Volume

13
MODULE

? ESSENTIAL QUESTION

How can you use volume LESSON 13.1

to solve real-world
Volume of Cylinders
problems?
LESSON 13.2
Volume of Cones
LESSON 13.3
Volume of Spheres
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Real-World Video
Many foods are in the shape of cylinders, cones, and
spheres. To find out how much of the food you are
eating, you can use formulas for volume.
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 Reading Start-Up Vocabulary
Review Words
Visualize Vocabulary area (área)
base (base,
Use the ✔ words to complete the empty columns in the chart. en numeración)
You may use words more than once. ✔ circumference
(circunferencia)
✔ diameter (diámetro)
Associated Review
Shape Distance Around Attributes height (altura)
Words
✔ length (longitud)
circle r, d ✔ perimeter (perímetro)
✔ radius (radio)
square 90° corner, ✔ right angle (ángulo recto)
sides ✔ width (ancho)

rectangle 90° corner, Preview Words

sides cone (cono)
cylinder (cilindro)
sphere (esfera)
Understand Vocabulary
Complete the sentences using the preview words.

1. A three-dimensional figure that has one vertex and one circular

base is a .

2. A three-dimensional figure with all points the same distance

from the center is a .

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3. A three-dimensional figure that has two congruent circular bases

is a .

Active Reading
Three-Panel Flip Chart Before beginning the
module, create a three-panel flip chart to help
you organize what you learn. Label each flap
with one of the lesson titles from this module.
As you study each lesson, write important
ideas like vocabulary, properties, and formulas
under the appropriate flap.

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Complete these exercises to review skills you will need Personal
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Exponents [Link]
Assessment and
Intervention

EXAMPLE 63 = 6 × 6 × 6 Multiply the base (6) by itself the number of

times indicated by the exponent (3).
= 36 × 6 Find the product of the first two terms.
= 216 Find the product of all the terms.

Evaluate each exponential expression.

( _15 )
3
1. 112 2. 25 3. 4. (0.3)2

( ___3 )
2
9.6
5. 2.13 6. 0.13 7. 8. 1003

Round Decimals
EXAMPLE Round 43.2685 to the underlined The digit to be rounded: 6
place. The digit to its right is 8.
8 is 5 or greater, so round up.
43.2685 43.27 The rounded number is 43.27.

Round to the underlined place.

9. 2.374 10. 126.399 11. 13.9577 12. 42.690

13. 134.95 14. 2.0486 15. 63.6352 16. 98.9499

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Simplify Numerical Expressions

1
EXAMPLE _
3
(3.14) (4)2 (3) = _13 (3.14) (16) (3) Simplify the exponent.

= 50.24 Multiply from left to right.

Simplify each expression.

17. 3.14 (5)2 (10) 18. _13 (3.14) (3)2 (5) 19. _43 (3.14) (3)3

20. _43 (3.14) (6)3 21. 3.14 (4)2 (9) ()

22. _13 (3.14) (9)2 _23

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 Are YOU Ready? (cont'd)
Complete these exercises to review skills you will need for this module.

Exponents
( ).
4
23. Explain how to evaluate _12

24. a. Describe the pattern in the values of 0.1, 0.12, 0.13, 0.14, and 0.15.

b. Use the pattern to predict the value of 0.112.

Round Decimals
25. To find the value of her bank balance with interest, Carla multiplied her starting
balance by 1.0425 and calculated that she should have $1,099.8375 in her account.
Explain how to round $1,099.8375 to the nearest hundredth.

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Simplify Numerical Expressions
26. Kendra could not decide what to do first when simplifying _12(3.14)(10)3(4). How should
she complete the problem?

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13.1 Volume of Cylinders Students will find the volume

of a cylinder.

? ESSENTIAL QUESTION
How do you find the volume of a cylinder?

