Volume or Surface Area?

If you wanted to know how much treasure is in the chest you would be finding the ________________

• volume

• surface area

Identify each situation that would require the application of volume

• Determining the amount of water in a water bottle.

• Determining the number of pencils that could fit into a rectangular box.

• Determining the amount of wrapping paper needed to wrap a box.

• Determining the amount of paint needed to paint the outside of a cylinder.

If you wanted to know how much metal is need to make a can you would be finding the ______

• Surface Area

• Volume

If you wanted to know how many cheerios could fit inside of the box you would be finding the _______

• volume

• surface area

If you wanted to measure how much coca-cola is inside this can you would be looking for its ________

• surface area

• volume

• perimeter

• area

If you wanted to measure how much water this fish tank could hold you would be measuring its _______.

• volume

• surface area

• perimeter

• circumference

A cylindrical bucket with a diameter of 4 in is filled with rainwater to a height of 2.5 inches.

• Volume

• Surface Area

Tags

CCSS.8.G.C.9

CCSS.HSG.GMD.A.3

how much water is needed to fill an aquarium

• volume

• surface area

the amount of glass needed for an aquarium

• surface area

• volume

the aluminum of a soda can

• surface area

• volume