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NCERT Solutions for Class 9 Maths Chapter 13 Surface Areas and Volumes — Exercise 13.1

Step-by-step NCERT Solutions for Class 9 Maths Chapter 13 (Surface Areas and Volumes), Exercise 13.1. 8 questions with answers — read online free on NCERT Help.

Maths Chapter 13 Exercise 13.1 8 questions
ClassClass 9
SubjectMaths
ChapterChapter 13 — Surface Areas and Volumes
ExerciseExercise 13.1
Questions solved8

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EXERCISE 13.1

NCERT class 9 maths chapter 13 Surface Areas and Volumes

Question 1:A plastic box 1.5 m long, 1.25 m wide and 65 cm deep is to be made. It is opened at the top. Ignoring the thickness of the plastic sheet, determine: (i) The area of the sheet required for making the box. (ii) The cost of sheet for it, if a sheet measuring 1m2 costs ` 20.

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Question 2:The length, breadth and height of a room are 5 m, 4 m and 3 m respectively. Find the cost of white washing the walls of the room and the ceiling at the rate of ` 7.50 per m2.

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Question 3:The floor of a rectangular hall has a perimeter 250 m. If the cost of painting the four walls at the rate of ` 10 per m2 is ` 15000, find the height of the hall. [Hint : Area of the four walls = Lateral surface area.]

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Question 4:The paint in a certain container is sufficient to paint an area equal to 9375 m2. How many bricks of dimensions 22.5 cm × 10 cm × 7.5 cm can be painted out of this container?

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Question 5:A cubical box has each edge 10 cm and another cuboidal box is 12.5 cm long, 10 cm wide and 8 cm high. (i) Which box has the greater lateral surface area and by how much? (ii) Which box has the smaller total surface area and by how much?

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Question 6:A small indoor greenhouse (herbarium) is made entirely of glass panes (including base) held together with tape. It is 30 cm long, 25 cm wide and 25 cm high. (i) What is the area of the glass? (ii) How much of tape is needed for all the 12 edges?

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Question 7:Shanti Sweets Stall was placing an order for making cardboard boxes for packing their sweets. Two sizes of boxes were required. The bigger of dimensions 25 cm × 20 cm × 5 cm and the smaller of dimensions 15 cm × 12 cm × 5 cm. For all the overlaps, 5% of the total surface area is required extra. If the cost of the cardboard is ` 4 for 1000 cm2, find the cost of cardboard required for supplying 250 boxes of each kind.

Question 8:Parveen wanted to make a temporary shelter for her car, by making a box-like structure with tarpaulin that covers all the four sides and the top of the car (with the front face as a flap which can be rolled up). Assuming that the stitching margins are very small, and therefore negligible, how much tarpaulin would be required to make the shelter of height 2.5 m, with base dimensions 4 m × 3 m?

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NCERT Solutions for Class 9 Chapter 13 Ex13.1 Surface Areas and Volumes

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