Determining If It Is Volume and Surface Area

Elsie needs to paint the wooden box below as a prop for the school spring musical. What is the surface area of the box?

• 12.50 square feet

• 18.75 square feet

• 36.25 square feet

• 46.50 square feet

The length and width of the rectangular prism shown below will be tripled. What effect will this change have on the volume of the prism?

• It will triple the volume.

• It will quadruple the volume.

• It will increase the volume by a factor of 6.

• It will increase the volume by a factor of 9.

The surface area of a cube is 864 cm². What must be the length of each edge?

• 6 cm

• 12 cm

• 144 cm

• 288 cm

Rocky has a candle that is a right rectangular prism, as shown below. What volume is left after Rocky’s candle burns 1/3 of its volume?

• 12 cubic inches

• 18 cubic inches

• 36 cubic inches

• 54 cubic inches

Travanta needs to wrap a rectangular prism similar to the one shown. Which measure of the rectangular prism would be MOST helpful in determining the amount of wrapping paper Travanta needs?

• circumference

• surface area

• perimeter

• volume

Kara plans to paint the inside of her swimming pool before she fills it. The pool is a rectangular prism shown below. (Note: the top of the pool is open and will not be painted.) How many square feet of surface area will she paint?

• 300

• 500

• 700

• 1000

A baking pan is 23 cm wide, 33 cm long, and 6 cm high. If the cake mixture fills the pan to one centimeter from the top, how much mixture is in the pan?

• 4554 cubic cm

• 4416 cubic cm

• 4356 cubic cm

• 3795 cubic cm

Aaron has a box that has a length of 12 inches, a width of 6 inches, and a height of 9 inches. What is the volume of the box?

• 360 cubic inches

• 468 cubic inches

• 648 cubic inches

• 972 cubic inches

Which is closest to the surface area of the cylinder?

• 1,184 sq. cm.

• 1,321 sq. cm.

• 1,356 sq. cm.

• 1,429 sq. cm.

A can of tomato soup has a diameter of 2.5 inches and a height of 4 inches. Which is closest to how much soup it will take to fill the can?

• 15.7 cub. in.

• 19.7 cub. in.

• 31.4 cub. in.

• 78.5 cub. in.