Practice: the cube and the box

Geometry, grade 7 Lesson 17 of 18Practice

Practice: the cube and the box

1

A cube’s edge is 6 cm.
Find:

a

the sum of the lengths of all its edges, in cm

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b

its surface area, in cm²

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c

its volume, in cm³

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2

Which of the shapes are nets of a cube? Explain.

3

The net is folded into a cube.
Which face will be opposite face $\displaystyle A$ ? Opposite $\displaystyle B$ ? Opposite $\displaystyle C$ ?

4

Here is a net of a box. The measurements are in cm.

a

What are the box’s length, width and height?

b

its volume, in cm³

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c

its surface area, in cm²

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5

Find:

a

the surface area of a box 10 cm long, 8 cm wide and 5 cm high, in cm²

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b

the volume of the same box, in cm³

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c

the surface area of a box 2.5 m long, 4 m wide and 6 m high, in m²

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d

the volume of the same box, in m³

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6

A juice carton holds one litre.
Its base is a rectangle of 8 cm by 5 cm.
How high is it, in cm?

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7

The sandpit in a kindergarten is a rectangle of 2 m by 1.5 m.
It is filled with sand 0.4 m deep.

a

How many m³ of sand does it take?

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b

Sand is sold in bags of 50 litres. How many bags does it take?

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8

A box with no lid is made of cardboard.
It is 30 cm long, 20 cm wide and 10 cm high.
How many cm² of cardboard does it take?

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9

A box 10 cm long, 6 cm wide and 4 cm high is filled with toy blocks – cubes whose edge is 2 cm.
How many blocks fit in it?
Explain how you worked it out.

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10

An aquarium is 60 cm long, 30 cm wide and 40 cm high. There is water in it.
A stone is put in, and it sinks to the bottom.
The water rises by 1 cm.
What is the stone’s volume, in cm³?

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11

All the faces of a big cube are painted blue, and it is cut into 27 equal small cubes, as in the drawing.
On how many of the small cubes are three faces painted? Two faces? One face? No face?
Explain.

Three faces

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Two faces

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One face

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No face

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12

An aquarium is 80 cm long, 35 cm wide and 45 cm high.
It is filled with water up to a height of 40 cm.
How many litres of water are in it?

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13

Here are a box and a cube:

the box is 6 cm long, 4 cm wide and 3 cm high;
the cube’s edge is 4 cm.

Which of them has the larger volume?
And which has the larger surface area?

Formulas: geometry, grade 7

Angles

The sum of angles – the ray $\displaystyle BD$ runs inside $\displaystyle \angle ABC$
$\displaystyle \angle ABC$ $\displaystyle =$ $\displaystyle \angle ABD+\angle DBC$
The difference of angles
$\displaystyle \angle DBC$ $\displaystyle =$ $\displaystyle \angle ABC-\angle ABD$
The bisector $\displaystyle BD$ cuts $\displaystyle \angle ABC$ into two equal angles
$\displaystyle \angle ABD=\angle DBC=\frac{\angle ABC}{2}$
Adjacent angles
$\displaystyle \alpha+\beta=180^{\circ}$
Vertical angles are equal
$\displaystyle \alpha=\gamma$
The angles around a point
$\displaystyle \alpha+\beta+\gamma+\delta=360^{\circ}$

The angles of a triangle and a quadrilateral

The angles of a triangle
$\displaystyle \alpha+\beta+\gamma=180^{\circ}$
The two acute angles of a right triangle
$\displaystyle \alpha+\beta=90^{\circ}$
In an isosceles triangle the base angles are equal
$\displaystyle \angle B=\angle C$ $\displaystyle AB=AC$
In an equilateral triangle all the angles are equal
$\displaystyle \alpha=\beta=\gamma=60^{\circ}$
The angles of a quadrilateral
$\displaystyle \angle A+\angle B+\angle C+\angle D=360^{\circ}$

The perimeter and area of a rectangle and a square

The area of a rectangle – $\displaystyle a$ , $\displaystyle b$ two sides that meet at a vertex
$\displaystyle S$ $\displaystyle =$ $\displaystyle a\cdot b$
The perimeter of a rectangle
$\displaystyle P$ $\displaystyle =$ $\displaystyle 2\cdot(a+b)$
The area of a square – $\displaystyle a$ the side
$\displaystyle S$ $\displaystyle =$ $\displaystyle a^2$
The perimeter of a square
$\displaystyle P$ $\displaystyle =$ $\displaystyle 4\cdot a$

The areas of polygons

The area of a parallelogram – $\displaystyle h_a$ the height to the side $\displaystyle a$
$\displaystyle S$ $\displaystyle =$ $\displaystyle a\cdot h_a$
The area of a triangle – $\displaystyle h_a$ the height to the side $\displaystyle a$
$\displaystyle S$ $\displaystyle =$ $\displaystyle \frac{a\cdot h_a}{2}$
The area of a right triangle – $\displaystyle a$ , $\displaystyle b$ the legs
$\displaystyle S$ $\displaystyle =$ $\displaystyle \frac{a\cdot b}{2}$ $\displaystyle \angle C=90^{\circ}$
The area of a trapezoid – $\displaystyle a$ , $\displaystyle b$ the bases, $\displaystyle h$ the height
$\displaystyle S$ $\displaystyle =$ $\displaystyle \frac{(a+b)\cdot h}{2}$

The box and the cube

The surface area of a box – $\displaystyle a$ the length, $\displaystyle b$ the width, $\displaystyle c$ the height
$\displaystyle S$ $\displaystyle =$ $\displaystyle 2(ab+bc+ac)$
The surface area of a cube – $\displaystyle a$ the edge
$\displaystyle S$ $\displaystyle =$ $\displaystyle 6a^2$
The volume of a box
$\displaystyle V$ $\displaystyle =$ $\displaystyle a\cdot b\cdot c$
The volume of a cube
$\displaystyle V$ $\displaystyle =$ $\displaystyle a^3$