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CCGPS Math 6thGrade Unit 5 Study Guide— Area & Volume

Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving area, surface area, and volume.
Formulas Useas Needed)
Pcrimctcr Mean
The perimeter of a polygon is equal to the
sum of the lengthsof its sides.

Area Intcrquartile Range

Triangle IQR= -
Rectangle A = bh or A = lw The difference between the first quartile
and third quartile of a set of data.

Surface Arca
The total area of the 2-dimensional
surfaces that make up a 3-dimensional
object.

Volume of Right
Rectangular Prism

V= (area of

MCC6.G.1
CJ Find areas of right, equilateral, isosceles. and scalene triangles. and special quadrilaterals
C) Find areas of compositefigures and polygons by composing into rectanglesand decomposing into trianglesand other shapes
C) Solve real-worldand mathematical problems involvingarea

A square has a side length of 9 cm. What is its area?

2. A triangle has a base of 5 cm and a height of 3 cm. What is its area?

3. A landscaper wants to create an area as shown in the grid below covered with paving stones. What is the area to be covered?

10

o 2 4 6 8 10 x
4. A rectangle has a length of 6 in. and a width of 3 in. What is its area?
(03
5. A triangle has a base of 8 ft and a height of 5 ft. What is its area?

-z
bh
2-
6. What is the area of the trapezoid? Bs-.nz.-
Am
A = bh
16m

7. A triangle has a base of 24 yd and a height of 10

yd. What is its area?

8. What is the area of the triangle?

bh
15 cm
8 cm

12 cm
9. Use your knowledge of finding area of
triangles and rectangles to find the area of the following trapezoid.
5 cm

3 cm S A 4 cm
a) 25 cm2 60 cm 2 c) 42.5 cm 2
b)
) 40 cm2
10. What is the area of this figure?

6 cm

ex-n

a) 42 cm 2 63 cm2 c) 66 cm 2 d) 72 cm 2
11. A landscaper wants to create a own in the grid below covered with paving stones. What is the area to be covered?

10

10x

12. The floor Ian below shows the Cruz family's basement.

7in. 3 in.
NS-bh
7 in.

3 in.
How many square feet of carpet are needed to cover oor?

13. Ifcarpet costs $1.75 per square ft, how much would it cost the Cruz family to purchase carpet or their floor?
$10.50
 14. What is the area of
the polygon?

ft.zbh
23m:
11 m

17m

15. Tim's workbench is In

a trapezoid. A drawing o ch, with some of the dimensions, is shown below.
Tim's Workb 11

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32 inches 19.o-_
not to scale
fheboge S) A --1AØOin>
30733b
40 inches
If the area of Tim's trapezoidal
workbench has a toti of 1,440 square inches, what
i the total length, in inches, e longestside
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vecA-ov bQsc
16. Jessica wants to lay new grass in her
backyard. Thes ape and imenst yard are shown below.
IS teet

s-bh
9feet
A = 5-3
$ feel 3 feet

5 feet
Jessica needs to know the area of backyard in order to know how much
grass to purchase. What is the area, in square feet, of
Jessica's backyard?
MCC6.G.2
C) Measure and compute volume withfractionaledge length
using cubic unitsof measure
C) Findthe volumes of rightrectangularprisms by substituting
given valuesfor theirdimensions intothe correctformulas
C) Make the connection thatfinding the volumegiven the length (I)x width (w)is the same
C) Solve real-worldproblems that require determiningthe volumeof right rectangularprismas the base (B)

For questions 17 —19. use the shape below.

The volume of a prism is the number of cubic units it contains.
Look at the first la er of cubic units in this rectangularprism.

length
17. How many cubes long is the first layer? l{cwbes
18. How many cubes wide is the first layer?

19. How many cubes are in the first layer?

 For questions 20 —24. use the shape below.
Now look at the next la er of cubes.

2 height

length
20. How many cubes long is the top layer?

21. How many cubes wide is the top layer? S

22. How many cubes are in the top layer? iC cubes

23. What is the total number of cubes in both layers? 2 cubes

24. What is the total volume of the rectangular prism? 2 wnÆS3

25. What is the volume of a rectangular prism with side lengths 12 in., 21 in., and 3 in.?

26. a 1
ne a lar ism h side lengt in. —in. 32 in.?

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27. Whatl t v o ris Sid

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28. Jor an is ing ag ass or et tu e no ase is in the shape of a rectangular prism with the dl
shown in the diagram.

h feet

2 feet
11 feet

The total volume of the interior of the case is 154 cubic feet. What is the value of h?

29. Find the volume.

s = 6ä in.
30. Find the volume. 31 - q8åq3
22 ft 91 ft
1

31. What is the volume of the shape below?

91

-i
 feet of sand d he need to fililthe box?
32. Fawn built a sandbox that is 6 feet long, 5 feet wide, and 2! foot tall. How many cubic
60 60
on the new
33. If the width of the sandbox was reducedby I foot, how much sand would be neededto fill the sandbox based
dimensions.
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MCC6G.d
C) Decipher and draw views of rectangular and triangular prismsfrom a variety ofperspectires
C) Recognize and construct netsfor rectangular and triangular prism andpyramids
C) Find the surface area of rectangular and triangularprisnzs andpyramids by using manipulatives and by constructing nets
CJ Determinethesurfacearea bysubstitutinggivenvaluesfortheirdimensions intothecorrectformulas;
ofrectangularandtriangularprisnwandpyramids
C) Solve real-world that require determining the surface area ofrectangutar and triangularprisnzs andpyramids

34. Name the solid figure created by the net and calculate the surface a a.

Asbh
ASI •
O = 1 ft2
35. Name the solid figure crea the net and calculate the surface area.
St.UNÄ

31-Kna-

= 1 in2
36. What is the surface a rea@is fituö

5 cm
hzbh h'bh A-bh
4 cm A: B
8 cm Pr=6
37. What is the surface area of this figure?

3 cm
c D sum
Pebh
5 cm 15
6 cm 18

38. What is the surface area of the figure below?

VY.b-

6 cm

310
a) 36 square cm b) 72 square gm c) 180square cm d) 360 square cm
39. Find the surface area of the figure below.
12m A<-Y.b- R

40. Alana made a wood frame and covered it with red

felt mqt(r4cæh ular prism, s wn w.

5 inches S inches

5 inches 4 inches
6 tnc.bes
6 inches
6 Inches
Enlarged View or
Wood Frame Triangular Prism Triangular Face
What is the total surface area, in square inches, of the prism?

h>bh

pr9bh