6th Grade Math Textbook, Progress

Find the volume of each pyramid.

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   6. A pyramid has an 8-in. square base.
      The height of the pyramid is 1 ft.
      Find the volume.
   
   
   7. The volume of Len’s square pyramid
      is 21 yd^3. The pyramid’s height is 7 yd.
      How many yards long are the sides of
      the square base?
      8. Find the volume of a square pyramid
      if the edge of the base measures
      100 dm and the height is 15 m.
   
   
   
   


3. How many cubic feet of space are
   occupied by a pyramid-shaped tent
   with a 9-ft square base and a height
   of 8 ft?

5 cm

7 cm

7 cm

10 ft

26 ft

26 ft

33 mm

33 mm

32 mm^16

2 m^13

2 m^13

9 m^12

14 cm

9 cm

9 cm

37 in.

37 in.

8 in.

11. The volume of Annabelle’s square pyramid is
    83 .
    1
    3 in.

(^3). The sides of the pyramid’s square base are
each 5 inches long. What is the height of the pyramid?

12. Explain how you would
    find the volume of the
    triangular pyramid at
    the right.

4 m

3.5 m

8 m

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