Know and Use the Formulas for the Volumes of Cones, Cylinders, and Spheres: CCSS.Math.Content.8.G.C.9 - Common Core: 8th Grade Math

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Chestnut wood has a density of about $0.45\frac{g}{cm^3}$ . A right circular cone made out of chestnut wood has a height of three meters, and a base with a radius of two meters. What is its mass in kilograms (nearest whole kilogram)?

Answer

First, convert the dimensions to cubic centimeters by multiplying by : the cone has height , and its base has radius .

$3m\frac{100cm}{1m}=300cm\ \ \2m\frac{100cm}{1m}=200cm$

Its volume is found by using the formula and the converted height and radius.

$V=\frac{1}{3} \pi r^{2}h$

$V=\frac{1}{3} \pi (200cm)^{2} ( 300cm )\approx 12,566,371 ; \textrm{cm}^{3}$

Now multiply this by $0.45\frac{g}{cm^3}$ to get the mass.

$m=V\rho$

$12,566,371cm^30.45\frac{g}{cm^3} \approx 5,654,867g$

Finally, convert the answer to kilograms.

$5654867g *\frac{1kg}{1,000g} \approx 5,655kg$

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A car dealership wants to fill a large spherical advertising ballon with helium. It can afford to buy 1,000 cubic yards of helium to fill this balloon. What is the greatest possible diameter of that balloon (nearest tenth of a yard)?

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The volume of a sphere, given its radius, is

$V = \frac{4\pi r^{3}}{3}$

Set , solve for , and double that to get the diameter.

$1,000= \frac{4\pi r^{3}}{3}$

$r^{3} = \frac{1,000 \cdot 3 }{4\pi} \approx 238.7$

$r \approx \sqrt[3]{238.7} \approx 6.2$

The diameter is twice this, or 12.4 yards.

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In terms of $\pi$ , give the volume, in cubic inches, of a spherical water tank with a diameter of 20 feet.

Answer

20 feet = $20 \times 12 = 240$ inches, the diameter of the tank; half of this, or 120 inches, is the radius. Set , substitute in the volume formula, and solve for :

$V = \frac{4}{3} \pi r^{3}$

$V = \frac{4}{3} \pi \cdot 120^{3}$

$V = \frac{4}{3} \pi \cdot 1,728,000$

$V = 2,304,000 \pi$ cubic inches

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A cone has height 18 inches; its base has radius 4 inches. Give its volume in cubic feet (leave in terms of $\pi$ )

Answer

Convert radius and height from inches to feet by dividing by 12:

Height: 18 inches = $18 \div 12 = \frac{18}{12} = \frac{3}{2}$ feet

Radius: 4 inches = $4 \div 12 = \frac{4}{12} = \frac{1}{3}$

The volume of a cone is given by the formula

$V = \frac{1}{3} \pi r^{2} h$

Substitute $r = \frac{1}{3}, h = \frac{3}{2}$ :

$V = \frac{1}{3}\cdot \left ( \frac{1}{3} \right ) ^{2}\cdot \frac{3}{2} \cdot \pi$

$V = \frac{1}{3}\cdot\frac{1}{3}\cdot \frac{1}{3}\cdot \frac{3}{2} \cdot \pi$

$V = \frac{1}{1}\cdot\frac{1}{3}\cdot \frac{1}{3}\cdot \frac{1}{2} \cdot \pi$

$V = \frac{1}{18} \pi$

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A cone has height 240 centimeters; its base has radius 80 centimeters. Give its volume in cubic meters.

Answer

Convert both dimensions from centimeters to meters by dividing by 100:

Height: 240 centimeters = $240 \div 100 = 2.4$ meters.

Radius: 80 centimeters = $80 \div 100 = 0.8$ meters.

Substitute in the volume formula:

$V = \frac{1}{3} \pi r^{2}h$

$V = \frac{1}{3} \cdot \pi \cdot 0.8 ^{2} \cdot 2.4$

$V = \frac{1}{3}\cdot 0.8 \cdot 0.8 \cdot 2.4 \cdot \pi$

$V =0.512 \pi$

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A sphere has diameter 3 meters. Give its volume in cubic centimeters (leave in terms of $\pi$ ).

Answer

The diameter of 3 meters is equal to $3 \times 100 = 300$ centimeters; the radius is half this, or 150 centimeters. Substitute in the volume formula:

$V= \frac{4}{3} \pi r^{3}$

$V= \frac{4}{3} \cdot \pi \cdot 150^{3}$

$V= \frac{4}{3} \cdot 150 \cdot 150 \cdot 150\cdot \pi$

$V= \frac{4}{3} \cdot 150 \cdot 150 \cdot 150\cdot \pi$

$V= 4,500,000\pi$ cubic centimeters

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A spherical balloon has a diameter of 10 meters. Give the volume of the balloon.