EXPLORE ACTIVITY

Modeling the Volume of a Cylinder

A cylinder is a three-dimensional figure that has two congruent circular bases
that lie in parallel planes. The volume of any three-dimensional figure is the
number of cubic units needed to fill the space taken up by the solid figure.

One cube represents one cubic unit of volume. You can develop the
formula for the volume of a cylinder using an empty soup can or other
cylindrical container. First, remove one of the bases.
A Arrange centimeter cubes in a single layer at the bottom of the
cylinder. Fit as many cubes into the layer as possible. How many cubes
are in this layer?

B To find how many layers of cubes fit in the cylinder, make a stack
of cubes along the inside of the cylinder. How many layers fit in the
cylinder?
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C How can you use what you know to find the approximate number
of cubes that would fit in the cylinder?

Reflect
1. Make a Conjecture Suppose you know the area of the base of a cylinder
and the height of the cylinder. How can you find the cylinder’s volume?

2. Let the area of the base of a cylinder be B and the height of

the cylinder be h. Write a formula for the cylinder’s volume V.

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 Finding the Volume of a Cylinder
Using a Formula
Finding volumes of cylinders is similar to finding volumes of prisms. You find
Math On the Spot the volume V of both a prism and a cylinder by multiplying the height h by the
[Link] area of the base B, so V = Bh.

The base of a cylinder is a circle, so for a cylinder, B = πr2.

Volume of a Cylinder

The volume V of a cylinder with

radius r is the area of the base h
B times the height h.
r
V = Bh or V = πr2h

EXAMPLE 1

Find the volume of each cylinder. Round your answers to the nearest
tenth if necessary. Use 3.14 for π.
A V = πr2h
≈ 3.14 · 32 · 10 Substitute.
10 in.
≈ 3.14 · 9 · 10 Simplify.
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3 in. ≈ 282.6 Multiply.
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The volume is about 282.6 in3.

My Notes Recall that the
B 6.4 cm 13 cm Since the diameter diameter of a circle is
is 6.4 cm, the radius twice the radius, so

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is 3.2 cm. 2r = d and r = __
2
d
.
V = πr2h

≈ 3.14 · 3.22 · 13 Substitute.

≈ 3.14 · 10.24 · 13 Simplify.

≈ 418 Multiply.

The volume is about 418 cm3.

Reflect
3. What If? If you want a formula for the volume of a cylinder that involves
the diameter d instead of the radius r, how can you rewrite it?

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Find the volume of each cylinder. Round your answers to the nearest
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tenth if necessary. Use 3.14 for π. Math Trainer
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4 ft
10 in. 12 ft

Finding the Volume of a Cylinder

in a Real-World Context
The Longhorn Band at the University of Texas at Austin has one of the world’s
largest bass drums, known as Big Bertha. Math On the Spot
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EXAMPL 2
EXAMPLE

Big Bertha has a diameter of 8 feet and is 4.5 feet deep. Find the volume
of the drum to the nearest tenth. Use 3.14 for π.
STEP 1 Find the radius of the drum.
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8 = 4 ft
d = __
r = __
2 2

STEP 2 Find the volume of the drum.

V = πr2h
≈ 3.14 · 42 · 4.5 Substitute.

≈ 3.14 · 16 · 4.5 Simplify the exponent.

≈ 226.08 Multiply.

The volume of the drum is about 226.1 ft3.

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YOUR TURN
6. A drum company advertises a snare drum that is 4 inches high and
12 inches in diameter. Find the volume of the drum to the nearest
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Guided Practice
1. Vocabulary Describe the bases of a cylinder. (Explore Activity)

2. Figure 1 shows a view from above of inch cubes on the bottom

of a cylinder. Figure 2 shows the highest stack of cubes that will
fit inside the cylinder. Estimate the volume of the cylinder. Explain
your reasoning. (Explore Activity)

Figure 1 Figure 2

3. Find the volume of the cylinder to the nearest tenth. Use 3.14 for π.
(Example 1)
V = πr2h 6m
2
V=π · ·

15 m
≈ 3.14 · ·

The volume of the cylinder is approximately m3.

