Word problem
Volume of a Rectangular Prism
Volume of a Triangular prism
Real Jeopardy
Mixed Questions
100
Jonathan had completed a word problem. He had to find the volume of a triangular prism this is what he had done. V=bh/2xH =4.5x7.4/2x3.3 =33.3x3.3 =109.89cm3 Was Jonathan correct? what did he do wrong?
No. He should have gotten 54.94cm3. He forgot to devide by two because a triangle is half a square.
100
A rectangular prism has the demensions of 5cm high, 20cm long, and 0.5m wide. How much volume does this prism have?
First there is two different units, cm and m. We would need to convert m to cm by multiplying it by 100. So, 0.5m becomes 50cm. 5X20X50=5000cm3.
100
Why in the formula for the volume of a triangular prism must you devide the first baseXheight by two in order to get the correct answer?
Because a triangle is half the area of a square.
100
200cm3
What is 10X10X2, or 5X2X20?
100
bh/2XH
What is the formula for a triangular prism?
200
To caculate the volume of a rectangular prism, Jack used the formula to find the volume of a triangular prism by accident. His answer was 101.13m3. What could Jack do to his answer to make it correct?
Jack would have to mulptiply his answer by 2 to make it correct. 101.13X2= 202.26m3
200
100X7X2 Units are kilometers
1400Km3
200
7X2/2X7=? Units are milimeters
7X2/2X7=49mm3
200
42cm3
What is 6X7X1, or 2X21?
200
6X5X2= Units are yards, yd.
60yd3
300
Samantha wants to know the volume of her suit case. It measures 2.5ftX1.5ftX7in. (Hint: there are 12 inches in one foot)
Samanthas suit case has a volume of 2.17ft3 or 26.04in3.
300
1cmX2cmX5cm
10cm3
300
A perfume bottle has a base of 3in, the height of the triangle is 3in and the langth is 1in.
The volume is 4.5in3.
300
LXWXH
What is the formula for the volume of a rectangular prism?
300
9X6/2X3= Units are cm.
81cm3
400
Savannah and Logan are trying to figure out whos water bottle can hold more water in it. Savannahs water bottle is a rectangular prism while Logans is trianglar. They predict that Savannahs will hold the most. Her water bottle is 8cm by 6cm by 18cm, logan has the equation of 4X6/2X32. Whos bottle is larger?
Savannahs water bottle is 864cm3 Logans water bottle is 384cm3
400
6X9X2= Units are acres.
108 Acres3
400
22X4/2X8= Units are meters
352m3
400
72Km3
What is 6X12, or 2X36, or 4X18 or 8X9?
400
Tim is a gift packer for a company. He must pack three gifts into one box with the demensions of 3ft. long by 1ft. wide by 2ft deep. How much space does he has for the gifts?
Tim has 6ft.3 for gifts.
500
A trailer has the measurements of 1.74 by 1.43 by 5.1 meters. How much goods can you put in this trailer?
12.68 meters cubed
500
3X1X5= Units are milimeters
15mm3
500
7.2X5.4/2X6.1= Units are miles
118.5mi3
500
60cm3
What is 2X6X5, or 10X2X3, or 1X5X12?
500
9.5X3.9/2X5.9= Units are km
109.29km3
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