Mastering Area and Volume: Squares and Cubes for 6th Graders

A square garden has a side length of 5 meters. What is the area of the garden in square meters?

• 25 square meters

• 20 square meters

• 30 square meters

• 15 square meters

If a cube has a side length of 3 cm, what is its volume in cubic centimeters?

• 27 cubic centimeters

• 36 cubic centimeters

• 12 cubic centimeters

• 9 cubic centimeters

A square tile has an area of 64 square inches. What is the length of one side of the tile?

• 6 inches

• 10 inches

• 8 inches

• 12 inches

A box is in the shape of a cube with a volume of 125 cubic feet. What is the length of one side of the box?

• 5 feet

• 4 feet

• 8 feet

• 6 feet

If you have 4 square plots of land, each with an area of 36 square meters, what is the total area of all the plots combined?

• 144 square meters

• 72 square meters

• 108 square meters

• 180 square meters

A cube has a volume of 512 cubic centimeters. What is the length of one side of the cube?

• 10 centimeters

• 12 centimeters

• 6 centimeters

• 8 centimeters

A square swimming pool has a perimeter of 48 meters. What is the area of the pool?

• 36 square meters

• 100 square meters

• 144 square meters

• 64 square meters

If a cube's side length is doubled, how does its volume change?

• The volume increases by a factor of 8.

• The volume remains the same.

• The volume increases by a factor of 4.

• The volume decreases by a factor of 2.

A square piece of paper has a side length of 10 cm. If you cut it into smaller squares with a side length of 2 cm, how many smaller squares can you make?

• 30

• 15

• 20

• 25

A cube has a side length of 4 inches. If you paint the outside of the cube, what is the total surface area that gets painted?

• 80 square inches

• 48 square inches

• 96 square inches

• 64 square inches