4. A Japanese odaiko is a very large drum that is made by hollowing out a
section of a tree trunk. A museum in Takayama City has three odaikos of
similar size carved from a single tree trunk. The largest measures about
2.7 meters in both diameter and length, and weighs about 4.5 metric tons.
Using the volume formula for a cylinder, approximate the volume of the
drum to the nearest tenth. (Example 2)

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The radius of the drum is about m.

The volume of the drum is about m3.

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5. How do you find the volume of a cylinder? Describe which measurements

of a cylinder you need to know.

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Find the volume of each figure. Round your answers to the nearest
tenth if necessary. Use 3.14 for π.

6. 7. 24 in.
1.5 cm 4 in.
11 cm

8. 16 m 9. 10 in.
5m

12 in.

10. A cylinder has a radius of 4 centimeters 11. A cylinder has a radius of 8 meters and
and a height of 40 centimeters. a height of 4 meters.
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Round your answer to the nearest tenth, if necessary. Use 3.14 for π.

12. The cylindrical Giant Ocean Tank at the New England

Aquarium in Boston is 24 feet deep and has a radius
of 18.8 feet. Find the volume of the tank.

13. A standard-size bass drum has a diameter of 22 inches

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and is 18 inches deep. Find the volume of this drum.

14. Grain is stored in cylindrical structures called silos. Find

the volume of a silo with a diameter of 11.1 feet and a
height of 20 feet.

15. The Frank Erwin Center, or “The Drum,” at the University of Texas in Austin
can be approximated by a cylinder that is 120 meters in diameter and
30 meters in height. Find its volume.

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16. A barrel of crude oil contains about 5.61 cubic feet of oil. How many
barrels of oil are contained in 1 mile (5280 feet) of a pipeline that has an
inside diameter of 6 inches and is completely filled with oil? How much is
“1 mile” of oil in this pipeline worth at a price of $100 per barrel?

17. A pan for baking French bread is shaped like half a cylinder. It is 3.5 in.
12 inches long and 3.5 inches in diameter. What is the volume of
uncooked dough that would fill this pan? 12 in.

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18. Explain the Error A student said the volume of a cylinder with a
3-inch diameter is two times the volume of a cylinder with the same Work Area
height and a 1.5-inch radius. What is the error?

19. Communicate Mathematical Ideas Explain how you can find the
height of a cylinder if you know the diameter and the volume. Include
an example with your explanation.

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20. Analyze Relationships Cylinder A has a radius of 6 centimeters.
Cylinder B has the same height and a radius half as long as cylinder A.
What fraction of the volume of cylinder A is the volume of cylinder B?
Explain.

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13.2 Volume of Cones Students will find the volume

of a cone.

? ESSENTIAL QUESTION
How do you find the volume of a cone?

EXPLORE ACTIVITY

Modeling the Volume of a Cone

A cone is a three-dimensional figure that has one vertex and one circular base.

To explore the volume of a cone, Sandi does an experiment with a

cone and a cylinder that have congruent bases and heights. She fills
the cone with popcorn kernels and then pours the kernels into the
cylinder. She repeats this until the cylinder is full.

Sandi finds that it takes 3 cones to fill the volume of the cylinder.
STEP 1 What is the formula for the volume V of a
cylinder with base area B and height h?
STEP 2 What is the area of the base of the cone?

STEP 3 Sandi found that, when the bases and height are the same,

times Vcone = Vcylinder.

STEP 4 How does the volume of the cone compare to the volume of the
cylinder?
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Volume of the cone: Vcone = _____ · Vcylinder

Reflect
1. Use the conclusion from this experiment to write a formula for the
volume of a cone in terms of the height and the radius. Explain.

