Math 9 · Unit 14: Volume, surface area and symmetry · Cambridge Lower Secondary Maths Stage 9
14.1 Calculating the volume of prisms
33 questions · e.g. Volume of a cylinder
Questions
1. A prism has a cross-section of 20 cm² and length 8 cm. What is its volume?
Check2. Drag the missing numbers into the boxes to find the volume of this prism.
Area of cross-section = 15 cm² 6 cm Volume = area of cross-section × length = × = cm³ Fill the blanks with these.
Check3. Drag the missing numbers into the boxes to find the volume of this prism.
Area of cross-section = 12 cm² 9 cm Volume = area of cross-section × length = × = cm³ Fill the blanks with these.
Check4. Drag the missing numbers into the boxes to find the volume of this prism.
Area of cross-section = 30 cm² 12 cm Volume = area of cross-section × length = × = cm³ Fill the blanks with these.
Check5. Drag the missing numbers into the boxes to find the volume of this prism.
8 cm 4 cm 10 cm Area of cross-section = base × height = 8 × 4 = cm² Volume = area of cross-section × length = area × 10 = cm³ Fill the blanks with these.
Check6. Drag the missing numbers into the boxes to find the volume of this prism.
5 cm 6 cm 7 cm Area of cross-section = ½ × base × height = ½ × 6 × 5 = cm² Volume = area of cross-section × length = area × 7 = cm³ Fill the blanks with these.
Check4 cm 11 cm Area of cross-section = π × r² = π × ² = π × = cm² Volume = area of cross-section × length = area × 11 = cm³ Fill the blanks with these.
Check8. Work out the volume of this prism. The area of the cross-section is given.
CheckArea of cross-section = 25 cm² 6 cm 9. Work out the volume of this prism. The area of the cross-section is given.
CheckArea of cross-section = 18 cm² 7.2 cm 10. Work out the volume of this prism. The area of the cross-section is given.
CheckArea of cross-section = 45 cm² 9.5 cm 11. A prism has a cross-section of 8.4 cm² and length 20 cm. What is its volume?
Check12. A prism has a cross-section of 24 cm² and a volume of 156 cm³. How long is it?
Check13. A prism is 5.7 m long and has a volume of 330.6 m³. What is the area of its cross-section?
Check14. A prism has a cross-section of 56.85 mm² and a volume of 3524.7 mm³. How long is it?
Check15. Work out the volume of this prism.
Check12 cm 4 cm 10 cm 16. Work out the volume of this prism.
Check24 cm 13 cm 5 cm 8 cm 17. Work out the volume of this prism.
Check9 cm 12 cm 12.5 cm 6 cm 8 cm - There is no mistake.
- He should have used 2πr instead of πr².
- He used the diameter, 6 cm, as the radius. The volume is 226 cm³.
- He forgot to divide by 3. The volume is 302 cm³.
19. A cylinder has radius 4 cm and height 15 cm. What is its volume, to 1 decimal place?
Check4 cm 15 cm 20. A cylinder has radius 2.8 cm and height 20 cm. What is its volume, to 1 decimal place?
Check2.8 cm 20 cm