Measurement Problem Bank (8th grade TEKS)

Joshua purchased a large sphere-shaped gumball from the gumball machine. The gumball has a diameter of 1.5 inches. He decided to eat only half of the gumball so he can save the rest for later. Approximately, what is the volume of the piece of gumball that he ate?

• 1.78 cubic inches

• 0.66 cubic inces

• 1.33 cubic inches

• 0.88 cubic inches

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For a holiday party, Rebecca purchased 3 cans of cranberry sauce. Each can was in the shape of a cylinder with a diameter of 10 cm and a height of 12 cm. Which measurement is closest to the volume of the cranberry sauce she purchased in cubic cm?

• 2827.43 cm³

• 3769.91 cm³

• 942.48 cm³

• 565.49 cm³

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Oil-King Automotive uses a cone-shaped funnel to put oil into any vehicle. The funnel has a volume of 28.63 cubic inches with a base diameter of 4.5 in. What is the approximate height of the funnel?

• 1.8 in

• 5.4 in

• 0.6 in

• 15.9 in

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Built-Strong Construction Company is one of many working on highway 290. The company is currently using 10 traffic cones to block a small portion of a road. The dimensions of each traffic cone are shown . What is the, approximate volume of each traffic cone?

• 808.17 in.³

• 8081.75 in.³

• 1539.38 in.³

• 2424.52 in.³

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The International Tennis Foundation defines the official diameter of a tennis ball in the shape of a sphere at 6.54 cm. Which measurement is closest to the volume of a tennis ball in cubic centimeters?

• 146 cm³

• 14 cm³

• 439 cm³

• 45 cm³

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Tommy is making freshly squeezed orange juice. The three oranges have a diameter of 13 cm, 10 cm, and 8 cm. If he squeezed all of the juice out of each orange, approximately, what is the maximum amount of orange juice that he received from all 3 oranges?

• 268.08 cm³

• 1150.35 cm³

• 523.6 cm³

• 1942.03 cm³

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Farmer Joe uses 2 troughs shaped like a rectangular prism to feed his pigs. If each trough has a height of 1.5 ft, length of 6 ft and a width of 2 ft, what is the total surface area of both troughs, without the top?

• 48 ft²

• 96 ft²

• 36 ft²

• 72 ft²

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Raymond is building a box with a lid out of plywood. The box is shaped like a rectangular prism with a height of 1.75 ft, length of 3.5 ft and a width of 3 ft. The plywood costs $0.53 per square foot at Lowe’s. Approximately, what is the total cost of the plywood needed to create the box?

• $43.75

• $12.06

• $23.19

• $17.62

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Given the triangular prism shown below, what is total surface area of the figure?

• 144 in.²

• 192 in.²

• 88 in.²

• 228 in.²

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Given the triangular prism shown above, what is the lateral surface area?

• 13.5 in.²

• 27 in.²

• 33 in.²

• 19.5 in.²

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