Question

Sandy is using a 9-inch by 11-inch by 2-inch cake pan to bake a cake. After pouring the batter into the cake pan, she notices that there is a one-inch gap between the top of the batter and the top of the pan. What is the volume of the cake batter?

99 in. 3
198 in. 3
80 in. 3
160 in. 3

Answer 1

The pan's height is 2 in, and the batter leaves a 1 in gap, so the batter height is 1 in. Volume = 9 × 11 × 1 = 99 in³.