Volume Word Problems (Cylinders, Cones, and Spheres)

You have a globe that has a radius of 11 inches. Find the volume of your globe. 

• 523 in³
• 16,717 in³
• 5,575 in³
• 7,235 in³

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Mike created a cone that has a diameter of 8 feet and a height of 3 feet. Find the volume of this cone.

• 50.27 ft³

• 150.72 ft³

• not here

• 192.65 ft³

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Michael has a very large soup pot shaped like a cylinder that has a height of 15  inches and a radius of 6 inches. How much soup can Michael’s soup pot hold?

• 4239 in³
• 423.9 in³
• 1695.6 in³
•  1695.6 in²

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Soda is sold in aluminum cans that measure 6 inches in height and 2 inches in diameter.  How many cubic inches of soda are contained in a full can?

• 12.0
• 24.0
• 75.4
• 18.8

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Choir is selling Pringle Chips to raise money for a field trip. The container has a diameter of 9 inches and a height of 32 inches. 

Which equation can be used to find the volume of the container?

• V = π(9)
• V = π(4.5)²(32)
• V = π(9)²(32)
• V = π(4.5)(32)

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A table tennis ball has a diameter of 40 mm. What is the approximate volume of the table tennis ball in cubic millimeters?

• 1,676 mm³
• 18,850 mm³
• 33,510.3 mm³
• 268,083 mm³

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Mike has a large plastic cup that he is going to fill to the top with water. The plastic cup is in the shape of a cone as shown. Which is closest to the volume of Mike’s cup?

• 21 cubic inches
• 63 cubic inches
• 66 cubic inches
• 198 cubic inches

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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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A rancher wants to cut a metal cylinder in half to use as a watering trough as shown.
If the cylinder has a diameter of 5 feet and a length of 9 feet, which value is closest to the volume of the trough in cubic feet? Use π = 3.14.

• 176.6 ft³
• 141.3 ft³
• 88.3 ft³
• 70.7 ft³

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Jack is making 4 cylindrical wax candles. If he plans to make candles with a diameter of 7 cm and a height of 12 cm, approximately how many cubic centimeters of wax will Jack need to make the candles?

• 7,389 cm³
• 6,333 cm³
• 3,167 cm³
• 1,847 cm³

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