2. How do you think the formula for the volume of a cone is similar to the
formula for the volume of a pyramid?

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 Finding the Volume of a Cone
Using a Formula
The formulas for the volume of a prism and the volume of a cylinder are the
Math On the Spot same: multiply the height h by the area of the base B, so V = Bh.
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In the Explore Activity, you saw that the volume of a cone is one third the
volume of a cylinder with the same base and height.

Volume of a Cone

The volume V of a cone with

radius r is one third the area of
the base B times the height h. h

1 Bh or V = __
V = __ 1 πr2h r
3 3

My Notes EXAMPLE 1

Find the volume of each cone. Round your answers to the nearest tenth.
Use 3.14 for π.
A V = _13 πr2h

≈ _13 · 3.14 · 22 · 8 Substitute.

8 in.
≈ _13 · 3.14 · 4 · 8 Simplify.

≈ 33.5 Multiply.

The volume is about 33.5 in3.

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2 in.
B Since the diameter is 8 ft, the radius is 4 ft.

V = _13 πr2h
9 ft ≈ _13 · 3.14 · 42 · 9 Substitute.

≈ _13 · 3.14 · 16 · 9 Simplify.

≈ 150.7 Multiply.
8 ft

The volume is about 150.7 ft3.

Reflect
3. How can you rewrite the formula for the volume of
a cone using the diameter d instead of the radius r?
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Find the volume of each cone. Round your answers to the nearest tenth.
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Use 3.14 for π. Math Trainer
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2 ft
16 cm

Finding the Volume of a Volcano

The mountain created by a volcano is often cone–shaped.

EXAMPL 2
EXAMPLE Math On the Spot
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For her geography project, Karen built a clay model of a
volcano in the shape of a cone. Her model has a diameter
of 12 inches and a height of 8 inches. Find the volume of
clay in her model to the nearest tenth. Use 3.14 for π.
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STEP 1 Find the radius.

12 = 6 in.
r = __
2

STEP 2 Find the volume of clay.

V = _13 πr2h

≈ _13 · 3.14 · 62 · 8 Substitute.

≈ _13 · 3.14 · 36 · 8 Simplify.

≈ 301.44 Multiply.
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The volume of the clay is about 301.4 in3.

YOUR TURN
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6. The cone of the volcano Parícutin in Mexico had a height of 410 meters Math Trainer
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Guided Practice
1. The area of the base of a cylinder is 45 2. A cone and a cylinder have congruent height
square inches and its height is 10 inches. and bases. The volume of the cone is 18 m3.
A cone has the same area for its base and What is the volume of the cylinder? Explain.
the same height. What is the volume of the (Explore Activity)
cone? (Explore Activity)

Vcylinder = Bh = · =
1V
Vcone = __
3 cylinder
1
= __
3

The volume of the cone is in3.

Find the volume of each cone. Round your answer to the nearest tenth if
necessary. Use 3.14 for π. (Example 1)

3. 4.

7 ft 100 in.

33 in.
6 ft

5. Gretchen made a paper cone to hold a gift for a friend. The paper cone
was 15 inches high and had a radius of 3 inches. Find the volume of the
paper cone to the nearest tenth. Use 3.14 for π. (Example 2)

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6. A cone-shaped building is commonly used to store sand. What would be
the volume of a cone-shaped building with a diameter of 50 meters and a
height of 20 meters? Round your answer to the nearest tenth. Use 3.14 for π.
(Example 2)

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7. How do you find the volume of a cone?

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Find the volume of each cone. Round your 13. A snack bar sells popcorn in cone-shaped
answers to the nearest tenth if necessary. containers. One container has a diameter
Use 3.14 for π. of 8 inches and a height of 10 inches. How
many cubic inches of popcorn does the
8. 7 mm container hold?

8 mm 14. A volcanic cone has a diameter of

300 meters and a height of 150 meters.
What is the volume of the cone?

9. 15. Multistep Orange traffic cones come in a

variety of sizes. Approximate the volume,
in cubic inches, of a traffic cone that has
a height of 2 feet and a diameter of
6 in. 10 inches. Use 3.14 for π.

