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Prism and cylinder volume worksheets

Find the volume of nine cubes, rectangular, triangular, trapezoidal, regular pentagonal or regular hexagonal prisms and cylinders, with selectable problem types and units.

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Find each volume using calculator pi for cylinders. Keep intermediate values unrounded and round only the final answer to the nearest hundredth. Diagrams are not to scale.

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Find base area, then multiply by the distance between bases

Every sheet has nine solids. Mixed practice includes all seven prism kinds plus one radius-given and one diameter-given cylinder. The legend uses L for the distance between prism bases and h for an altitude inside a triangular or trapezoidal base.

Compute each base area before multiplying by L or cylinder height H. For regular bases, use A = sqrt(25 + 10sqrt(5)) × s² / 4 for a pentagon and A = 3sqrt(3) × s² / 2 for a hexagon. Use full calculator pi for cylinders and round only the final volume to the nearest hundredth.

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Identify a solid’s base area and multiply by the distance between parallel bases, using full calculator pi and rounding only the final volume to the nearest hundredth.

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A cylinder has diameter 6 cm and height 8 cm. What is its volume?

226.19 cm³.

The radius is 3 cm. Use V = pi × 3² × 8 with the calculator value of pi, then round the final result 226.194... to 226.19 cm³.

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  • Treat L as the distance between the two parallel prism bases; it is different from h, the altitude drawn inside a triangular or trapezoidal base.
  • For a regular pentagon use base area = sqrt(25 + 10sqrt(5)) × s² / 4; for a regular hexagon use base area = 3sqrt(3) × s² / 2.
  • Use the supplied regular-polygon side length to compute base area; the drawing does not supply a numerical apothem.
  • For cylinders, halve a supplied diameter before squaring and keep the calculator value of pi until the final rounding step.

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Math SheetNameScore/ 9TeacherDatePrism and cylinder volumeFind each volume using calculator pi for cylinders. Keep intermediate values unrounded and round only the final answer to the nearest hundredth. Diagrams are notto scale.1.Regular hexagonal prismsLs=2, L=8 inVolume:2.Cubess=13 ftVolume:3.Rectangular prismwhLw=6, h=5, L=4 ydVolume:4.CylinderHdd=13, H=15 mmVolume:5.Regular pentagonal prismsLs=7, L=13 ftVolume:6.CylinderHrr=15, H=7 cmVolume:7.Right triangular prismabLa=7, b=9, L=15 cmVolume:8.Triangular prismbhLb=2, h=10, L=4 inVolume:9.Trapezoidal prismabhLa=3, b=14, h=10, L=4 ydVolume:math-sheet.comPage 1 / 1

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