Word Problems
Vocabulary
Finding Diameter & Radius
Finding Area
Cylinders: Find Volume, Radius or Height
100

A can of soup is a cylinder with a height of 12 centimeters and a radius of 4 centimeters. Find the volume of the can of soup. Round to the tenths place and use 3.14 for pi.

602.88 cm cubed

100

The distance from the center of a circle to the outside is called the _________.

Radius

100

The radius of a circle is 5 ft. What is the diameter?

10 ft

100

Jason is painting a large circle on one wall of his new apartment. The largest distance across the circle will be 8 feet. Approximately how many square feet of wall will the circle cover?

50.24 square feet

100

What is volume?

3-D.

The space taken up inside an object.

You can see all around it.

Or example is provided.

200

The cylindrical Giant Ocean Tank at the New England Aquarium in Boston is 24 feet deep and has a radius of 18.8 feet. Find the volume of the tank. Use the approximate of value of π, that is 3.14 and round your answer to the nearest tenth if necessary.

26,635.2 ft cubed

200

A line passing through the center of the circle and extending from edge to edge is called the ________.

Diameter

200

The diameter of a circle is 0.325 mm. What is the radius?

0.1625 mm

200

What is the area of a circle with a radius of 88 meters? Leave your answer in terms of π.

7,744π meters squared

200

Find the volume of a cylinder given:

radius = 2 cm, height = 4 cm

Use 3.14 as pi.

50.24 cm cubed

300

A standard-size bass drum has a diameter of 22 inches  and is 18 inches deep. Find the volume of this drum. Use the approximate of value of  ∏, that is 3.14 and round your answer to the nearest tenth if necessary.

6,838.9 inches cubed

300

The perimeter of a circle is called the _____________.

Circumference

300

The diameter of a circle is 194.68 in. What is the radius?

97.34 in

300

The diameter of a circle is 4.545 feet. Find its area and round to the hundredths place.

16.22 feet squared

300

Find the volume of a cylinder given:

diameter = 16 ft, height = 26 ft

Use 3.14 as pi.

5,224.96 ft cubed

400

A pan for baking French bread is shaped like half a cylinder as shown in the figure. Find the volume of uncooked dough that would fill this pan. The height is 12 in and the diameter is 3.5 in. Use the approximate of value of  ∏, that is 3.14 and round your answer to the nearest tenth if necessary.

57.7 inches cubed

400

If I needed to know how much paint to place on a circle, I would be referring to its _____________.

Area

400

If the area of a circle is 28.26 units squared. What is the radius?

3 units

400

Hilary's Horse Hideaway is buying dirt to fill their circular training area. The training circle is 28 feet across. The dirt is sold in truckloads that cover 75 square feet of ground. How many truckloads of dirt will Hilary need?

9 truckloads

400

Find the height of a cylinder given:

volume = 1,884 cm cubed ; diameter = 10 cm

Use 3.14 as pi.

24 cm

500

A plumber installs a cylindrical pipe with a volume of 47.1 cubic inches. What is the diameter of the pipe given that the pipe is 15 inches tall? Use 3.14 for pi.

2 in

500

Which formula from circles is found in volume of cylinders?

Area

500

If the circumference of a circle is 133.45 cm. What is the diameter?

42.5 cm

500

The circumference of a circle is 22.2 feet. What is the area? Round to the nearest whole number.

39 square feet

500

Find the radius of a cylinder given:

volume = 1080.95 ft cubed; height = 17 ft

Use 3.14 for pi.

4.5 ft

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