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Try It Out -- Chapter 11, Lesson 3



Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 

The volume of a cylinder is
.     
a.
the height of the cylinder
b.
the amount of material that it takes to fill the cylinder
c.
the amount of material that it takes to make the cylinder
 

 2. 

The volume of a cylinder is calculated like the volume of a prism; area of base ´ _____.
a.
length
b.
width
c.
height
d.
p
 

 3. 

Use the formula for the area of a _____ to calculate the area of the base of a cylinder.
a.
rectangle
b.
triangle
c.
circle
 

 4. 

Nathan wants to know how much gasoline his cylindrical gas container holds, that he uses for cutting the lawn.  He needs to calculate the ___ of the gas container.
a.
surface area
c.
height
b.
area
d.
volume
 

 5. 

Calculate the volume of this cylinder.

{Graphic of cylinder similar to Example 1 in manuscript, with the radius labeled as 6 cm and the height labeled as 8 cm}
a.
905 cm3
c.
302 cm3
b.
1206 cm3
d.
226 cm3
 

 6. 

Calculate the volume of this cylinder.
{cylinder with diameter 4.7 m and height 10.3 m}
a.
714.8 m3
b.
178.7m3
c.
152.1 m3
 

 7. 

Sal needs to know how much water his cylindrical pool holds in order to determine the amount of chemicals to add to the pool water.  Sal needs to find the:
a.
surface area of the water
b.
volume of the cylindrical pool
c.
circumference of the pool
 

 8. 

In the problem stated in Question 7, if Sal knows that the height of the water in  his pool is
2.1 m, and the distance around the outside of the pool is 24.5 m, determine the number of cubic metres of water in Sal’s pool.
a.
323.3 m3
b.
102.9 m3
c.
51.5 m3
 

 9. 

The volume of a can of soup is 284 mL. The radius of each can is 3.75 cm.  What size of rectangular box is needed to hold 12 cans of soup. (2 layers of 6 cans)

Use the volume of a cylinder formula, with the given information to find:
a.
the volume of the soup can
b.
the diameter of the soup can
c.
the height of the soup can
 

 10. 

In the problem stated in Question 9, determine the dimensions of the rectangular box that will hold the 12 cans of soup ( 2 layers of 6 cans). Recall that 1 cm3 = 1 mL.
a.
15 cm ´ 22.5 cm ´ 24.2 cm
b.
7.5 cm ´ 11.25 cm ´ 48.2 cm
c.
15 cm ´ 22.5 cm ´ 12.1 cm
 



 
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