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Grade 6 Area, Surface Area and Volume Practice Test

Build Grade 6 Math skills with five 10-question practice tests on area, surface area, volume, geometric formulas, units, and real-world measurement.

Area, Surface Area and Volume Practice Tests

These Grade 6 Math practice tests help students measure two-dimensional regions and three-dimensional solids. Students practice rectangle, square, triangle, parallelogram, and trapezoid area, surface area of cubes and rectangular prisms, volume formulas, missing dimensions, nets, square and cubic units, and real-world measurement.

Skills covered

  • Finding the area of rectangles, squares, triangles, parallelograms, and trapezoids
  • Distinguishing area from perimeter
  • Finding surface area using faces and nets
  • Finding the volume of cubes and rectangular prisms
  • Solving for missing dimensions
  • Using square units for area and cubic units for volume
  • Applying measurement formulas to rooms, boxes, pools, banners, gardens, and aquariums

How to use these practice tests

First identify whether the problem asks for area, surface area, or volume. Choose the formula, substitute the dimensions with matching units, calculate, and label the answer. Remember that area and surface area use square units, while volume uses cubic units.

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Grade 6 Area, Surface Area and Volume Practice Tests

A 10-question Grade 6 Math practice test on area, perimeter, triangle and parallelogram area, surface area, volume, formulas, units, and real-world measurement.

Identify the measurement, choose the correct formula, substitute the dimensions, calculate carefully, and label the answer with square or cubic units.

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1. QuestionMultiple choice

What is the volume of a cube with side length 4 units?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is 6464 cubic units.

  1. Identify the measurement: Decide whether the problem asks for area, surface area, volume, or a related dimension.
  2. Choose the formula: Use V=s3V = s^3: 43=644^3 = 64 cubic units.
  3. Check the units: Use square units for area and surface area, and cubic units for volume.

Use V=s3V = s^3: 43=644^3 = 64 cubic units.

2. QuestionMultiple choice

What is the volume of a rectangular prism with dimensions 5, 3, and 2 units?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is 3030 cubic units.

  1. Identify the measurement: Decide whether the problem asks for area, surface area, volume, or a related dimension.
  2. Choose the formula: Use V=lwhV = lwh: 5×3×2=305 \times 3 \times 2 = 30 cubic units.
  3. Check the units: Use square units for area and surface area, and cubic units for volume.

Use V=lwhV = lwh: 5×3×2=305 \times 3 \times 2 = 30 cubic units.

3. QuestionMultiple choice

What is the volume of a rectangular prism with dimensions 8, 2, and 3 units?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is 4848 cubic units.

  1. Identify the measurement: Decide whether the problem asks for area, surface area, volume, or a related dimension.
  2. Choose the formula: V=8×2×3=48V = 8 \times 2 \times 3 = 48 cubic units.
  3. Check the units: Use square units for area and surface area, and cubic units for volume.

V=8×2×3=48V = 8 \times 2 \times 3 = 48 cubic units.

4. QuestionMultiple choice

What is the volume of a cube with side length 5 units?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is 125125 cubic units.

  1. Identify the measurement: Decide whether the problem asks for area, surface area, volume, or a related dimension.
  2. Choose the formula: V=53=125V = 5^3 = 125 cubic units.
  3. Check the units: Use square units for area and surface area, and cubic units for volume.

V=53=125V = 5^3 = 125 cubic units.

5. QuestionMultiple choice

What is the volume of a prism with length 10, width 4, and height 1.5 units?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is 6060 cubic units.

  1. Identify the measurement: Decide whether the problem asks for area, surface area, volume, or a related dimension.
  2. Choose the formula: V=10×4×1.5=60V = 10 \times 4 \times 1.5 = 60 cubic units.
  3. Check the units: Use square units for area and surface area, and cubic units for volume.

V=10×4×1.5=60V = 10 \times 4 \times 1.5 = 60 cubic units.

6. QuestionMultiple choice

What is the volume of a cube with side length 2.5 units?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is 15.62515.625 cubic units.

  1. Identify the measurement: Decide whether the problem asks for area, surface area, volume, or a related dimension.
  2. Choose the formula: V=2.53=15.625V = 2.5^3 = 15.625 cubic units.
  3. Check the units: Use square units for area and surface area, and cubic units for volume.

V=2.53=15.625V = 2.5^3 = 15.625 cubic units.

7. QuestionMultiple choice

A rectangular prism has volume 72 cubic units, length 6 units, and width 4 units. What is its height?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is 33 units.

  1. Identify the measurement: Decide whether the problem asks for area, surface area, volume, or a related dimension.
  2. Choose the formula: h=72÷(6×4)=3h = 72 \div (6 \times 4) = 3 units.
  3. Check the units: Use square units for area and surface area, and cubic units for volume.

h=72÷(6×4)=3h = 72 \div (6 \times 4) = 3 units.

8. QuestionMultiple choice

What is the volume of a prism with dimensions 7, 2, and 5 units?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is 7070 cubic units.

  1. Identify the measurement: Decide whether the problem asks for area, surface area, volume, or a related dimension.
  2. Choose the formula: V=7×2×5=70V = 7 \times 2 \times 5 = 70 cubic units.
  3. Check the units: Use square units for area and surface area, and cubic units for volume.

V=7×2×5=70V = 7 \times 2 \times 5 = 70 cubic units.

9. QuestionMultiple choice

What is the volume of a cube with side length 6 units?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is 216216 cubic units.

  1. Identify the measurement: Decide whether the problem asks for area, surface area, volume, or a related dimension.
  2. Choose the formula: V=63=216V = 6^3 = 216 cubic units.
  3. Check the units: Use square units for area and surface area, and cubic units for volume.

V=63=216V = 6^3 = 216 cubic units.

10. QuestionMultiple choice

What is the volume of a rectangular prism with dimensions 9, 2, and 4 units?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is 7272 cubic units.

  1. Identify the measurement: Decide whether the problem asks for area, surface area, volume, or a related dimension.
  2. Choose the formula: V=9×2×4=72V = 9 \times 2 \times 4 = 72 cubic units.
  3. Check the units: Use square units for area and surface area, and cubic units for volume.

V=9×2×4=72V = 9 \times 2 \times 4 = 72 cubic units.

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Frequently asked questions about Grade 6 Area, Surface Area and Volume

What topics are covered?

The page covers two-dimensional area, triangle and parallelogram formulas, surface area of solids, volume, missing dimensions, units, nets, and real-world measurement.

What is the difference between surface area and volume?

Surface area measures the total area of the outside faces of a solid, while volume measures the space inside the solid.

How many questions are on this page?

The page includes five mini tests with 10 questions each, for 50 Grade 6 Area, Surface Area and Volume questions in total.