Volume and Capacity

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Volume and Capacity: Overview

We will learn in this topic that there is not much difference between volume and capacity. Volume refers to the amount of space occupied by an object and capacity refers to the quantity that a container holds.

Important Questions on Volume and Capacity

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Explain in detail about prism as solid figure and describe its shape and if a triangle prism is cut by a plane, parallel to the base, then find the shape of cross-section of prism.

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The base of a pyramid is triangle.

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The flat triangular faces of a pyramid, which join at a common point called the apex.

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A pyramid has a polygonal base and 5 flat triangular faces.

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Does a prism have a uniform cross-section ?

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The population of a village is 4000. Each person in the village requires 150 litres of water every day. There is a water tank in the village with length, breadth and height 20 m,15 m and 6 m respectively. If this tank is filled to the brim with water and the water requirement would be met in k days, then find the value of k.

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The height of the square prism with base 6 cm and the area of one lateral face  24 cm2 is _____ cm

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The total surface area of the triangular prism in which base is an equilateral triangle with side a and height of the prism is equal to base is 3+32a2

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Cylinder is an example of prism.

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A prism is a 3-dimensional shape with two identical shapes facing each other.State true or false.

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A triangular prism is a prism that has _____ as its base.

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A prism is named after the shape of its base.

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A prism is a solid figure whose base and _____ are congruent polygons.

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A cuboidal vessel is 10 m long, 8 m wide and h cm high. What is the value of h such that it can hold 380 cubic metres of a liquid?

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Volume of a cuboid is the product of area of bottom and height.

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The side faces of a pyramid are

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A hexagonal pyramid is 20 m high. Side of the base is 5 m. The volume of the pyramid is