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P5Maths Week 40
P5Maths Week 40
Knowing Volume
Do these word problems. Show your working clearly in the space provided.
3. A cuboid is 38 cm long, 17 cm wide and 9.5 cm high. Find its volume in cubic metres.
Knowing Volume
4. A rectangular tank of base area 600 cm2 and height of 19 cm is half-filled with water. Find
how much water is needed to fill the tank completely. Express your answer in litres.
(1 l = 1000 cm3)
5. Xavier wants to fill a cubical tank of edge 24 cm completely. He pours bottles of water with
a capacity of 384 ml into the tank, one at a time. How many bottles of water will he need to
fill the tank completely?
completely.
5.7 l of water are needed to fill the tank
2 Its volume is 21.97 m3.
to fill the tank completely.
_1 × 600 × 19 = 5700 cm3 ÷ 1000 = 5.7 l 4.
13 × 13 × 13 = 2197 cm3 ÷ 100 = 21.97 m3 2.
He will need 36 bottles of water
13 824 ÷ 384 = 36 Its volume is 61.37 m3. Its capacity is 3900 cm3.
24 × 24 × 24 = 13 824 cm3 5. 38 × 17 × 9.5 = 6137 cm3 ÷ 100 = 61.37 m3 3. 13 × 25 × 12 = 3900 cm3 Solutions: 1.
Knowing Volume
Do these word problems. Show your working clearly in the space provided.
1. A tank 30 cm long, 12.5 cm wide and 20 cm high is __ 3 filled with water. A tap is turned on
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for 3 minutes to fill the tank completely. (1 l = 1000 cm3)
(a) How much water is needed to fill the tank to its brim? Express your answer in litres.
(b) Find the amount of water that flows from the tap per minute.
2. A fish pond measures 70 cm by 90 cm by 110 cm. It needs another 5880 cm3 of water to fill
it completely. Find the volume of water in the fish pond. Express your answer in litres.
(1 l = 1000 cm3)
3. A tank measuring 48 cm by 38 cm by 28 cm is 75% filled with water. How much water will
be needed to fill the tank to its brim?
1. 40 × 12 =
2. 77 × 15 =
3. 38 × 25 =
4. 56 × 12 =
5. 53 × 50 =
6. 89 × 12 =
7. 31 × 15 =
8. 72 × 25 =
9. 18 × 15 =
10. 61 × 50 =
10. 3050 9. 270 8. 1800 7. 465 6. 1068 5. 2650 4. 672 3. 950 2. 1155 Solutions: 1. 480