3-D Shapes Pre-Assessment

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

____ 1. What 3-D shape could be created using this 2-D figure?

A. C.

B. D.
____ 2. What 3-D shape could be created using this 2-D figure?

A. C.

B. D.

____ 3. Which figure below is the best 2-D representation of a cylinder?

A. C.

B. D.
____ 4. Which figure below is the best 2-D representation of a triangular prism?

A. C.

B. D.

____ 5. Identify three shapes that can be created as the result of a cross section of a cube.

A. square, octagon and equilateral triangle C. equilateral triangle, square, and

pentagon

B. scalene triangle, heptagon and D. equilateral triangle, decagon and

rectangle hexagon

____ 6. The volume of a rectangular prism with a base area of 25 ft2 is 450 ft3. What is the volume of a
rectangular pyramid with the same base area and height?

A. 450 ft3 C. 150 ft3

B. 3750 ft3 D. Not possible to determine without

knowing the height of the pyramid.
____ 7. What is the volume of the figure below?

A. 3467.77 in3 C. 1849.8 in3

B. 3699.61 in3 D. 1155.92 in3

____ 8. What geometric figure would best model the shape of a straw?

A. stick C. cylinder

B. circle D. rectangular prism

____ 9. What is the name and volume of the shape below?

A. Triangular prism; V = 156.71 ft3 C. Triangular prism; V = 177.19 ft3

B. Triangular pyramid; V = 104.47 ft3 D. Triangular pyramid; V = 118.13 ft3

____ 10. Find the volume of this hexagonal bolt. The hexagonal base is a regular hexagon with side length 3
cm. The height of the bolt is 2 cm. The diameter of the hole is 1.5 cm. For the sake of the
complexity of the problem, assume the inside of the bolt is smooth.

*Note: Image taken from: http://www.learner.org/interactives/geometry/3d_prisms.html

A. 16.23 cm2 C. 43.23 cm2

B. 21.62 cm2 D. 6.03 cm2

____ 11. What is the volume of this cone:

A. 47.25 ft3 C. 1.03 ft3

B. 148.44 ft3 D. 3.09 ft3

____ 12. What is the volume of a basketball that has a radius of 7.5 inches?

A. 1767.15 in3 C. 706.86 in3

B. 235.62 in3 D. 5301.44 in3

____ 13. What is the volume of this hemisphere:

A. 588.98 m3 C. 169.90 m3

B. 339.80 m3 D. 294.49 m3

____ 14. What is the surface area of this hemisphere:

A. 1413.72 in2 C. 2827.43 in2

B. 2120.58 in2 D. 14,137.2 in2

____ 15. What is the surface area of this sphere:

A. 9650.97 mi2 C. 6433.98 mi2

B. 137,258 mi2 D. 12,868 mi2

____ 16. What is the surface area of this cone:

A. 5.8905 ft2 C. 308.302 ft2

B. 6.2532 ft2 D. 303.949 ft2

____ 17. What is the volume of this complex figure:

A. 51,495.7 cm3 C. 44,592.8 cm3

B. 45,697.3 cm3 D. 58,398.7 cm3

____ 18. What is the area of the label on a soup can that is 8 inches high and has a diameter of 4 inches?
Assume the label wraps around the entire height of the can and does not overlap.

A. 201.06 in2 C. 125.66 in2

B. 100.53 in2 D. 301.59 in2

____ 19. What is the surface area of this prism:

A. 261.265 ft2 C. 222 ft2

B. 177.188 ft2 D. 156.711 ft2

____ 20. What is the surface area of this prism:

A. 3467.77 in2 C. 1601.76 in2

B. 1695.06 in2 D. 3699.61 in2

____ 21. A regular triangular pyramid has a triangular base and sides that are all congruent. Below there is a
drawing of one side of the pyramid. Find the surface area of the entire pyramid.

A. 2121.76 m3 C. 7145.83 m3

B. 8751.83 m3 D. 21,437.5 m3

____ 22. What is the surface area of this pyramid:

A. 13255.2 ft2 C. 3466.8 ft2

B. 2489.4 ft2 D. 12096 ft2

____ 23. What type of symmetry does the 3-D shape have?

A. no symmetry C. reflectional symmetry and rotational

symmetry

B. rotational symmetry only D. reflectional symmetry only

____ 24. What type of symmetry does the 3-D shape have?

A. no symmetry C. reflectional symmetry only

B. rotational symmetry only D. reflectional symmetry and rotational

symmetry

____ 25. A cone and cylinder have the same base area and height. If the cylinder has a volume of 345 cm3,
what is the volume of the cone?

A. 115 cm3 C. 172.5 cm3

B. 1035 cm3 D. 690 cm3

____ 26. If similar cubes have a length ratio of 3 : 2, what is the volume ratio?

A. 9 : 4 C. 27 : 8

B. 9 : 6 D. 3: 2

____ 27. If the two cylinders below are similar and the volume of the cylinder on the right is 38485 in3, what
is the volume of the cylinder on the left ?

A. 3029.43 in3 C. 7068.67 in3

B. 16493.6 in3 D. 488902 in3

____ 28. If similar cones have a length ratio of 4 : 5, what is the ratio of the surface areas of these cones?

A. 64 : 125 C. 8 : 10

B. 16 : 25 D. 12 : 15

____ 29. If the ratio of the cylinders below is n : 2n, what is the ratio of the volume of the cylinders?

A. C.

B. D.