VOLUME QUESTION

Jayden is making oatmeal cookies for a bake sale. He needs 3 cups of oatmeal for each batch of cookies. He has a container of oatmeal shaped like a cylinder, with a radius of 6 cm and a height of 24.5 cm. The 1 cup measuring cup is also shaped like a cylinder and has a radius of 3.9 cm and a height of 5 cm. How many batches of oatmeal cookies can Jayden make?

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VOLUME QUESTION

Jayden is making oatmeal cookies for a bake sale. He needs 3 cups of oatmeal for each batch of cookies. He has a container of oatmeal shaped like a cylinder, with a radius of 6 cm and a height of 24.5 cm. The 1 cup measuring cup is also shaped like a cylinder and has a radius of 3.9 cm and a height of 5 cm. How many batches of oatmeal cookies can Jayden make?

ace-n-it · Answer

He needs 3 cups of oatmeal for each batch of cookies.

theprofessor35 · Answer

Yes....

theprofessor35 · Answer

I'm not sure. Because this is a volume question, I would do the formula thing and idek. 

It's fine, I'll wait for someone to help :)

xmissalycatx · Answer

I can help you. :P Do you know the volume formula for a cylinder?

theprofessor35 · Answer

Uh...I think it's
v = pi * r^2

xmissalycatx · Answer

Close.. $$V=\Pi*r ^{2}*h$$

theprofessor35 · Answer

Ohhh, so....now what do we do?

xmissalycatx · Answer

Okay, plug in your values that you were given into the formula. You will have 2 formulas.

theprofessor35 · Answer

radius of 6 cm and a height of 24.5 cm.
v = 3.14 * 6^2 * 24.5
v = 3.14 * 36 * 24.5

xmissalycatx · Answer

I have to go D:

theprofessor35 · Answer

Oh okay. Bye! Thanks for starting me off! :DD