Students must design a cylindrical drink can that uses the least aluminum for a given volume of drink. (This task is very similar to Funsize Cans, but with less step-by-step guidance.)
This lesson unit is intended to help teahcers assess how well students solve problems involving measurement, and in particular, to identify and help students who have the following difficulties; computing measurements using formulas; decomposing compound shapes into simpler ones; using right triangles and their properties to solve real-world problems.
This activity provides an example of using the volume formula for cylinders to solve a problem.
In this Khan Academy activity, students will answer word problems about density.
In this task, you must design a cylindrical drink can that uses the least aluminum for a given volume of drink.
Students will find the volumes of different shaped drinking glasses.
This packet contains a curriculum-embedded CCLS aligned task and instructional supports. The final task assesses student mastery of the geometry standards related to finding the volume of geometric figures.
The task involves either finding the volume of a pyramid or using the volume to find the base or height. This task requires students to rearrange the volume formula for a square pyramid to highlight the relevant quantity (volume, base and height).
Students are challenged with the following task: If two sheets of 8.5 by 11 inch paper are rolled into a short cylinder and a tall cylinder, does one hold more than the other?
Students must work out how much you need to change the radius of a propane gas tank in order to double its capacity.
Students investigate inequalities applied to volume and perimeter.
In this Khan Academy interactive, students use the formulas for cylinders, pyramids, cones and spheres to solve problems.
Surface Area and Volume of spheres worksheet.
This lesson teaches students about inverse variation by exploring the relationship between the heights of a fixed amount of water poured into cylindrical containers of different sizes as compared to the area of the containers' bases.
Formula for volume of pyramid. Photo of pyramid built on beach with a hotspot showing of a pyramid on geometric plane with length, base and height labeled.
This activity provides seven word problems using the volume of prisms to solve word problems.
Flip cards containing images and formulas for surface area and volume of common geometric objects such as cones and spheres.
In this Khan Academy intearctive, students will use the volume and surface area formulas for cylinders to solve problems.
This activity provides four problems using the volume of cylinders, spheres, and cones to solve word problems.
