Class 9 NCERT Solutions Maths Chapter 13 - Surface Areas and Volumes
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Surface Areas and Volumes Exercise Ex. 13.1
Solution 5
Length of the cuboidal box = 12.5 cm
Breadth of the cuboidal box = 10 cm
Height of the cuboidal box = 8 cm
Lateral surface area of cubical box =



Lateral surface area of cuboidal box = 2[lh + bh]
= [2(12.5



= 360

The lateral surface area of cubical box is greater than lateral surface area of cuboidal box.
Lateral surface area of cubical box - lateral surface area of cuboidal box = 400



Thus, the lateral surface area of cubical box is greater than that of cuboidal box by 40 cm2.
(ii) Total surface area of cubical box =


Total surface area of cuboidal box = 2[lh + bh + lb]
= [2(12.5





The total surface area of cubical box is smaller than that of cuboidal box
Total surface area of cuboidal box - total surface area of cubical box =



Thus, the total surface area of cubical box is smaller than that of cuboidal box by

Solution 6
Breadth of green house = 25 cm
Height of green house = 25 cm
Total surface area of green house = 2[lb + lh + bh]
= [2(30




= [2(750 + 750 + 625)]

= (2


= 4250

Thus, the area of the glass is 4250

(ii) Total length of tape = 4(l + b + h)
= [4(30 + 25 + 25)] cm
= 320 cm
Therefore, 320 cm tape is needed for all the 12 edges.
Solution 7
Breadth of bigger box = 20 cm
Height of bigger box = 5 cm
Total surface area of bigger box = 2(lb + lh + bh)
= [2(25




= [2(500 + 125 + 100)] cm2 = 1450

Extra area required for overlapping =


Considering all overlaps, total surface area of 1 bigger box
= (1450 + 72.5)


Area of cardboard sheet required for 250 such bigger box
= (1522.5



Total surface area of smaller box = [2(15








Extra area required for overlapping =


Considering all overlaps, total surface area of 1 smaller box
= (630 + 31.5)


Area of cardboard sheet required for 250 smaller box
= (250



Total cardboard sheet required = (380625 + 165375)


Cost of 1000

Cost of 546000


So, cost of cardboard sheet required for 250 boxes of each kind will be Rs 2184.
Solution 8
Breadth of shelter = 3 m
Height of shelter = 2.5 m
The tarpaulin will be required for top and four sides of the shelter.
Area of Tarpaulin required = 2(lh + bh) + lb
= [2(4




= [2(10 + 7.5) + 12]

= 47

Solution 4
= [2(22.5




= 2(225 + 75 + 168.75)

= (2


= 937.5

Let n number of bricks be painted by the container.
Area of n bricks = 937.5n

Area that can be painted by the container = 9.375 m2 = 93750

n = 100
Thus, 100 bricks can be painted out by the container.
Solution 1
Breadth of box = 1.25 m
Depth of box = 65 cm = 0.65 m
(i) The box is open at the top.
Area of sheet required = 2bh + 2lh + lb
= [2





= (1.625 + 1.95 + 1.875)


(ii) Cost of sheet of area 1



Solution 2
Breadth of room = 4 m
Height of room = 3 m
Area to be white washed = Area of walls + Area of ceiling of room
= 2lh + 2bh + lb
= [2






= (30 + 24 + 20)

= 74

Cost of white washing 1

Cost of white washing 74


Solution 3
Area of four walls = 2lh + 2bh = 2(l + b) h
Perimeter of floor of hall = 2(l + b) = 250 m

Cost of painting 1

Cost of painting 250h


It is given that the cost of paining the walls is Rs 15000.
h = 6
Thus, the height of hall is 6 m.
Surface Areas and Volumes Exercise Ex. 13.2
Solution 8
Radius (r) of circular end of pipe =

CSA of cylindrical pipe =



Thus, the area of radiating surface of the system is 4.4

Solution 9
Radius (r) of circular end of cylindrical tank =

(i) Lateral or curved surface area of tank =

=

= 59.4 m2
(ii) Total surface area of tank = 2

=

= 87.12 m2
Let A m2 steel sheet be actually used in making the tank.
Thus, 95.04

Solution 10
Radius of the circular end of frame of lampshade =

Cloth required for covering the lampshade =


= 2200

Thus, for covering the lampshade 2200

Solution 11
Height of penholder = 10.5 cm
Surface area of 1 penholder = CSA of penholder + Area of base of