Answer

The volume enclosed by a sphere is given by the formula:

$Volume=\frac{4}{3}\pi r^3$

where is the radius of the sphere. The diameter of the balloon is 10 meters so the radius of the sphere would be $10\div 2=5$ meters. Now we can get:

$Volume=\frac{4}{3}\pi r^3=\frac{4}{3}\pi\times 5^3=\frac{4}{3}\times \pi \times 125\approx 523.6 m^3$

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The volume of a sphere is 1000 cubic inches. What is the diameter of the sphere.

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The volume of a sphere is:

$Volume=\frac{4}{3}\pi r^3$

Where is the radius of the sphere. We know the volume and can solve the formula for :

$Volume=\frac{4}{3}\pi r^3=1000\Rightarrow r^3=\frac{3\times1000 }{4\pi}\approx 238.85\Rightarrow r\approx 6.2$ inches

So we can get:

$Diameter=2r=2\times 6.2=12.4inches$

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The diameter of a sphere is . Give the volume of the sphere in terms of .

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The diameter of a sphere is so the radius of the sphere would be $6t\div 2=3t$

The volume enclosed by a sphere is given by the formula:

$Volume=\frac{4}{3}\pi r^3=\frac{4}{3}\pi \times (3t)^3=\frac{4}{3}\pi\times 27t^3\Rightarrow Volume=36\pi t^3$

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A cone has the height of 4 meters and the circular base area of 4 square meters. If we want to fill out the cone with water (density = $1000\frac{Kg}{m^3}$ ), what is the mass of required water (nearest whole kilogram)?

Answer

The volume of a cone is:

$Volume=\frac{1}{3}\pi r^2h$

where is the radius of the circular base, and is the height (the perpendicular distance from the base to the vertex).

As the circular base area is $\pi r^2$ , so we can rewrite the volume formula as follows:

$Volume =\frac{A\times h}{3}$

where is the circular base area and known in this problem. So we can write:

$Volume =\frac{A\times h}{3}=\frac{4\times 4}{3}=\frac{16}{3}\approx 5.333 m^3$

We know that density is defined as mass per unit volume or:

$\rho =\frac{m}{v}$

Where $\rho$ is the density; is the mass and is the volume. So we get:

$m=\rho v=1000\times 5.333=5333 Kg$

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The vertical height (or altitude) of a right cone is . The radius of the circular base of the cone is . Find the volume of the cone in terms of .

Answer

The volume of a cone is:

$Volume=\frac{1}3{}\pi r^2h$

where is the radius of the circular base, and is the height (the perpendicular distance from the base to the vertex).

$Volume=\frac{1}3{}\pi r^2h =\frac{1}3{}\pi t^2\times 2t=\frac{2}{3}\pi t^3$

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A right cone has a volume of $8\pi$ , a height of and a radius of the circular base of . Find .

Answer

The volume of a cone is given by:

$Volume=\frac{1}{3}\pi r^2h$

where is the radius of the circular base, and is the height; the perpendicular distance from the base to the vertex. Substitute the known values in the formula:

$Volume=\frac{1}{3}\pi r^2h\Rightarrow 8\pi=\frac{1}{3}\pi\times (2t)^2\times 3t$

$\Rightarrow 8\pi=4\pi t^3\Rightarrow t^3=2\Rightarrow t=\sqrt[3]{2}$

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The height of a cylinder is 3 inches and the radius of the circular end of the cylinder is 3 inches. Give the volume and surface area of the cylinder.

Answer

The volume of a cylinder is found by multiplying the area of one end of the cylinder (base) by its height or:

$Volume=\pi r^2h$

where is the radius of the circular end of the cylinder and is the height of the cylinder. So we can write:

$Volume=\pi r^2h=\pi \times 3^2\times 3=84.82in^3$

The surface area of the cylinder is given by:

$A=2\pi r^2+2\pi rh$

where is the surface area of the cylinder, is the radius of the cylinder and is the height of the cylinder. So we can write:

$A=2\pi r^2+2\pi rh$

$A=2\pi (3)^2+2\pi \times 3\times 3$

$A=18\pi+18\pi$

$A=36\pi$

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The height of a cylinder is two times the length of the radius of the circular end of a cylinder. If the volume of the cylinder is $16\pi$ , what is the height of the cylinder?

Answer

The volume of a cylinder is:

$Volume=\pi r^2h$

where is the radius of the circular end of the cylinder and is the height of the cylinder.

