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10.3 Volume of Prisms and Cylinders
Get Ready:
1) How thick is a piece of 8.5x11 paper?
2) Does it have volume? How much?
Prism-Cylinder Volume:
Ex: What is the volume of the right triangular prism?
The volume of an
oblique prism (or
cylinder) is the
same as the volume
of a right prism (or cylinder) that has the same
_______________and the same ______________.
Exercises: Find the volume of each solid in #1-6. All
measurements are in centimeters. Round
approximate answers to the nearest hundredths.
Prism-Cylinder Volume Formula:
The volume of a prism or a cylinder is the ________
__________________ multiplied by the ________.
Name: _____________________
10. Sketch and label two different rectangular prisms,
each with a volume of 288 cm3.
In exercises 11-13, express the volume of each solid
in terms of the given variables.
For exercises 8-9, sketch and label each solid
described, then find the volume.
8. An oblique trapezoidal prism. The trapezoidal base
has a height of 4 in. and bases that measure 8 in. and
12 in. The height of the prism is 24 in.
14. A contractor needs to build a ramp, as shown as
right, from the street to the front of a garage door.
How many cubic yards of fill with she need?
9. A right circular cylinder with a height of T. The
radius of the base is Q .
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16. If an average rectangular block of limestone used
to build the Great Pyramid of Khufu at Giza is
approximately 2.5 feet by 3 feet by 4 feet, and
limestone weighs approximately 170 pounds per
cubic foot, what is the weight of one of the nearly
2,300,000 limestone blocks used to build the
pyramid?