3.5 cm and 7 cm respectively. Find the height to which the water will rise in the cylinder.

Q 12 | Page 20

A cylinder whose height is two thirds of its diameter, has the same volume as a sphere of radius 4 cm. Calculate the radius of the base of the cylinder.

Q 13 | Page 20

A vessel in the form of a hemispherical bowl is full of water. The contents are emptied into a cylinder. The internal radii of the bowl and cylinder are respectively 6 cm and 4 cm. Find the height of water in the cylinder

Q 14 | Page 20

A cylindrical tub of radius 16 cm contains water to a depth of 30 cm. A spherical iron ball is dropped into the tub and thus level of water is raised by 9 cm. What is the radius of the ball?

Q 15 | Page 20

A cylinder of radius 12 cm contains water to a depth of 20 cm. A spherical iron ball is dropped into the cylinder and thus the level of water is raised by 6.75 cm. Find the radius of the ball.
(Use 𝜋 = 22/7).

Q 16 | Page 20

The diameter of a coper sphere is 18 cm. The sphere is melted and is drawn into a long wire of uniform circular cross-section. If the length of the wire is 108 m, find its diameter.

Q 17 | Page 20

A cylindrical jar of radius 6 cm contains oil. Iron spheres each of radius 1 .5 cm are immersed in the oil. How many spheres are necessary to raise the level of the oil by two centimetres?

Q 18 | Page 20

A measuring jar of internal diameter 10 cm is partially filled with water. Four equal spherical balls of diameter 2 cm each are dropped in it and they sink down in water completely. What will be the change in the level of water in the jar?

Q 19 | Page 20

The diameter of a sphere is 6 cm. It is melted and drawn into a wire of diameter 0.2 cm. Find the length of the wire.

Q 20 | Page 20

The radius of the internal and external surfaces of a hollow spherical shell are 3 cm and 5 cm respectively. If it is melted and recast into a solid cylinder of heigh22/acm Find the diameter of the cylinder.

Q 21 | Page 20

A hemisphere of lead of radius 7 cm is cast into a right circular cone of height 49 cm. Find the radius of the base.

Q 22 | Page 20

A hollow sphere of internal and external radii 2 cm and 4 cm respectively is melted into a cone of base radius 4 cm. Find the height and slant height of the cone.

Q 23 | Page 21

A metallic sphere of radius 10.5 cm is melted and thus recast into small cones, each of radius 3.5 cm and height 3 cm. Find how many cones are obtained.

Q 24 | Page 21

A cone and a hemisphere have equal bases and equal volumes. Find the ratio of their heights.

Q 25 | Page 21

A cone, a hemisphere and a cylinder stand on equal bases and have the same height. Show that their volumes are in the ratio 1 : 2 : 3.

Q 26 | Page 21

A cylindrical tub of radius 12 cm contains water to a depth of 20 cm. A spherical form ball is dropped into the tub and thus the level of water is raised by 6.75 cm. What is the radius of the ball?

Q 27 | Page 21

The largest sphere is carved out of a cube of side 10.5 cm. Find the volume of the sphere.

Q 28 | Page 21

A sphere, a cylinder and a cone have the same diameter. The height of the cylinder and also the cone are equal to the diameter of the sphere. Find the ratio of their volumes.

Q 29 | Page 21

A cube of side 4 cm contains a sphere touching its side. Find the volume of the gap in between.

Q 30 | Page 21

A hemispherical tank is made up of an iron sheet 1 cm thick. If the inner radius is 1 m, then find the volume of the iron used to make the tank.

Q 31 | Page 21

A capsule of medicine is in the shape of a sphere of diameter 3.5 mm. How much medicine ("in " mm^3) is needed to fill this capsule?

Q 32 | Page 21

The diameter of the moon is approximately one-fourth of the diameter of the earth. What fraction of the volume of the earth is the volume of the moon?

RD Sharma solutions for Class 9 Mathematics chapter 21 - Surface Areas and Volume of a Sphere

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Concepts covered in Class 9 Mathematics chapter 21 Surface Areas and Volume of a Sphere are Volume of a Sphere, Volume of a Right Circular Cone, Volume of a Cylinder, Volume of a Cuboid, Surface Area of a Sphere, Surface Area of a Right Circular Cone, Surface Area of a Right Circular Cylinder, Surface Area of a Cuboid and a Cube.

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