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Course: MAP Recommended Practice > Unit 8

Lesson 7: Volume and surface area word problems
Math
MAP Recommended Practice
Geometry 222-226
Volume and surface area word problems
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Volume and surface area word problems

CCSS.Math: 7.G.B.6
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Problem

A candy store called "Sugar" built a giant hollow sugar cube out of wood to hang above the entrance to their store. It took 13, point, 5, start text, space, m, end text, squared of material to build the cube.
What is the volume inside the giant sugar cube?
Give an exact answer (do not round).
  • Your answer should be
  • an integer, like 6
  • a simplified proper fraction, like 3, slash, 5
  • a simplified improper fraction, like 7, slash, 4
  • a mixed number, like 1, space, 3, slash, 4
  • an exact decimal, like 0, point, 75
  • a multiple of pi, like 12, space, start text, p, i, end text or 2, slash, 3, space, start text, p, i, end text
start text, m, end text, cubed
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