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Date November 2018 Marks available 3 Reference code 18N.1.SL.TZ0.T_9
Level Standard Level Paper Paper 1 Time zone Time zone 0
Command term Calculate Question number T_9 Adapted from N/A

Question

A solid glass paperweight consists of a hemisphere of diameter 6 cm on top of a cuboid with a square base of length 6 cm, as shown in the diagram.

The height of the cuboid, x cm, is equal to the height of the hemisphere.

Write down the value of x.

[1]
a.i.

Calculate the volume of the paperweight.

[3]
a.ii.

1 cm3 of glass has a mass of 2.56 grams.

Calculate the mass, in grams, of the paperweight.

[2]
b.

Markscheme

3 (cm)    (A1) (C1)

 

[1 mark]

a.i.

units are required in part (a)(ii)

 

1 2 × 4 π × ( 3 ) 3 3 + 3 × ( 6 ) 2       (M1)(M1)

Note: Award (M1) for their correct substitution in volume of sphere formula divided by 2, (M1) for adding their correctly substituted volume of the cuboid.

 

= 165 cm3   (164.548…)      (A1)(ft) (C3)

Note: The answer is 165 cm3; the units are required. Follow through from part (a)(i).

 

[3 marks]

a.ii.

their 164.548… × 2.56      (M1)

Note: Award (M1) for multiplying their part (a)(ii) by 2.56.

 

= 421 (g)   (421.244…(g))      (A1)(ft) (C2)

Note: Follow through from part (a)(ii).

 

[2 marks]

b.

Examiners report

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a.i.
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a.ii.
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b.

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Topic 3—Geometry and trigonometry » SL 3.1—3d space, volume, angles, midpoints
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