2 in.
Find the missing measure for each cone.
Round your answers to the nearest tenth
if necessary. Use 3.14 for π.

16. radius =
10. A cone has a diameter of 6 centimeters height = 6 in.
and a height of 11.5 centimeters.
volume = 100.48 in3
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11. A cone has a radius of 3 meters and a 17. diameter = 6 cm

height of 10 meters. height =

volume = 56.52 cm3

Round your answers to the nearest tenth
18. The diameter of a cone-shaped container
if necessary. Use 3.14 for π.
is 4 inches, and its height is 6 inches. How
12. Antonio is making mini waffle cones. Each much greater is the volume of a cylinder-
waffle cone is 3 inches high and has a shaped container with the same diameter
radius of _34 inch. What is the volume of a and height? Round your answer to the
waffle cone? nearest hundredth. Use 3.14 for π.

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19. Alex wants to know the volume of sand in an

hourglass. When all the sand is in the bottom,
he stands a ruler up beside the hourglass and
estimates the height of the cone of sand.
a. What else does he need to measure to find
the volume of sand?

b. Make a Conjecture If the volume of

sand is increasing at a constant rate, is the
height increasing at a constant rate? Explain.

20. Problem Solving The diameter of a cone is x cm, the height is 18 cm,
and the volume is 301.44 cm3. What is x? Use 3.14 for π.

21. Analyze Relationships A cone has a radius of 1 foot and a height of

2 feet. How many cones of liquid would it take to fill a cylinder with a
diameter of 2 feet and a height of 2 feet? Explain.

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22. Critique Reasoning Herb knows that the volume of a cone is one third
that of a cylinder with the same base and height. He reasons that a cone
with the same height as a given cylinder but 3 times the radius should
therefore have the same volume as the cylinder, since _13 ∙ 3 = 1. Is Herb
correct? Explain.

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13.3 Volume of Spheres Students will find the volume

of a sphere.

? ESSENTIAL QUESTION
How do you find the volume of a sphere?

EXPLORE ACTIVITY

Modeling the Volume of a Sphere

A sphere is a three-dimensional figure with all points the same distance
from the center. The radius of a sphere is the distance from the center to any
point on the sphere.

You have seen that a cone fills _13 of a cylinder of the same radius and height h.
If you were to do a similar experiment with a sphere of the same radius, you
would find that a sphere fills _23 of the cylinder. The cylinder’s height is equal to
twice the radius of the sphere.

h = 2r h = 2r h = 2r
r

r r

STEP 1 Write the formula V = Bh for each shape. Use B = πr2 and
substitute the fractions you know for the cone and sphere.

Cylinder Cone Sphere

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V = πr 2h 1 πr 2h
V = __ 2 πr 2h
V = __
3 3

STEP 2 Notice that a sphere always has a height 2 πr 2(2r)

V = __
3
equal to twice the radius. Substitute 2r for h.
STEP 3 Simplify this formula for the volume of a sphere. V= πr 3

Reflect
1. Analyze Relationships A cone has a radius of r and a height of 2r. A
sphere has a radius of r. Compare the volume of the sphere and cone.

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 Finding the Volume of a Sphere
Using a Formula
The Explore Activity illustrates a formula for the volume of a sphere with radius r.
Math On the Spot
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Volume of a Sphere

The volume V of a sphere is _43 π r

times the cube of the radius r.

V = _43 πr3

EXAMPLE 1

Find the volume of each sphere. Round your answers to the nearest tenth
if necessary. Use 3.14 for π.
A V = _43 πr 3
2.1 cm
≈ _43 · 3.14 · 2.13 Substitute.
Math Talk
Mathematical Processes ≈ _43 · 3.14 · 9.26 Simplify.
If you know the diameter ≈ 38.8 Multiply.
of a sphere, how would the
formula for the volume of The volume is about 38.8 cm3.
a sphere be written in
terms of d? B Since the diameter is 7 cm,
7 cm the radius is 3.5 cm.
V = _43 πr 3

≈ _43 · 3.14 · 3.53 Substitute.

