Jeopardy
3-D Figures
Surface Area and
Volume
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Question 1
What is surface area?
Answer
Answer 1
The sum of all the areas of the faces
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Question 2
What is volume?
Answer
Answer 2
The amount of cubic units that a 3-D figure
can hold.
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Question 3
What is the formula for finding volume of a
rectangular prism? Explain what the
variables mean in the formula.
Answer
Answer 3
V=Bh or V=LxWxH
B = Area of the Base
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Question 4
How many faces, edges and vertices does
a rectangular pyramid have?
Answer
Answer 4
Faces = 5
Edges = 8
Vertices = 5
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Question 5
Why is area expressed in squared units?
Answer
Answer 5
Because you are multiplying 2 dimensions.
example:
2cm
2
2cm
2 x 2 = 2 therefore,
2
cm x cm = cm
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Question 6
What is the surface area of the following:
5ft
3ft
8ft
Answer
Answer 6
158 ft
2
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Question 7
Find the volume:
8cm
8cm
24cm
Answer
Answer 7
3
1,536 cm
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Question 8
Identify the Triangular Prism:
A.
B.
C.
D.
Answer
Answer 8
B.
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Question 9
What is the Surface Area of the pyramid?
Answer
Answer 9
672 𝑐𝑚2
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Question 10
A shoebox has dimensions of 8 in. by 4 in.
by 4 in.? Compare and contrast its
surface area to its volume.
Answer
Answer 10
Volume is 128 cubic inches and Surface
Area is 160 square inches.
Both measurements that use dimensions of
the box. One is how much it takes to
wrap the box and the other is how much
to fill the box.
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Question 11
What is the surface area of the following:
Answer
Answer 11
50+50+30+30+60+60 = 280 square meters
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Question 12
Find the volume:
Answer
Answer 12
11.25 x 8 = 90 cubic cm
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Question 13
Give the specific name to the following
object.
Answer
Answer 13
Net of a rectangular pyramid
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Question 14
Give the specific name to the following
object?
Answer
Answer 14
Net of a triangular prism
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Question 15
A plumber digs a rectangular hole in the
ground to install water pipes. The hole is
dug straight down and has parallel sides.
If the hole is 3 meters deep, 1.5 meters
wide, and 2 meters long, What amount of
dirt must be removed?
Answer
Answer 15
3
9m
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Question 16
You are wrapping a gift box that is 15” long,
12” wide, and 4” deep. How many square
inches of wrapping paper will the cover
the entire box?
Answer
Answer 16
576 sq. in.
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Question 17
Mike buys mulch for his flower gardens
each fall. How many cubic feet of mulch
can he bring home if his truck bed is
5ft x 8ft x 2ft?
Answer
Answer 17
80ft
3
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Question 18 – Double Jeopardy!
How much paint is needed to fill a container
shaped like a rectangular prism that has a
height of 8.5 inches, a length of of 10.2
and a width of 2.5 inches?
Answer
Answer 18
216.75 cubic inches
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Question 19
What formula is used to find volume of a
triangular prism?
How does this formula relate to the volume
formula for a rectangular prism?
Answer
Answer 19
V = ½ LWH
A triangular prism has a volume that is 1/2
that of a rectangular prism with the same
dimensions.
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Question 20
Explain the difference between Surface Area
and Volume?
Answer
Answer 20
• Surface Area is measured in square units
• Volume is measured in cubic units
• Surface Area is the amount of space to
cover an object and Volume is the
amount of space to fill an object.
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Question 21
Calculate the area of the label that wraps a
can shaped like a rectangular prism with a
length of 4 inches, a width of 3.5 inches
and a height of 8 inches.
Answer
Answer 21
148 sq. in.
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Question 22
How much cereal could a container shaped
like a rectangular prism hold that has a
width of 4 inches, a length 8.5 inches and
a height of 10 inches?
Answer
Answer 22
340 in
3
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Question 23
An aquarium is shaped like a rectangular
prism with a length of 18 in. a height of
15 in and a width of 12 in. The water is
2 ½ inches below the top. What is the
volume of the water in the aquarium?
Answer
Answer 23
2700 cubic inches
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Question 24
The height of a square pyramid is 10.5 ft with a side
length of 12 ft. What is the surface area of the
pyramid?
Answer
Answer 24
396 square feet
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Question 25
AMC Theatre is looking to change their concession
products. Below are two potential containers for
popcorn. If the price will be the same for each, which
container would give you more for your money? Which
container will use more cardboard to create it?
6 in
18 in
8in
2 in
1.5in
3.5in
Answer
Answer 25
The shorter rectangular prism that is 8 in.
tall because it holds 96 cubic inches and
the taller prism only holds 94.5 cubic
inches.
The taller rectangular prism would need
more cardboard because it needs 190.5
square inches while the shorter prism
needs 152 square inches.
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