Classifying Volume and 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

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Identify each situation that would require the application of surface area.

• Painting the outside of a shoebox

• Filling the shoebox with candy

• Counting the number of cubes inside of a shoebox.

• Wrapping the shoebox in gift wrap

Which statement is true?

• Surface area is the area of the base of a container.

• Surface area is the measurement of the space inside of a container

• Volume is the measure of the amount a container can hold

• Volume is the areas of the surfaces of a container added together.

Which statement is true?

• Surface area is the sum of the areas of all of the surfaces of a container.

• Volume is the distance around the container.

• Surface area is the measure of the space inside of a container.

• Volume is the area of the base of a container

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