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≈ _43 · 3.14 · 42.9 Simplify.
≈ 179.6 Multiply.
The volume is about 179.6 cm3.

YOUR TURN
Find the volume of each sphere. Round your answers to the nearest tenth.
Use 3.14 for π.
Personal
Math Trainer 2. A sphere has a radius of 10 centimeters.
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in a Real-World Context
Many sports, including golf and tennis, use a ball that is spherical in shape.
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EXAMPL 2
EXAMPLE

Soccer balls come in several different sizes. One soccer ball has a diameter
of 22 centimeters. What is the volume of this soccer ball? Round your
answer to the nearest tenth. Use 3.14 for π.
STEP 1 Find the radius.

r = __d2 = 11 cm

STEP 2 Find the volume of the soccer ball.

V = _43 πr 3

≈ _43 · 3.14 · 113 Substitute.

≈ _43 · 3.14 · 1331 Simplify.

≈ 5572.4533 Multiply.

The volume of the soccer ball is about 5572.5 cm3.

Reflect
4. What is the volume of the soccer ball in terms of π, to the nearest
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whole number multiple? Explain your answer.

5. Analyze Relationships The diameter of a basketball is about 1.1 times

that of a soccer ball. The diameter of a tennis ball is about 0.3 times that
of a soccer ball. How do the volumes of these balls compare to that of a
soccer ball? Explain.
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YOUR TURN
6. Val measures the diameter of a ball as 12 inches. How many cubic Personal
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Guided Practice
1. Vocabulary A sphere is a three-dimensional figure with all points

from the center. (Explore Activity)

2. Vocabulary The is the distance from the center

of a sphere to a point on the sphere. (Explore Activity)

Find the volume of each sphere. Round your answers to the nearest tenth
if necessary. Use 3.14 for π. (Example 1)

3. 4.
1 in. 20 cm

5. A sphere has a radius of 1.5 feet.

6. A sphere has a diameter of 2 yards.

7. A baseball has a diameter of 2.9 inches. Find the volume of the baseball. Round
your answer to the nearest tenth if necessary. Use 3.14 for π. (Example 2)

8. A basketball has a radius of 4.7 inches. What is its volume to the nearest
cubic inch. Use 3.14 for π. (Example 2)

9. A company is deciding whether to package a ball

in a cubic box or a cylindrical box. In either case,
the ball will touch the bottom, top, and sides. r
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c. About what portion of the space inside the cubic box is empty? Explain.

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10. Explain the steps you use to find the volume of a sphere.

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Find the volume of each sphere. Round your 19. Fossilized spherical eggs of dinosaurs
answers to the nearest tenth if necessary. called titanosaurid sauropods were
Use 3.14 for π. found in Patagonia. These eggs were
15 centimeters in diameter. Find the
11. radius of 3.1 meters volume of an egg. Round your answer to
12. diameter of 18 inches the nearest tenth.

13. r = 6 in.

14. d = 36 m 20. Persevere in Problem Solving An ostrich

egg has about the same volume as a
15. sphere with a diameter of 5 inches. If the
11 cm eggshell is about __
1
inch thick, find the
12
volume of just the shell, not including the
interior of the egg. Round your answer to
the nearest tenth.

16.
2.5 ft 21. Multistep Write the steps
r
you would use to find a
r
formula for the volume of
the figure at right. Then r
write the formula.
The eggs of birds and other animals come in
many different shapes and sizes. Eggs often
have a shape that is nearly spherical. When
this is true, you can use the formula for a
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sphere to find their volume.

17. The green turtle lays eggs that are

approximately spherical with an average
diameter of 4.5 centimeters. Each turtle
lays an average of 113 eggs at one time.
Find the total volume of these eggs, to the
nearest cubic centimeter.

