Volume practice test

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

____ 1. Which set of dimensions belongs to a right rectangular prism with a volume of 440 cm 3?
a. 6 cm 12 cm 5 cm c. 8 cm 5 cm 11 cm
b. 7 cm 9 cm 6 cm d. 12 cm 2 cm 5 cm

____ 2. A hockey puck has a radius of 3.7 cm and a thickness of 2.6 cm. What is its volume, to the nearest cubic
centimetre?
a. 103 cm3 b. 108 cm3 c. 109 cm3 d. 112 cm3
____ 3. Cylinder A has a diameter of 6 cm and a height of 10 cm.
Cylinder B has a diameter of 10 cm and a height of 6 cm.
Which statement is true?
a. Both cylinders have the same volume.
b. Cylinder A has a greater volume than cylinder B.
c. Cylinder B has a greater volume than cylinder A.
d. The volume of the two cylinders cannot be determined.
____ 4. A cube has equal sides of 9.2 cm. What is the volume of the cube expressed to the nearest tenth of a cubic
centimetre?
a. 27.6 cm3 b. 84.6 cm3 c. 778.7 cm3 d. 7163.9 cm3
____ 5. A soup can has a radius of 4.3 cm and a height of 11.6 cm. What is the volume of the soup can to the nearest
tenth of a cubic centimetre?
a. 49.9 cm3 b. 168.4 cm3 c. 673.5 cm3 d. 1816.8 cm3
____ 6. A water trough is 200 cm long and shaped like a right triangular prism. The triangular ends have a base of 30
cm and a height of 20 cm. What is the maximum volume of water the trough will hold?
a. 120 000 cm3 b. 60 000 cm3 c. 6000 cm3 d. 3000 cm3
____ 7. A mailbox is 10.4 cm wide, 34 cm long, and 12 cm high. What is the volume of the mailbox?
a. 2121.6 cm3 b. 4243.2 cm3 c. 13 323.6 cm3 d. 22 064.6 cm3
____ 8. A special ski case for the roof of a car is 210 cm long and shaped like a right triangular prism. The triangular
ends have a base of 72 cm and a height of 60 cm. What is the volume of the ski case in m 3?
a. 453.6 m3 b. 43.36 m3 c. 4.536 m3 d. 0.4536 m3
____ 9. A doorknob shaped like a cylinder has a height of 4.8 cm and a volume of 94.2 cm 3. What is the radius of the
doorknob?
a. 2.5 cm b. 5.2 cm c. 6.25 cm d. 19.69 cm
____ 10. A box is needed to pack a set of five identical speakers shaped like right rectangular prisms. Each speaker
measures 16 cm 8 cm 9.5 cm. What is the minimum volume of the box needed for packing these
speakers?
a. 128 cm3 b. 152 cm3 c. 1216 cm3 d. 6080 cm3
____ 11. A package for crackers is 8 cm wide, 8 cm long, and 25 cm high. How many crackers will fit into a package if
each cracker is 4 cm wide, 4 cm long, and 0.5 cm thick?
a. 25 b. 50 c. 100 d. 200
____ 12. A cylindrical hummingbird feeder has a height of 16 cm and a diameter of 5 cm. What volume of sugar
solution will the feeder hold?
a. 314 cm3 b. 157 cm3 c. 125 cm3 d. 100 cm3
____ 13. An inflatable swimming pool has a diameter of 2.4 m and is filled to a depth of 0.5 m. What is the volume of
water in the pool? Round your answer to two decimal places.
a. 9.04 m3 b. 2.88 m3 c. 2.26 m3 d. 1.22 m3
____ 14. A recycling bin is shaped like a right rectangular prism and holds 300 000 cm 3 of returnable containers. If the
base of the bin is 40 cm wide and 60 cm long, what is the height of the recycling bin in metres?
a. 0.90 m b. 1.25 m c. 1.50 m d. 3.00 m
____ 15. The base of a ramp runs along the ground for a distance of 4 m out from the perpendicular wall under the
edge of the loading dock. The ramp is 2.5 m wide and has a total of 10 m 3 of space under it. How high is the
loading dock above the ground?
a. 2 m b. 3 m c. 4 m d. 5 m
____ 16. A salt and pepper shaker is a single cylinder divided across the middle into two compartments. The cylinder
has a diameter of 1.8 cm and a length of 15 cm. If 2.151 cm 3 is used by a barrier to separate the salt and
pepper, how much space is available for the salt?
a. 6.5 cm3 b. 18 cm3 c. 36 cm3 d. 38.151 cm3

Short Answer

17. Determine the volume of this right triangular prism.

Problem

18. Local engineers have designed a new rectangular culvert that will be made of concrete. How much concrete
will be required to build the culvert as illustrated below?
Volume practice
Answer Section

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. C
2. D
3. C
4. C
5. C
6. B
7. B
8. D
9. A
10. D
11. D
12. A
13. C
14. B
15. A
16. B

SHORT ANSWER

17.
The volume of the right triangular prism is 312 cm 3.

PROBLEM

18. Determine the volume of the rectangular prism.

The volume of the rectangular prism is 40 m3.

Determine the volume of the cylinder.

The volume of the cylinder is 7.85 m3.

The volume of concrete required for the culvert is 32.15 m 3.