Area of cardboard sheet used by 1 competitor =

Area of cardboard sheet used by 35 competitors

Thus, 7920

Solution 1
Let diameter of cylinder be d and the radius of its base be r.
Curved surface area of cylinder = 88





Thus, the diameter of the base of the cylinder is 2 cm.
Solution 2
Base radius (r) of cylindrical tank =

Area of sheet required = total surface area of tank =




So, it will require 7.48

Solution 3

Outer radius

Height (h) of cylindrical pipe = length of cylindrical pipe = 77 cm
(i) CSA of inner surface of pipe =

(ii) CSA of outer surface of pipe =

=




Thus, the total surface area of cylindrical pipe is 2038.08

Solution 4
Height of the roller = length of roller = 120 cm
Radius of the circular end of the roller =

CSA of roller =

Area of field = 500




= 1584

Solution 5
Radius of the circular end of the pillar =

CSA of pillar =


Cost of painting 1

Cost of painting 5.5


Thus, the cost of painting the CSA of pillar is Rs 68.75.
Solution 6
Radius of the base of the cylinder = 0.7 m
CSA of cylinder = 4.4




h = 1 m
Thus, the height of the cylinder is 1 m.
Solution 7
Depth (h) of circular well = 10 m


= (44



= 110

(ii) Cost of plastering 1

Cost of plastering 110


Surface Areas and Volumes Exercise Ex. 13.3
Solution 1

Slant height of cone = 10 cm
CSA of cone =


Thus, the curved surface area of cone is 165

Solution 2

Slant height of cone = 21 m
Total surface area of cone =


Solution 3
Let radius of circular end of cone be r.
CSA of cone =

Thus, the radius of circular end of the cone is 7 cm.
(ii) Total surface area of cone = CSA of cone + Area of base
=


Solution 4
Radius (r) of conical tent = 24 m
Let slant height of conical tent be l.





(ii) CSA of tent =


Cost of 1

Cost of


Thus, the cost of canvas required to make the tent is Rs 137280.
Solution 5
Radius (r) of base of tent = 6 m
Slant height (l) of tent =

CSA of conical tent =





Let length of tarpaulin sheet required be L.
As 20 cm will be wasted so, effective length will be (L - 0.2 m)
Breadth of tarpaulin = 3 m
Area of sheet = CSA of tent
[(L - 0.2 m)


L - 0.2 m = 62.8 m
L = 63 m
Thus, the length of the tarpaulin sheet will be 63 m.
Solution 6
Base radius (r) of tomb =

CSA of conical tomb =


Cost of white-washing 100

Cost of white-washing 550


Thus, the cost of white washing the conical tomb is Rs 1155.
Solution 7
Height (h) of conical cap = 24 cm
Slant height (l) of conical cap =

CSA of 1 conical cap =


CSA of 10 such conical caps = (10



Thus, 5500

Solution 8

Height (h) of cone = 1 m
Slant height (l) of cone =

CSA of each cone =





CSA of 50 such cones = (50



Cost of painting 1

Cost of painting 32.028


Thus, it will cost Rs 384.34 (approximately) in painting the 50 hollow cones.
Surface Areas and Volumes Exercise Ex. 13.4
Solution 2
(i) Radius of sphere
Surface area of sphere
(ii) Radius of sphere
Surface area of sphere
(iii) Radius of sphere
Surface area of sphere =
Solution 3
Total surface area of hemisphere

Solution 4

Radius

Solution 5

Surface area of hemispherical bowl =


Cost of tin-plating 100

Cost of tin-plating 173.25


Solution 6
Surface area of the sphere = 154


Thus, the radius of the sphere is 3.5 cm.
Solution 7

Radius of earth =

Radius of moon =

Surface area of moon =

Surface area of earth =

Required ratio =

Thus, the required ratio of the surface areas is 1:16.
Solution 8
Thickness of the bowl = 0.25 cm
Outer CSA of hemispherical bowl =


