5.MD.3.b

A solid figure which can be packed without gaps or overlaps using n unit cubes is said to have a volume of n cubic units.

Example Problems
Miguel designs a hemispherical bowl with an inner diameter of .

What is the bowl's
capacity in milliliters?
(
)
Round to the nearest mL.
Helena inflates a spherical exercise ball from a radius of to a radius of .

Approximately how many
cubic centimeters of air are added during inflation?
Anya sells spherical candles with a radius of . She plans to create a new candle with twice the volume of the original.

What will be the
radius of the larger candle?
Round to the nearest tenth.
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