Rectangular Solids & Cylinders

Practice Questions

GMAT Quantitative Reasoning › Rectangular Solids & Cylinders

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What is the diagonal of a rectangular prism?

  1. Its surface area is

  2. Its height = twice its width = thrice its length.

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In the above diagram, a tetrahedron—a triangular pyramid—with vertices is shown inside a cube. Give the volume of the tetrahedron.

Statement 1: The cube can be inscribed inside a sphere with volume .

Statement 2: A sphere with surface area can be inscribed inside the cube.

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A regular tetrahedron is a solid with four faces, each of which is an equilateral triangle.

Give the volume of a regular tetrahedron.

Statement 1: Each edge has length 8.

Statement 2: Each face has area .

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Note: Figure NOT drawn to scale.

Refer to the above figure, which shows a tetrahedron, or triangular pyramid. What is the volume of the tetrahedron?

Statement 1: is an isosceles triangle with area 64.

Statement 2: is an equilateral triangle with perimeter 48.

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What is the length of the edge of a cube?

  1. Its volume is 1,728 cubic meters.

  2. Its surface area is 864 square meters

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Find the length of the edge of a tetrahedron.

Statement 1: The volume is 6.

Statement 2: The surface area is 6.

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Ron is making a box in the shape of a cube. He needs to know how much wood he needs. Find the surface area of the box.

I) The diagonal distance across the box will be equivalent to .

II) Half the length of one side is .

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Ron is making a box in the shape of a cube. He needs to know how much wood he needs. Find the surface area of the box.

I) The diagonal distance across the box will be equivalent to .

II) Half the length of one side is .

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What is the length of the edge of a cube?

  1. Its volume is 1,728 cubic meters.

  2. Its surface area is 864 square meters

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In the above diagram, a tetrahedron - a triangular pyramid - with vertices is shown inside a cube. Give the volume of the tetrahedron.

Statement 1: The perimeter of Square is 16.

Statement 2: The area of is 8.

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