How to find the volume of a cube

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Find the volume of a cube with side length 10.

CORRECT

$10\sqrt{2}$

Explanation

To find volume, simply cube the side length. Thus,

Find the volume of a cube given side length is .

CORRECT

Explanation

To solve, simply cube the side length. Thus,

Chemicals to clean a swimming pool cost \$0.24 per cubic foot of water. If a pool is 6 feet deep, 14 feet long and 8 feet wide, how much does it cost to clean the pool? Round to the nearest dollar.

$\$161$

CORRECT

$\$150$

$\$672$

$\$184$

$\$202$

Explanation

The volume of the pool can be determined by multiplying the length, width, and height together.

$V = 6 \times 8 \times 14 = 672 ft^{3}$

Each cubit foot costs 24 cents, so:

$672ft^3\times $0.24=$161.28\approx \$161$

A cube of sponge has volume . When water is added, the sponge triples in length along each dimension. What is the new volume of the cube, in cubic centimeters?

CORRECT

Explanation

If our original cube has a volume of , then the length of one of its edges is $\sqrt[3]{1000} = 10cm$ . Triple each edge to , then cube the result, and we obtain

What is the difference in volume between a sphere with radius x and a cube with a side of 2x? Let π = 3.14

3.82x3

CORRECT

8.00x3

5.28x3

4.18x3

6.73x3

Explanation

Vcube = s3 = (2x)3 = 8x3

Vsphere = 4/3 πr3 = 4/3•3.14•x3 = 4.18x3

A cube has edges that are three times as long as those of a smaller cube. The volume of the bigger cube is how many times larger than that of the smaller cube?

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Explanation

If we let represent the length of an edge on the smaller cube, its volume is $x^{3}$ .

The larger cube has edges three times as long, so the length can be represented as . The volume is $(3x)^{3}$ , which is $27x^{3}$ .

The large cube's volume of $27x^{3}$ is 27 times as large as the small cube's volume of $x^{3}$ .

The density of gold is $16\ g/cm^3$ and the density of glass is $2\ g/cm^3$ . You have a gold cube that is $x\ cm$ in length on each side. If you want to make a glass cube that is the same weight as the gold cube, how long must each side of the glass cube be?

CORRECT

Explanation

Weight = Density * Volume

Volume of Gold Cube = side3= x3

Weight of Gold = 16 g/cm3 * x3

Weight of Glass = 3/cm3 * side3

Set the weight of the gold equal to the weight of the glass and solve for the side length:

16* x3 = 2 * side3

side3 = 16/2* x3 = 8 x3

Take the cube root of both sides:

side = 2x

What is the volume of a cube that has a side length of inches?

CORRECT

Explanation

We are given the side length of a cube so we simply plug that into the formula for the volume of a cube.

That formula is , and so the correct answer is

Make sure to check your units, is the correct number, but the units are squared rather than cubed.

Find the volume of a cube whose side length is 0.1.

CORRECT

Explanation

To solve, simply use the formula for volume of a cube. The volume of a cube is length times width times height. Since the height, width, and length are equal on a cube the formula becomes side cubed.

We are given the side length of 0.1 thus,