Area, Surface Area and Volume Word Problems

You are putting in a pool at your house in the shape of a rectangular prism.  The length is 40 ft, the width is 20 ft and the 3-D height is 12 ft.  How much water will be in the pool?

• 8640 cubic feet

• 8400 cubic feet

• 8000 cubic feet

• 9600 cubic feet

You want to figure out how cherry coke is inside a can of Coca-Cola.  The radius is 2 inches and the 3-D height is 6 inches.  How much cherry coke fits inside the can?

• 68.56 cubic inches

• 75.36 cubic inches

• 83.76 cubic inches

• 94.7 cubic inches

El Compadre's Mexican Restaurant is a triangular prism.  The base of the triangle is 90 ft and height of the triangle is 100 ft.  The 3-D height is 200 ft.  What is the volume of El Compadre?

• 750,000 cubic feet

• 800,000 cubic feet

• 850,000 cubic feet

• 900,000 cubic feet

We want to fill up the cylinder pictured with water.  How many inches cubed of water will fit inside it?

• 78500 inches cubed

• 80000 inches cubed

• 84500 inches cubed

• 89000 inches cubed

Calculate the volume of a rectangular prism with a length of 5 cm, a width of 3 cm, and a height of 4 cm.

What is surface area?

• Inside of the object

• the sum of all the areas of all the shapes that cover the surface of the object.

• Something Coach G made up?

• Surface area is what you get when you boil unicorn tears. 

A glass has the shape of a cylinder with a radius of 4 cm and a height of 12 cm. How much liquid can it hold (in cm³)?

A garden plot is to be covered with soil. The plot is a rectangular prism measuring 30 m by 20 m by 0.5 m. How much soil is needed in cubic meters?

• 300 m³

• 150 m³

• 600 m³

• 450 m³

• 5 cm

• 7 cm

• 10 cm

• 12 cm