Thus, the outer curved surface area of the bowl is 173.25

Solution 1
Surface area of sphere =


(ii) Radius of sphere = 5.6 cm
Surface area of sphere = =
(iii) Radius of sphere = 14 cm
Surface area of sphere = =
Solution 9

(ii) Height of cylinder = r + r = 2r
Radius of cylinder = r
CSA of cylinder =

(iii) Required ratio =

Surface Areas and Volumes Exercise Ex. 13.5
Solution 1
Volume of 1 match box = l






Volume of the packet containing 12 such matchboxes = 12



Solution 2






1

Thus, the tank can hold 135000 litres of water.
Solution 3
Length (l) of vessel = 10 m
Width (b) of vessel = 8 m
Volume of vessel = 380



10


h = 4.75
Thus, the height of the vessel should be 4.75 m.
Solution 4
Width (b) of the cuboidal pit = 6 m
Depth (h) of the cuboidal pit = 3 m
Volume of the cuboidal pit = l






Cost of digging 1

Cost of digging 144


Solution 5
Length (l) of the tank = 2.5 m
Depth (h) of the tank = 10 m






Capacity of tank = 25b = 25000 b litres

Solution 6
Breadth (b) of the cuboidal tank = 15 m
Height (h) of the cuboidal tank = 6 m
Capacity of tank = l






Water consumed by people of village in 1 day = 4000

Let water of this tank lasts for n days.
Water consumed by all people of village in n days = capacity of tank
n

n = 3
Thus, the water of tank will last for 3 days.
Solution 7
Breadth (b1) of the godown = 25 m
Height (h1) of the godown = 15 m
Volume of the godown = l1 × b1 × h1 = 40 × 25 × 15 = 15000m3
Length (l2) of a wooden crate = 40 m
Breadth (b2) of a wooden crate = 25 m
Height (h2) of a wooden crate = 15 m
Volume of a wooden crate = l2 × b2 × h2 = 1.5 × 1.25 × 0.5 = 0.9375m3
Let n wooden crates be stored in the godown
Volume of n wooden crates = volume of the godown
⇒0.9375 × n = 15000
⇒ n = 16000
Thus, the number of wooden crates that can be stored in the godown is 16000.
Solution 8
Volume of the cube = a3= (12 cm)3 = 1728
Let the side of each smaller cube be l.


Thus, the side of each smaller cube is 6 cm.
Ratio between surface areas of the cubes =

So, the required ratio between surface areas of the cubes is 4 : 1.
Solution 9

Depth (h) of river = 3 m
Width (b) of river = 40 m
Volume of water flowed in 1 min

Thus, in 1 minute 4000

Surface Areas and Volumes Exercise Ex. 13.6
Solution 1
Height (h) of the vessel = 25 cm
Circumference of the vessel = 132 cm
2




Solution 2


Volume of pipe =

Mass of 5720 cm3 wood = 5720

Solution 3
Breadth (b) of tin can = 4 cm
Height (h) of tin can = 15 cm
Capacity of tin can = l







Difference in capacity = (385 - 300) cm3 = 85 cm3
Solution 4
Let radius of cylinder be r.
CSA of cylinder = 94.2 cm2
2

(2



r = 3 cm



Solution 5
So, Rs 2200 is cost of painting

Thus, the inner surface area of the vessel is 110 m2.
(ii) Let radius of base of vessel be r.
Height (h) of vessel = 10 m
Surface area = 2




Solution 6
Height (h) of the cylindrical vessel = 1 m
Volume of cylindrical vessel = 15.4 litres = 0.0154 m3



Solution 7

Radius (r2) of graphite =

Height (h) of pencil = 14 cm
Volume of wood in pencil =


Solution 8

Height (h) up to which the bowl is filled with soup = 4 cm


Volume of soup in 250 bowls = (250

Thus, the hospital will have to prepare 38.5 litres of soup daily to serve 250 patients.
Surface Areas and Volumes Exercise Ex. 13.7
Solution 1
Height (h) of cone = 7 cm
Volume of cone

