GED Math : GED Math

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Example Questions

Example Question #573 : Geometry And Graphs

A spherical water balloon has a diameter of  inches. How many water balloons of this size can be completely filled up with  of water?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Start by finding the volume of one water balloon.

Recall how to find the volume of a sphere:

Plug in the given value for the radius.

Now, since one water balloon will require  of water, divide the total volume of water by this value to find how many balloons can be filled.

Since the question asks for the number of complete balloons that can be filled, we will have to round down to the nearest whole number, .

Example Question #576 : Geometry And Graphs

Consider a tube which is 3 ft wide and 18 ft long.

Find the volume of the largest sphere which could fit within the tube described above.

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Consider a tube which is 3 ft wide and 18 ft long.

Find the volume of the largest sphere which could fit within the tube described above. 

To find the volume of a sphere, we simply need its radius

Now, the largest sphere which will fit within the tube will need to have a radius equal to the tube. Therefore, we can say our radius must be half the diameter, making it 1.5 ft.

Next, plug 1.5 ft into our formula to find our Volume

So, our answer is:

Example Question #1541 : Ged Math

If a sphere has a radius of  and a circumference of , what is the volume?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

This problem is deceptively simple. In order to solve for the volume of a sphere, all you need is the formula: , where r is the radius. 

This problem has provided additional information alongside the pertinent information. We don't need to know what the circumference is if we have been provided with the radius. 

Therefore, this problem can be quickly solved for by substituting  for  in the volume formula. 

therefore, the volume of this sphere is 

Example Question #1542 : Ged Math

What is the volume of a sphere if it has a diameter of ?

Possible Answers:

Not enough information 

Correct answer:

Explanation:

This problem is deceptively simple. In order to solve for the volume of a sphere, all you need is the formula: , where r is the radius. 

This problem has provided us with the diameter, so we just need to do a little bit of work to solve for the radius. What is the relationship between radius and diameter? The diameter is twice the radius. Or in math speak: . This means we can solve for our radius by taking half of the diameter. Therefore, the radius will be  

Now that we have r, we can substitute in the value for r and solve for the volume!

Example Question #1543 : Ged Math

If the volume of a sphere is , what is the radius?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

This problem is very easy to solve as long as you have the volume formula for a sphere handy. 

The formula is , where r is the radius. 

The problem provides us with V, the volume. If we substitute in the volume, the only unknown in the problem is r. This is exactly what we want. 

The goal is to get r by itself. We can begin this process by dividing by .


Now we may multiply both sides of the equation by  to remove the fraction from the right side of the equals sign. This allows us to get closer to solving for r. 

Now we need to take the cubed root of each side and we will have solved for the radius!

Example Question #1 : Volume Of A Rectangular Solid

An aquarium takes the shape of a rectangular prism 60 centimeters high, 60 centimeters wide,  and 120 centimeters long. One-fourth of a cubic meter of water is poured into the aquarium after it has been emptied. How much more water can it hold?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

One cubic meter of water is equal to  cubic centimeters; one-fourth of a cubic meter is 250,000 centimeters. The volume of the aquarium is 

 cubic centimeters.

Therefore, after having one-fourth of a cubic meter of water poured in, there is room left for 

 cubic centimeters of water.

Example Question #1541 : Ged Math

A large aquarium has a rectangular base nine meters square and is ten and one-half meters high. The eight inlet pipes used to fill the aquarium does so at a rate of 200 liters per minute each. To the nearest hour, how long does it take for all eight pipes working together to fill the aquarium to 80% capacity?

You will need the conversion factor 1 liter = 1,000 cubic centimeters.

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The aquarium is a rectangular prism with dimensions 9 meters by 9 meters by 10.5 meters, each of which can be converted to centimeters by multiplying by 100. So the dimensions are 900 cm x 900 cm x 1,050 cm, and the volume is the product of the three, or

or

80% of this is

Each pipe fills the aquarium at 200 L per minute, so the eight pipes working together fill it at a rate of 1,600 L per minute. Divide, and the aquarium is filled at 80% capacity in

In hours, this is

 

so 7 hours is the correct response.

Example Question #2 : Volume Of A Rectangular Solid

If a swimming pool is rectangular, and its base area is 20 feet squared, what is the volume if the height of the pool is 8 feet?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The volume of the rectangular solid can be written as:

The length times width constitutes the base of the rectangular solid, and is given in the question.

Substitute the known dimensions into the formula.

The answer is:  

Example Question #2 : Volume Of A Rectangular Solid

A rectangular wood block has the dimensions of 6 inches, 1 foot, and 8 inches.  What is the volume in feet?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Convert all the dimensions into feet.

Write the formula for the volume of the block.

Substitute the dimensions and solve for volume.

The answer is:  

Example Question #3 : Volume Of A Rectangular Solid

Find the volume of a rectangular wood block with a length of , width of , and a height of .

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Write the formula for the volume of a rectangular prism.

Substitute the dimensions into the formula.

The answer is:  

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