Volume Word Problems

How do you find the volume of a cone?

• V= ^1/₃ πr²h
• V= ^4/₃ πr²h
• V= ^4/₃ πr³
• V= πr²h

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How do you find the volume of a sphere?

• V= ^1/₃ πr²h
• V= ^4/₃ πr²h
• V= ^4/₃ πr³
• V= πr²h

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How do you find the volume of a cylinder?

• V= ^1/₃ πr²h
• V= ^4/₃ πr²h
• V= ^4/₃ πr³
• V= πr²h

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What is the formula used to find the volume of a rectangular prism?

• V = Lw
• V = Lwh
• V = 1/2bh
• V = 2∏r

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Find the volume of rectangular prism with a length of 5 units, a width of 5 units, and height of 10 units.

• 20 cubic units

• 100 cubic units

• 40 cubic units

• 250 cubic units

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Each side of this ice cube measures 2 inches.  What is the volume of the ice cube?

• 6 cubic inches
• 8 cubic inches
• 12 cubic inches
• 8 square inches

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You want to figure out how cherry coke is inside a can of Coca-Cola. The radius is 2 inches and the 3-D height is 6 inches. How much cherry coke fits inside the can?

• 68.6 cubic inches

• 75.4 cubic inches

• 83.8 cubic inches

• 94.7 cubic inches

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We want to fill up the cylinder pictured with water. Estimate how many inches cubed of water will fit inside it?

• 78500 inches cubed

• 80000 inches cubed

• 84500 inches cubed

• 89000 inches cubed

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A scoop of ice cream, shaped like a sphere with diameter 6 cm, is placed in an ice cream cone with diameter 5 cm and height 10 cm. Is the cone big enough to hold all the ice cream if it melts?

• YES

• NO

• Maybe

• So

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Russell is filling a cylinder-shaped swimming pool that has a diameter of 20 feet. He fills it with water to a depth of 3 feet. What is the volume of the water in the pool, to the nearest cubic foot?

• 377 cubic feet
• 942 cubic feet
• 2,958 cubic feet
• 3,768  cubic feet

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