(ii) Radius (r) of cone = 3.5 cm
Height (h) of cone = 12 cm
Volume of cone

Solution 2
Slant height (l) of cone = 25 cm
Height (h) of cone

Volume of cone

Capacity of the conical vessel =

Slant height (l) of cone = 13 cm
Radius (r) of cone

Volume of cone

Capacity of the conical vessel =


Solution 3
Let radius of cone be r.
Volume of cone = 1570 cm3


Thus, the radius of the base of the cone is 10 cm.
Solution 4
Let radius of cone be r.
Volume of cone = 48


Thus, the diameter of the base of the cone is 2r = 8 cm.
Solution 5

Depth (h) of pit = 12 m
Volume of pit =


Solution 6

Let height of cone be h.
Volume of cone = 9856 cm3



Thus, the slant height of the cone is 50 cm.


Solution 7

Volume of cone


Thus, the volume of cone so formed by the triangle is 100

Solution 8

Volume of cone =


Solution 9

Height (h) of heap = 3 m
Volume of heap=

Slant height (l) =

Area of canvas required = CSA of cone

Surface Areas and Volumes Exercise Ex. 13.8
Solution 1
Volume of sphere =

Volume of sphere =

Solution 2

Volume of ball =

Thus, the amount of water displaced is


Volume of ball =

Thus, the amount of water displaced is 0.004851 m3.
Solution 3

Volume of metallic ball =

Mass = Density

Thus, the mass of the ball is approximately 345.39 g.
Solution 4

Then, diameter of moon will be


Volume of moon =

Volume of earth =


Thus, the volume of moon is

Solution 5



= 303.1875 cm3
Capacity of the bowl

= 0.3031875 litre = 0.303 litre (approximately)
Thus, the hemispherical bowl can hold 0.303 litre of milk.
Solution 6
Thickness of hemispherical tank = 1 cm = 0.01 m
Outer radius (r2) of hemispherical tank = (1 + 0.01) m = 1.01 m


Solution 7
Surface area of sphere = 154 cm2


Volume of sphere

Solution 8
Cost of white washing 1 m2 area = Rs 2

CSA of inner side of dome = 249.48 m2
2


Volume of air inside the dome = Volume of the hemispherical dome

= 523.908 m3
Thus, the volume of air inside the dome is approximately 523.9 m3.
Solution 9
Volume of 1 solid iron sphere

Volume of 27 solid iron spheres

It is given that 27 sold iron spheres are melted to from 1 iron sphere. So, volume of
Radius of the new sphere = r'.
Volume of new sphere



Surface area of iron sphere of radius r' = 4




Solution 10

Volume of spherical capsule


Thus, approximately 22.46 mm3 of medicine is required to fill the capsule.
Surface Areas and Volumes Exercise Ex. 13.9
Solution 1
External breadth (b) of bookshelf = 25 cm
External height (h) of bookshelf = 110 cm
External surface area of shelf while leaving front face of shelf
= lh + 2 (lb + bh)
= [85



= 19100 cm2
Area of front face = [85



= 1850 + 750 cm2
= 2600 cm2
Area to be polished = (19100 + 2600) cm2 = 21700 cm2
Cost of polishing 1 cm2 area = Rs 0.20
Cost of polishing 21700 cm2 area = Rs (21700

Now, length (l), breadth (b) height (h) of each row of bookshelf is 75 cm, 20 cm, and

Area to be painted in 1 row = 2 (l + h) b + lh
= [2 (75 + 30)


= (4200 + 2250) cm2
= 6450 cm2
Area to be painted in 3 rows = (3

Cost of painting 1 cm2 area = Rs 0.10
Cost of painting 19350 cm2 area = Rs (19350

Total expense required for polishing and painting the surface of the bookshelf
Solution 2



Radius (r') of cylindrical support = 1.5 cm
Height (h) of cylindrical support = 7 cm


Area of circular end of cylindrical support =


Area to be painted silver = [8

= (8

Cost occurred in painting silver colour = Rs (11031.44

Area to painted black = (8

Cost occurred in painting black colour = Rs (528

Solution 3
Radius (r1) of the sphere =

It is given that the diameter of the sphere is decreased by 25%.


CSA (S2) of the new sphere =

Decrease in CSA of sphere = S1 - S2

Percentage decrease in CSA of sphere=

