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100

Riddle me this: What has to be broken before you can use it? 

An egg

100

Find the volume of a rectangular prism with a length of 5 ft., a width of 6 ft., and a height of 2 ft.

60 ft3

100

Find the volume of this triangular prism.

90 cm3

100

What is the surface area of a cube with a side measurement of 3 in?

27 in2

100

As an art project, Grady is creating a winter scene inside a shoebox. The shoebox is 14 inches long and 9 1/2 inches wide. Its volume is 665 inches3. How tall is the shoebox?

5 inches

200

3 1/4 times 3 1/3 

10 5/6

200

Find the volume of a cube with a side measurement of 8 yd.

512 yd3

200

What is the volume of this cylinder? (Use pi = 3.14)

282.6 in3

200

Random Trivia: How many bones are in the human body? (Closest answer wins!)

206

200

Zealand is buying cups for his frozen yogurt business. He has two options:

1. A cylinder with a radius of 1.5 inches and a height of 4 inches.

2. A cone with a radius of 2 inches and a height of 6 inches. 

Which cup will hold more frozen yogurt? Use 3.14 for pi. 

Cylinder: 28.26 inches3

Cone: 25.12 inches3

300

Solve for y: 

-6y - 4 = 20

y = -4

300

A triangular prism has a base that measures 7 meters by 3 meters. It is 10 meters tall. What is its volume?

105 m3

300

Riddle me this: I am a bird, I am a fruit and I am a person. What am I?

A Kiwi

300

What is the surface area of a rectangular prism with a length of 8 yd, a width of 5 yd, and a height of 3 yd?

158 yd2

300

A water tank is 12 feet high, 5 feet long, and 9 feet wide. A solid metal box which is 7 feet high, 4 feet long, and 8 feet wide is sitting at the bottom of the tank. The tank is filled with water. What is the volume of the water in the tank?

316  ft3

400

Solve for x:

x/7 -5 = 3

x = 56

400

Find the volume of the shape above.

1,248 cm3

400

Find the volume of a cone with a diameter of 16 yards and a height of 7 yards. Use 3.14 for pi. 

468.91 yd3

400

The surface area of this cube is 6 square meters. What is the volume? 

1 meter3

400

Cylinder X has a base radius of 7 meters and a height of 2 meters. Cylinder Y has a base radius of 4 meters and a height of 7 meters. Find the ratio of their volumes. Use 3.14 for pi. 

Cylinder X: 307.72 m3

Cylinder Y: 351.68 m3