Prentice Hall Geometry

Practice and Problem-Solving Exercises

A Practice

See Problem 1.

Find the volume of each rectangular prism.

  1. A rectangular prism has length, width, and height each 6 feet.
  2. A rectangular prism has length 8 inches, width 5 inches, and height 2 inches.
  3. A rectangular prism has length 10 meters, width 3 meters, and height 6 meters.
  4. The base is a square with sides of 2 cm. The height is 3.5 cm.

See Problem 2.

Find the volume of each triangular prism.

  1. A triangular prism has height 18 centimeters and sides of the bases each 6 centimeters.
  2. A triangular prism has height 5 feet and legs of the bases each 3 feet.
  3. A triangular prism has height 6 millimeters and legs of the bases 12 millimeters and 20 millimeters.
  4. The base is a 45 degrees , minus , 45 degrees , minus , 90 degrees  triangle with a leg of 5 in. The height is 1.8 in.

See Problem 3.

Find the volume of each cylinder in terms of π and to the nearest tenth.

  1. A right cylinder has height 8 inches and base radius 6 inches.
  2. A right cylinder has height 10 centimeters and base diameter 4 centimeters.
  3. An oblique cylinder has height 6 meters and base diameter 5 meters.
  4. The diameter of the cylinder is 1 yd. The height is 4 yd.

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Table of Contents

Prentice Hall Geometry Chapter 1 Tools of Geometry Chapter 2 Reasoning and Proof Chapter 3 Parallel and Perpendicular Lines Chapter 4 Congruent Triangles Chapter 5 Relationships Within Triangles Chapter 6 Polygons and Quadrilaterals Chapter 7 Similarity Chapter 8 Right Triangles and Trigonometry Chapter 9 Transformations Chapter 10 Area Chapter 11 Surface Area and Volume Chapter 12 Circles Skills Handbook Reference Visual Glossary Selected Answers Index Acknowledgments