Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Georgia’s state capitol
building has gold dome on it. A contractor is hired to refinish it and needs to find the
approximate surface area of the dome.
What geometric solid would approximately describe
the dome? | | | |
a. | prism | c. | hemisphere | b. | cone | d. | pyramid |
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| Which geometric solids could be used
to describe the approximate shape of the ice cream dessert? | | | |
a. | square based pyramid and prism | c. | cone and prism | b. | square based pyramid
and hemisphere | d. | cone and
hemisphere |
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Jeff has to replace the roof on his house. His roof is approximately a square
based pyramid.
A roofer said he
charges $5 per square foot of roof that he replaces. To the nearest hundred dollars, how much
can Jeff expect to pay the roofer to replace the roof on his house?
(hint: remember only the
lateral faces of they pyramid would need to be replaced).
a. | $1,800 | c. | $5,400 | b. | $3,300 | d. | $9,900 |
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A snowman is created by creating two
spheres directly on top of one another. The base sphere has a circumference of 113 inches and
the top sphere has a circumference of 88 inches.
Approximately, how tall is the
snowman in inches not including his hat?
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not be drawn to scale.) | | |
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| Each person standing in
a comfortably crowded area requires 2.5 square feet of floor space
A manager at a mobile phone
store will be holding an event in which she will be giving away a couple of the latest
Y-Phones. She needs to know the maximum capacity of the number of people in a crowd that can
fit in her parking lot if all the cars were removed. | Use the dimensions provided in the aerial diagram of her store’s parking lot shown at
the right to determine how many people the lot could hold if each person would require a minimum of
2.5 square feet.
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a. | 560 people | c. | 1440 people | b. | 890 people | d. | 2400 people |
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Matt and Kelly both purchased the same type mulch to be used in a garden.
They both spent exactly $60 each on mulch. • Matt
purchased loose mulch in which a truck dumped it in his driveway as shown in the
picture.
• Kelly purchased 16 bags of mulch and each bag contains 3 cubic feet of
mulch.
Which person got the got a better deal
for the money spent? (i.e. Who got the most
mulch?)
a. | Matt got the better deal. | b. | Kelly got the better deal. | c. | They both got the
same amount. | d. | There is not enough information to determine who got the better
deal. |
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A
restaurant owner purchased some salt that was in a cylindrical container with a diameter of 3.2
inches and a height of 5.4 inches. The container was full.
Approximately, how many salt
shakers can she expect to fill with the purchased salt, if the salt shakers are also cylinders with a
diameter of 1.2 inches and a height of only 3 inches? |  (Figures may
not be drawn to scale.) | | |
a. | 7 salt shakers | c. | 13 salt shakers | b. | 11 salt shakers | d. | 16 salt shakers |
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