Grade 7 | Unit 7 | Lesson 15: Distinguishing Volume and Surface Area | Practice Problems

Here is the base of a prism. If the height of the prism is 5 cm, what is its surface area? What is its volume?

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CCSS.7.G.B.6

If the height of the prism is 10 cm, what is its surface area? What is its volume?

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CCSS.7.G.B.6

When the height doubled, what was the percent increase for the surface area? For the volume?

• Surface area increase: 67.6%

• Volume increase: 100%

Select all the situations where knowing the volume of an object would be more useful than knowing its surface area.

• Determining the monetary value of a piece of gold jewelry.

• Filling an aquarium with buckets of water.

• Packing a box with watermelons for shipping.

• Measuring the amount of gasoline left in the tank of a tractor.

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CCSS.8.G.A.2

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CCSS.4.MD.C.7