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10th grade Square and cubic units, and density worksheet

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Square and cubic units, and density

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  1. A crate holds at most 0.8 m³ and 1,200 kg. Ari fills all 0.8 m³ with sand (1,600 kg per m³) and wood chips (250 kg per m³). What is the most sand?

    • About 0.74 m³: 1,600s + 250(0.8 − s) = 1,200
    • Any amount: the average, 925 kg per m³ × 0.8, gives 740 kg
    • About 0.65 m³: 1,600s + 250s = 1,200
    • 0.75 m³: 1,200 ÷ 1,600, where sand alone reaches the limit
  2. A crown of gold (19.3 g/cm³) and silver (10.5 g/cm³) has mass 1,000 g and pushes aside 60 cm³ of water. How many cm³ of gold does Bo find?

    • 30 cm³: half, since 16.7 g/cm³ lies between the two
    • About 51.8 cm³: 1,000 ÷ 19.3, the volume of pure gold
    • About 18 cm³: 19.3(60 − g) + 10.5g = 1,000
    • About 42 cm³: 19.3g + 10.5(60 − g) = 1,000
  3. Esme ties foam (0.05 g/cm³) to a 2,000 g steel anchor (7.85 g/cm³) so the pair just floats in water (1 g/cm³). What is the least foam volume?

    • 2,000 cm³: the foam must push aside the anchor's 2,000 g
    • About 2,105 cm³: each cm³ of foam lifts 0.95 g, so 2,000 ÷ 0.95
    • About 1,745 cm³: 2,000 − 254.8, the water still to push aside
    • About 1,837 cm³: 2,000 + 0.05V = V + 254.8
  4. Jun's raft is 6 logs, each a cylinder 3 m long and 0.3 m across. Wood is 600 kg per m³; water is 1,000. What load can it carry before sinking (π = 3.14)?

    • About 763 kg: 600 kg per m³ × 1.27 m³ of logs
    • About 1,272 kg: the logs push aside 1.27 m³ of water
    • About 2,035 kg: 5.09 m³ of logs, using 0.3 m as the radius
    • About 509 kg: 1,272 kg of lift minus the logs' 763 kg
  5. A town is a disc of radius 4 km with 50,240 people. It annexes the ring out to 5 km, home to 14,130 people. What does Kira find happens to the density (π = 3.14)?

    • It falls to 750, the average of 1,000 and 500
    • It falls to 820: the ring's 500 per km² is sparser than the core
    • It rises: the town gains 14,130 people
    • It rises to about 1,206: the ring is 3.14 × (5 − 4)² km²
  6. A city's center, a disc 4 km across, has 2,000 people per km². The ring out to 5 km has 800 per km². What population does Luz estimate (π = 3.14)?

    • About 47,700: the ring is 3.14 × (5 − 2)² km²
    • About 123,100: 3.14 × 4² × 2,000 + 3.14 × (5² − 4²) × 800
    • About 77,900: 3.14 × 2² × 2,000 + 3.14 × (5² − 2²) × 800
    • About 109,900: 3.14 × 5² × 1,400, the average density
  7. A round plaza has radius 20 m. Milo paints a circle with the same center so the inner disc and the outer ring have equal areas. What radius is right?

    • About 14.1 m: 20 ÷ √2, since area scales as radius squared
    • About 15.9 m: 20 × ∛½, since the area halves
    • 10 m: half the radius gives half the area
    • 5 m: 20 × (½)², since area goes with the square
  8. As many people live within 3 km of a city's center as in the ring from 3 km to 6 km. Noah claims the ring is half as dense. Which verdict is right?

    • Wrong: π(6³ − 3³) is 7 times π × 3³, so the ring is 1/7 as dense
    • Wrong: the ring is π(6² − 3²) = 27π, 3 times the disc, so ⅓ as dense
    • Right: the outer radius doubles, so the area doubles
    • Wrong: the area grows by 2² = 4, so the ring is ¼ as dense
  9. A can (radius 4 cm, height 10 cm) uses 112π cm² of metal. Ren must double its volume. Which plan uses the least metal?

    • Height 20 cm, radius 4 cm: the lids stay the same, 192π cm²
    • Radius × √2, height 10 cm: 64π + 113π ≈ 177π cm²
    • Any plan: doubling the volume doubles the metal to 224π cm²
    • Radius 8 cm, height 10 cm: 128π + 160π = 288π cm²
  10. A 1:10 model bridge holds 3 times its own weight. Strength follows the beams' cross-section area. Zee builds the full bridge in the same material. What can it hold?

    • 0.03 times its own weight: strength × 10, weight × 1,000
    • 0.3 times its own weight: strength × 100, weight × 1,000
    • 3 times its own weight: strength and weight both grow by 100
    • 30 times its own weight: strength × 1,000, weight × 100
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About this worksheet

Square and cubic units, and density. Every version has 10 questions, and the answer key prints on the second page.

What your child will learn

  • I can choose the setup whose units cancel to the asked unit, squaring or cubing a length fact for an area or a volume.
  • I can compare densities given in different units and judge, from measurements, whether an object floats.
  • I can find the density of a mixture or a region with a ring or wedge, and say how area, volume and mass change with a scale factor.

Standard: N-Q.A.1, G-MG.A.2

Words to know

density: Mass per volume, or people per area: a total divided by a total.

scale factor: The number every length is multiplied by in a copy.

unit analysis: Writing units beside every number so they cancel to the answer.

mixture: Two materials together: add the masses and add the volumes.

Common mistakes

Your child used the length factor (3 feet in a yard, a scale of 1:10) for an area or a volume.

Your child squared a length factor where a volume needs the cube.

Your child cubed a length factor where an area needs the square.

What to say

Ask: how many small squares or cubes fit in one big one?

Ask: a cube has how many dimensions?

Ask: a flat region has how many dimensions?

Questions parents ask

What is the most common mistake with square and cubic units, and density?

Your child used the length factor (3 feet in a yard, a scale of 1:10) for an area or a volume.

How can I help my child with square and cubic units, and density?

Ask: how many small squares or cubes fit in one big one?

Are these 10th grade math worksheets free to print?

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