NCERT Solutions
Class 9 - Mathematics
Chapter 11: SURFACE AREAS AND VOLUMES

Complete NCERT Solutions for problems given in SURFACE AREAS AND VOLUMES chapter in Class 9 Mathematics.

EXERCISE 11.1

Question. 1

Diameter of the base of a cone is 10.5 cm and its slant height is 10 cm. Find its curved surface area. (Assume π = 22/7)

Answer:

165 cm²

Question. 2

Find the total surface area of a cone, if its slant height is 21 m and diameter of its base is 24 m.

Answer:

1244.57 m²

Question. 3

Curved surface area of a cone is 308 cm² and its slant height is 14 cm. Find (i) radius of the base and (ii) total surface area of the cone.

Answer:

(i) 7 cm (ii) 462 cm²

Question. 4

A conical tent is 10 m high and the radius of its base is 24 m. Find (i) slant height of the tent, (ii) cost of the canvas required to make the tent, if the cost of 1 m² canvas is ₹70.

Answer:

(i) 26 m (ii) ₹137280

Question. 5

What length of tarpaulin 3 m wide will be required to make a conical tent of height 8 m and base radius 6 m? Assume extra material required is 20 cm (use π = 3.14).

Answer:

63 m

Question. 6

The slant height and base diameter of a conical tomb are 25 m and 14 m respectively. Find the cost of white-washing its curved surface at the rate of ₹210 per 100 m².

Answer:

₹1155

Question. 7

A joker’s cap is in the form of a right circular cone of base radius 7 cm and height 24 cm. Find the area of the sheet required to make 10 such caps.

Answer:

5500 cm²

Question. 8

A bus stop is barricaded from the remaining part of the road using 50 hollow cones made of recycled cardboard. Each cone has a base diameter of 40 cm and height 1 m. If the outside of each cone is to be painted and painting costs ₹12 per m², find the cost of painting all cones. (Use π = 3.14 and √1.04 ≈ 1.02)

Answer:

₹384.34 (approx.)

EXERCISE 11.2

Question. 1

Find the surface area of a sphere of radius:

(i) 10.5 cm    (ii) 5.6 cm    (iii) 14 cm

Answer:

(i) 1386 cm²    (ii) 394.24 cm²    (iii) 2464 cm²

Question. 2

Find the surface area of a sphere of diameter:

(i) 14 cm    (ii) 21 cm    (iii) 3.5 m

Answer:

(i) 616 cm²    (ii) 1386 cm²    (iii) 38.5 m²

Question. 3

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

Answer:

942 cm²

Question. 4

The radius of a spherical balloon increases from 7 cm to 14 cm as air is being pumped into it. Find the ratio of surface areas of the balloon in the two cases.

Answer:

1 : 4

Question. 5

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 ₹16 per 100 cm².

Answer:

₹27.72

Question. 6

Find the radius of a sphere whose surface area is 154 cm².

Answer:

3.5 cm

Question. 7

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

Answer:

1 : 16

Question. 8

A hemispherical bowl is made of steel, 0.25 cm thick. The inner radius of the bowl is 5 cm. Find the outer curved surface area of the bowl.

Answer:

173.25 cm²

Question. 9

A right circular cylinder just encloses a sphere of radius r. Find:

(i) surface area of the sphere

(ii) curved surface area of the cylinder

(iii) ratio of the areas obtained in (i) and (ii)

Answer:

(i) 4πr²    (ii) 4πr²    (iii) 1 : 1

EXERCISE 11.3

Question. 1

Find the volume of the right circular cone with:

(i) radius 6 cm, height 7 cm

(ii) radius 3.5 cm, height 12 cm

Answer:

(i) 264 cm³    (ii) 154 cm³

Question. 2

Find the capacity in litres of a conical vessel with:

(i) radius 7 cm, slant height 25 cm

(ii) height 12 cm, slant height 13 cm

Answer:

(i) 1.232 l    (ii) 11/35 l

Question. 3

The height of a cone is 15 cm. If its volume is 1570 cm³, find the radius of the base.

Answer:

10 cm

Question. 4

If the volume of a right circular cone of height 9 cm is 48π cm³, find the diameter of its base.

Answer:

8 cm

Question. 5

A conical pit of top diameter 3.5 m is 12 m deep. What is its capacity in kilolitres?

Answer:

38.5 kl

Question. 6

The volume of a right circular cone is 9856 cm³. If the diameter of the base is 28 cm, find:

(i) height of the cone

(ii) slant height of the cone

(iii) curved surface area of the cone

Answer:

(i) 48 cm    (ii) 50 cm    (iii) 2200 cm²

Question. 7

A right triangle ABC with sides 5 cm, 12 cm and 13 cm is revolved about side 12 cm. Find the volume of the solid so obtained.

Answer:

100π cm³

Question. 8

If the triangle ABC in Question 7 above is revolved about the side 5 cm, then find the volume of the solid so obtained. Find also the ratio of the volumes of the two solids obtained in Questions 7 and 8.

Answer:

240π cm³; 5 : 12

Question. 9

A heap of wheat is in the form of a cone whose diameter is 10.5 m and height is 3 m. Find its volume. The heap is to be covered by canvas to protect it from rain. Find the area of the canvas required.

Answer:

86.625π m³, 99.825 m²

EXERCISE 11.4

Question. 1

Find the volume of a sphere whose radius is:

(i) 7 cm    (ii) 0.63 m

Answer:

(i) 1437 1/3 cm³    (ii) 1.05 m³ (approx.)

Question. 2

Find the amount of water displaced by a solid spherical ball of diameter:

(i) 28 cm    (ii) 0.21 m

Answer:

(i) 11498 2/3 cm³    (ii) 0.004851 m³

Question. 3

The diameter of a metallic ball is 4.2 cm. What is the mass of the ball, if the density of the metal is 8.9 g per cm³?

Answer:

345.39 g (approx.)

Question. 4

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?

Answer:

1/64

Question. 5

How many litres of milk can a hemispherical bowl of diameter 10.5 cm hold?

Answer:

0.303 l (approx.)

Question. 6

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

Answer:

0.06348 m³ (approx.)

Question. 7

Find the volume of a sphere whose surface area is 154 cm².

Answer:

179 2/3 cm³

Question. 8

A dome of a building is in the form of a hemisphere. From inside, it was white-washed at the cost of ₹4989.60. If the cost of white-washing is ₹20 per square metre, find the:

(i) inside surface area of the dome

(ii) volume of the air inside the dome

Answer:

(i) 249.48 m²    (ii) 523.9 m³ (approx.)

Question. 9

Twenty-seven solid iron spheres, each of radius r and surface area S, are melted to form a sphere with surface area S'. Find the:

(i) radius r' of the new sphere

(ii) ratio of S and S'

Answer:

(i) 3r    (ii) 1 : 9

Question. 10

A capsule of medicine is in the shape of a sphere of diameter 3.5 mm. How much medicine (in mm³) is needed to fill this capsule?

Answer:

22.46 mm³ (approx.)

NCERT Solutions Class 9 – Mathematics – Chapter 11: SURFACE AREAS AND VOLUMES | Detailed Answers