A large flawless crystal ball weighs 192 pounds and is 48 inches in diameter. What is the weight of a crystal ball 12 inches in diameter? (Note that the balls are completely made out of crystal.) The smaller sphere weighs_____________. A very large pyramid is 160ft tall and covers an area of 41 acres. Recall that an acre is 43,560 ft^2. What is the volume of the pyramid? An airplane factory has as its headquarters a very large building. The building encloses 64 million ft^3 and covers 92 acres.  What is the size of a cube of equal volume? What is the length of the edges of the cube?

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A particular record book contains a collection of interesting (sometimes record-breaking) measurements.

  1. A large flawless crystal ball weighs 192 pounds and is 48 inches in diameter. What is the weight of a crystal ball 12 inches in diameter? (Note that the balls are completely made out of crystal.)
    1. The smaller sphere weighs_____________.
  2. A very large pyramid is 160ft tall and covers an area of 41 acres. Recall that an acre is 43,560 ft^2. What is the volume of the pyramid?
  3. An airplane factory has as its headquarters a very large building. The building encloses 64 million ft^3 and covers 92 acres.  What is the size of a cube of equal volume?
    1. What is the length of the edges of the cube?
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