Lesson 20
The Volume of a Sphere
Problem 1
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A cube’s volume is 512 cubic units. What is the length of its edge?
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If a sphere fits snugly inside this cube, what is its volume?
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What fraction of the cube is taken up by the sphere? What percentage is this? Explain or show your reasoning.
Solution
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Problem 2
Sphere A has radius 2 cm. Sphere B has radius 4 cm.
- Calculate the volume of each sphere.
- The radius of Sphere B is double that of Sphere A. How many times greater is the volume of B?
Solution
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Problem 3
Three cones have a volume of \(192\pi\) cm3. Cone A has a radius of 2 cm. Cone B has a radius of 3 cm. Cone C has a radius of 4 cm. Find the height of each cone.
Solution
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(From Unit 5, Lesson 16.)Problem 4
The graph represents the average price of regular gasoline in the United States in dollars as a function of the number of months after January 2014.
- How many months after January 2014 was the price of gas the greatest?
- Did the average price of gas ever get below $2?
- Describe what happened to the average price of gas in 2014.
Solution
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(From Unit 5, Lesson 5.)Problem 5
Match the description of each sphere to its correct volume.
Solution
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Problem 6
While conducting an inventory in their bicycle shop, the owner noticed the number of bicycles is 2 fewer than 10 times the number of tricycles. They also know there are 410 wheels on all the bicycles and tricycles in the store. Write and solve a system of equations to find the number of bicycles in the store.
Solution
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(From Unit 4, Lesson 15.)