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Use this worksheet to practice finding the Volume and Surface Area of a Right Circular Cone. Adjust the height and radius using the labeled sliders. Answer the questions below. The multi-colored switches can be used to check your work.

1.Find the volume and surface area for 5 different cones by randomly choosing different heights and radii.

2. Find the missing dimesion. Round to the nearest unit.
a. Cone: volume 424 cubic meters, diameter 18 meters, height ___

b. Cone: surface area 153.5 sq in, radius 4 in, slant height ___

3. Plants: A cone-shaped paper cup is 7 cm high with a diameter of 6 cm. If the ivy plant on Julia's desk needs 240mL of water, about how many paper cups of water will she use to water it? (1 mL = 1 cubic cm)

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