18. Hummingbirds lay eggs that are nearly

spherical and about 1 centimeter in
diameter. Find the volume of an egg.
Round your answer to the nearest tenth.

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22. Critical Thinking Explain what happens to the volume of a sphere if you
double the radius.

23. Multistep A cylindrical can of tennis balls holds a stack of three balls so
that they touch the can at the top, bottom, and sides. The radius of each
ball is 1.25 inches. Find the volume inside the can that is not taken up by
the three tennis balls.

FOCUS ON HIGHER ORDER THINKING Work Area

24. Critique Reasoning A sphere has a radius of 4 inches, and a cube-shaped

box has an edge length of 7.5 inches. J.D. says the box has a greater
volume, so the sphere will fit in the box. Is he correct? Explain.

25. Critical Thinking Which would hold the most water: a bowl in the shape
of a hemisphere with radius r, a cylindrical glass with radius r and height r,
or a cone-shaped drinking cup with radius r and height r? Explain.

26. Analyze Relationships Hari has models of a sphere, a cylinder, and a

cone. The sphere’s diameter and the cylinder’s height are the same, 2r. The

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cylinder has radius r. The cone has diameter 2r and height 2r. Compare the
volumes of the cone and the sphere to the volume of the cylinder.

27. A spherical helium balloon that is 8 feet in diameter can lift about 17
pounds. What does the diameter of a balloon need to be to lift a person
who weighs 136 pounds? Explain.

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13.1 Volume of Cylinders Online Assessment
and Intervention

Find the volume of each cylinder. Round your answers to the nearest tenth [Link]
if necessary. Use 3.14 for π.
1. 6 ft 2. A can of juice has a radius of 4 inches
and a height of 7 inches. What is the
volume of the can?
8 ft

13.2 Volume of Cones

Find the volume of each cone. Round your answers to the nearest tenth if
necessary. Use 3.14 for π.
3. 4.
15 cm
20 in.

6 cm 12 in.

13.3 Volume of Spheres

Find the volume of each sphere. Round your answers to the nearest tenth if
necessary. Use 3.14 for π.
5. 6.
3 ft 13 cm
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ESSENTIAL QUESTION

7. What measurements do you need to know to find the volume of a

cylinder? a cone? a sphere?

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Readiness
Assessment and
[Link] Intervention

Selected Response 5. Using 3.14 for π, what is the volume of the

sphere to the nearest tenth?
1. The bed of a pickup truck measures 4 feet
by 8 feet. To the nearest inch, what is the
length of the longest thin metal bar that 22 cm
will lie flat in the bed?
A 11 ft 3 in. C 8 ft 11 in.
B 10 ft 0 in. D 8 ft 9 in.

2. Using 3.14 for π, what is the volume of the A 4180 cubic centimeters
cylinder below to the nearest tenth? B 5572.5 cubic centimeters
11.4 yd C 33,434.7 cubic centimeters
D 44,579.6 cubic centimeters
10.7 yd

Mini-Task
A 102 cubic yards 6. A diagram of a deodorant container is
B 347.6 cubic yards shown. It is made up of a cylinder and half
of a sphere.
C 1,091.6 cubic yards
D 4,366.4 cubic yards 1.6 cm

3. Rhett made mini waffle cones for a

birthday party. Each waffle cone was 6.2 cm
3.5 inches high and had a radius of
0.8 inches. What is the volume of each
cone to the nearest hundredth?

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Use 3.14 for π and round answers to the
A 1.70 cubic inches
nearest tenth.
B 2.24 cubic inches
C 2.34 cubic inches a. What is the volume of the half sphere?

D 8.79 cubic inches

4. What is the volume of a cone that has b. What is the volume of the cylinder?
a height of 17 meters and a base with
a radius of 6 meters? Use 3.14 for π and
round to the nearest tenth. c. What is the volume of the whole figure?
A 204 cubic meters
B 640.6 cubic meters
C 2,562.2 cubic meters
D 10,249 cubic meters

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