HSPT Math : Geometry

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Example Questions

Example Question #1 : Cubes

If a waterproof box is 50cm in length, 20cm in depth, and 30cm in height, how much water will overflow if 35 liters of water are poured into the box?

Possible Answers:

No water will flow out of the box

15 liters

5 liters

30 lites

1 liters

Correct answer:

5 liters

Explanation:

The volume of the box is 50 * 20 * 30 cm = 30,000 cm3.

1cm3 = 1mL, 30,000 cm3 = 30,000mL = 30 L.

Because the volume of the box is only 30 L, 5 L of the 35 L will not fit into the box.

Example Question #1 : How To Find The Volume Of A Cube

Kim from Idaho can only stack bales of hay in her barn for 3 hours before she needs a break. She stacks the bales at a rate of 2 bales per minute, 3 bales high with 5 bales in a single row. How many full rows will she have at the end of her stacking?

Possible Answers:

16

15

20

27

24

Correct answer:

24

Explanation:

She will stack 360 bales in 3 hours. One row requires 15 bales. 360 divided by 15 is 24. 

Example Question #2 : How To Find The Volume Of A Cube

A cube has a volume of \dpi{100} \small 8 cm^{3}. What is the volume of cube with sides that are twice as long?

Possible Answers:

\dpi{100} \small 64 cm^{3}

\dpi{100} \small 12 cm^{3}

\dpi{100} \small 27 cm^{3}

\dpi{100} \small 16 cm^{3}

\dpi{100} \small 2 cm^{3}

Correct answer:

\dpi{100} \small 64 cm^{3}

Explanation:

The volume of a cube is \dpi{100} \small s^{3}.

If each side of the cube is \dpi{100} \small 2cm, then the volume will be \dpi{100} \small 8cm^{3}.

If we double each side, then each side would be \dpi{100} \small 4cm and the volume would be \dpi{100} \small 64cm^{3}.

Example Question #31 : Cubes

How many  smaller boxes with a dimensions of  1 by 5 by 5 can fit into cube shaped box with a surface area of 150?

Possible Answers:

5

6

7

4

8

Correct answer:

5

Explanation:

There surface are of a cube is 6 times the area of one face of the cube , therefore 6a^{2}=150

a^{2}=25

a=5

a is equal to an edge of the cube

the volume of the cube is a^{3}=5^{3}=125

The problem states that the dimensions of the smaller boxes are 1 x 5 x 5, the volume of one of the smaller boxes is 25.

Therefore, 125/25 = 5 small boxes

Example Question #32 : Cubes

If a cube has its edges increased by a factor of 5, what is the ratio of the new volume to the old volume?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

A cubic volume is . Let the original sides be 1, so that the original volume is 1. Then find the volume if the sides measure 5.  This new volume is 125.  Therefore, the ratio of new volume to old volume is 125: 1.

Example Question #11 : How To Find The Volume Of A Cube

A cube is inscribed inside a sphere of radius 1 such that each of the eight vertices of the cube lie on the surface of the sphere.  What is the volume of the cube?

Possible Answers:

 

 

 

 

Correct answer:

 

Explanation:

Cube

To make this problem easier to solve, we can inscribe a smaller square in the cube.  In the diagram above, points  are midpoints of the edges of the inscribed cube.  Therefore point , a vertex of the smaller cube, is also the center of the sphere.  Point  lies on the circumference of the sphere, so .   is also the hypotenuse of right triangle .  Similarly,  is the hypotenuse of right triangle .  If we let , then, by the properties of a right triangle, .

Using the Pythagorean Theorem, we can now solve for :

Since the side of the inscribed cube is , the volume is .

 

Example Question #731 : Geometry

A perfect cube has a volume of 8 cubic centimeters. If the height, length and width of the cube were doubled, what would be the volume of the cube?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Volume is calculated by height x width x length: 

For a cube, the height, width, and length are all the same value, so the equation can be simplified to , where  is the length of one edge of the cube.

We know that for the initial cube, , so we can substitute this into the volume equation and solve for the length of one of the cube's sides:

So, one edge of the initial cube is  long. When doubled, the cube will have edges that are each  long. We can solve for the final volume of the cube by substituting  into the equation for the volume of a cube and solving:

Example Question #1 : How To Find The Volume Of A Cone

 

 

An empty tank in the shape of a right solid circular cone has a radius of r feet and a height of h feet. The tank is filled with water at a rate of w cubic feet per second. Which of the following expressions, in terms of r, h, and w, represents the number of minutes until the tank is completely filled?

Possible Answers:

180w/(π(r2)(h))

π(r2)(h)/(20w)

20w/(π(r2)(h))

π(r2)(h)/(180w)

π(r2)(h)/(60w)

Correct answer:

π(r2)(h)/(180w)

Explanation:

The volume of a cone is given by the formula V = (πr2)/3. In order to determine how many seconds it will take for the tank to fill, we must divide the volume by the rate of flow of the water.

time in seconds = (πr2)/(3w)

In order to convert from seconds to minutes, we must divide the number of seconds by sixty. Dividing by sixty is the same is multiplying by 1/60.

(πr2)/(3w) * (1/60) = π(r2)(h)/(180w)

Example Question #871 : Geometry

A cone has a base radius of 13 in and a height of 6 in.  What is its volume?

Possible Answers:

338π in3

None of the other answers

4394π in3

1352π in3

1014π in3

Correct answer:

338π in3

Explanation:

The basic form for the volume of a cone is:

V = (1/3)πr2h

For this simple problem, we merely need to plug in our values:

V = (1/3)π13* 6 = 169 * 2π = 338π in3

Example Question #1 : How To Find The Volume Of A Cone

A cone has a base circumference of 77π in and a height of 2 ft.  What is its approximate volume?

Possible Answers:

2964.5π in3

142,296π in3

8893.5π in3

11,858π in3

71,148π in3

Correct answer:

11,858π in3

Explanation:

There are two things to be careful with here.  First, we must solve for the radius of the base. Secondly, note that the height is given in feet, not inches. Notice that all the answers are in cubic inches. Therefore, it will be easiest to convert all of our units to inches.

First, solve for the radius, recalling that C = 2πr, or, for our values 77π = 2πr. Solving for r, we get r = 77/2 or r = 38.5.

The height, in inches, is 24.

The basic form for the volume of a cone is: V = (1 / 3)πr2h

For our values this would be:

V = (1/3)π * 38.52 * 24 = 8 * 1482.25π = 11,858π in3

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