Question

Explain, using numbered steps, how you could find the volume of a small, irregularly shaped rock.

Answer 1

1. Get a graduated cylinder. 2. Fill the graduated cylinder to a known amount of water. Record the amount of water in the cylinder. 3. Place rock into the graduated cylinder 4. Measure the new volume of the graduated cylinder with the rock in it. 5. Take the difference of the new volume and the old volume and that is the volume of the rock.