Since , we can substitute that into the volume formula. So we can write:

$Volume=\pi r^2h$

$16\pi=\pi r^2\cdot (2r)$

$16\pi =2\pi r^{3}$

$16=2r^{3}$

$8=r^{3}$

So we get:

$h=2r=2\times 2=4$

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The end (base) of a cylinder has an area of $16\pi$ square inches. If the height of the cylinder is half of the radius of the base of the cylinder, give the volume of the cylinder.

Answer

The area of the end (base) of a cylinder is $\pi r^2$ , so we can write:

$\pi r^2=16\pi\Rightarrow r^2=16\Rightarrow r=4\ inches$

The height of the cylinder is half of the radius of the base of the cylinder, that means:

$h=\frac{r}{2}=\frac{4}{2}=2\ inches$

The volume of a cylinder is found by multiplying the area of one end of the cylinder (base) by its height:

$Volume=Area\times h=16\pi\times 2=32\pi$

or

$Volume=\pi r^2h=\pi\times 4^2\times 2=32\pi$

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We have two right cylinders. The radius of the base Cylinder 1 is $\sqrt{3}$ times more than that of Cylinder 2, and the height of Cylinder 2 is 4 times more than the height of Cylinder 1. The volume of Cylinder 1 is what fraction of the volume of Cylinder 2?

Answer

The volume of a cylinder is:

$V=\pi r^2h$

where is the volume of the cylinder, is the radius of the circular end of the cylinder, and is the height of the cylinder.

So we can write:

$V_{1}=\pi (r_{1})^2h_{1}$

and

$V_{2}=\pi (r_{2})^2h_{2}$

Now we can summarize the given information:

$r_{1}=\sqrt{3}\cdot r_{2}$

$h_{2}=4\cdot h_{1}\Rightarrow h_{1}=\frac{h_{2}}{4}$

Now substitute them in the $V_{1}$ formula:

$V_{1}=\pi (\sqrt{3}r_{2})^2\times \frac{h_{2}}{4}\Rightarrow V_{1}=\frac{3}{4}\pi (r_{2})^2\times h_{2}\Rightarrow V_{1}=\frac{3}{4}V_{2}$

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Two right cylinders have the same height. The radius of the base of the first cylinder is two times more than that of the second cylinder. Compare the volume of the two cylinders.

Answer

The volume of a cylinder is:

$V=\pi r^2h$

where is the radius of the circular end of the cylinder and is the height of the cylinder. So we can write:

$V_{1}=\pi (r_{1})^2h_{1}$

$V_{2}=\pi (r_{2})^2h_{2}$

We know that

$h_{1}=h_{2}$

and

$r_{1}=2r_{2}$ .

So we can write:

$V_{1}=\pi (r_{1})^2h_{1}=\pi (2r_{2})^2\cdot h_{2}=4\pi (r_{2})^2h_{2}\Rightarrow V_{1}=4V_{2}$

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Give the volume of a cone whose height is 10 inches and whose base is a circle with circumference $6 \pi$ inches.

Answer

A circle with circumference $6 \pi$ inches has as its radius

$r = \frac{C }{2\pi }=\frac{6\pi }{2\pi } = 3$ inches.

The area of the base is therefore

$B = \pi r^{2} = \pi \cdot 3^{2} = 9 \pi$ square inches.

To find the volume of the cone, substitute $B = 9 \pi , h = 10$ in the formula for the volume of a cone:

$V = \frac{1}{3} Bh = \frac{1}{3} \cdot 9 \pi \cdot 10 = 30 \pi$ cubic inches

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The height of a cone and the radius of its base are equal. The circumference of the base is $10 \pi$ inches. Give its volume.

Answer

A circle with circumference $10 \pi$ inches has as its radius

$r = \frac{C }{2\pi }=\frac{10\pi }{2\pi } = 5$ inches.

The height is also inches, so substitute in the volume formula for a cone:

$V = \frac{1}{3} \pi r ^{2}h = \frac{1}{3} \pi \cdot 5 ^{2} \cdot 5 = \frac{125}{3} \pi$ cubic inches

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A sphere has a diameter of inches. What is the volume of this sphere?

Answer

To find the volume of a sphere, use the following formula:

$\text{Volume}=\frac{4}{3}\pi\times r^3$ , where is the radius of the sphere.

Now, because we are given the diameter of the sphere, divide that value in half to find the radius.

$r=10\div2=5$

Now, plug this value into the volume equation.

$\text{Volume}=\frac{4}{3}\pi\times 5^3$

$\text{Volume}=\frac{4}{3}\pi\times 125$

$\text{Volume}=\frac{500}{3}\pi=523.6$

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