GMAT Math : Cylinders

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Example Questions

Example Question #1 :Calculating The Volume Of A Cylinder

What is the volume of a cylinder that is 12 inches high and has a radius of 6 inches?

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Example Question #2 :Calculating The Volume Of A Cylinder

A cylindrical gas tank is 30 meters high and has a radius of 10 meters. How much oil can the tank hold?

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Example Question #3 :Calculating The Volume Of A Cylinder

The height and the circumference of a cone are equal. The radius of the cone is 6 inches. Give the volume of the cone.

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The circumference of a circle with radius 6 inches isinches, making this the height. The area of the circular base issquare inches. The cone has volume

cubic inches.

Example Question #4 :Calculating The Volume Of A Cylinder

The height of a cylinder is twice the circumference of its base. The radius of the base is 10 inches. What is the volume of the cylinder?

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The radius of the base is 10 inches, so its circumference istimes this, orinches. The height is twice this, orinches.

Substitutein the formula for the volume of the cylinder:

cubic inches

Example Question #5 :Calculating The Volume Of A Cylinder

A large cylinder has a height of 5 meters and a radius of 2 meters. What is the volume of the cylinder?

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We are given the height and radius of the cylinder, which is all we need to calculate its volume. Using the formula for the volume of a cylinder, we plug in the given values to find our solution:

Example Question #6 :Calculating The Volume Of A Cylinder

Consider the Circle:

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Suppose Circleis the base of a cylindrical silo that has a height of. What is the volume of the silo in meters cubed?

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To find the volume of cylinder, use the following equation:

In this equation,is the radius of the base and是圆柱体的高。插入给定的value for the height of the silo and simplify to get the answer in meters cubed:

Example Question #7 :Calculating The Volume Of A Cylinder

A given cylinder has a radius ofand a height of. What is the volume of the cylinder?

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The volumeof a cylinder with radiusand heightis defined as. Plugging in our given values:

Example Question #8 :Calculating The Volume Of A Cylinder

A cylindrical oil drum has a radius ofmeters and a height ofmeters. How much oil can the drum hold?

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Since we are looking to find out how much oil the drum can hold, we need to find the volume of the drum. The volumeof a cylinder with radiusand heightis defined as. Plugging in our given values:

Example Question #11 :Calculating The Volume Of A Cylinder

Daisy has an empty cylindrical water bottle that has a radius ofand a height of. How much water can she add to the bottle to fill it up?

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Since we are looking to find out how much water the bottle can hold, we need to find the volume of the bottle. The volumeof a cylinder with radiusand heightis defined as. Plugging in our given values:

Example Question #12 :Calculating The Volume Of A Cylinder

Find the volume of a cylinder whose height isand radius is.

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To find the volume of a cylinder, you must use the following equation:

Thus,

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