Surface Area and Volume of Similar Solids

Two spheres have a scale factor ratio of 1:3.  The smaller sphere has a surface area of 16 ft²_.  Find the surface area of the larger sphere.

• 48 ft²

• 144 ft²

• 432 ft²

• 32 ft²

Two similar pyramids have heights of 4 inches and 7 inches.  What is the ratio of the volume of the small pyramid to the volume of the large pyramid? 

• 4:7

• 16:49

• 64:343

• 12:21

The volume of a prism is 1000 cubic centimeters. A similar prism has a volume of 27 cubic centimeters. What is the ratio of their surface areas?

• 100:9

• 10:3

• 500:13.5

• 100:2.7

In a display at a museum, two planets have volumes of 8 cubic inches and 27 cubic inches. What is the ratio of their diameters?

• 4:13.5

• 2:9

• 2:3

• 4:13.5

The ratio of the volume of two spheres is 8:27. What is the ratio of their radii?

• 2:3

• 4:9

• 3:4

• 64:729

The surface area of a certain pyramid is 54 square meters. Its volume is 648 cubic meters. If a similar pyramid has a volume of 8232 cubic meters, what is its surface area?

• 686 m²

• 168 m²

• 126 m²

• 294 m²

The surface area of a certain prism is 1088 square km and its volume is 13312 cubic km. If a similar solid has a surface area of 425 square km, what is this similar solids volume?

• 3250 cubic km

• 5200 cubic km

• 1950 cubic km

• 8320 cubic km

Two similar cylinders have surface areas of 40π ft² and 90π ft². What is the ratio of the height of the large cylinder to the height of the small cylinder?

• 4/9

• 2/3

• 8/27

• 16/81

Calculate the composite surface area of the square pyramid on top of the square prism.

• 8160 cm²

• 2400 cm²

• 3456 cm²

• 2304 cm²

What is the ratio of the volumes from larger to smaller. (HINT* Find the ratio of the side lengths first)

• 5/4

• 125/64

• 25/16

• 10/8