General Information
Related Benchmarks:
MA.912.G.7.7
Reporting Category: Geometry
Type: FR: Fill-in Response
Difficulty: N/A
Question:
A city is planning to replace one of its water storage tanks with a larger one. The city’s old tank is
a right circular cylinder with a radius of 12 feet and a volume of 10,000 cubic feet. The new tank
is a right circular cylinder with a radius of 15 feet and the same height as the old tank. What is
the maximum number of cubic feet of water the new storage tank will hold?
Possible Answer:
15,625
Item Context:
Social Studies/Consumerism