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Date T2 W5
Primary 5 Intensive Practice
Day Time
Tutorial 4 Teacher
Focus on Finding Volume of Liquid in a Rectangular Container

STUDENT OUTCOMES
At the end of today’s lesson, students should be able to:
 solve word problems involving calculation of volume of liquid in a rectangular container
 solve word problems involving calculation of volume of liquid needed to fill a container to a
certain height

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Capacity: Capacity:
9 litres 4 litres

Using the two empty water tanks provided and an unlimited supply
of water, show how you would measure out 6 litres of water.
(No other instruments of measurement can be used.)

Circle the actions you would take.

Water in Water in
Action Taken
Big Tank Small Tank
Fill up/Pour away/Transfer to Big Tank/Small Tank
Fill up/Pour away/Transfer to Big Tank/Small Tank
Fill up/Pour away/Transfer to Big Tank/Small Tank
Fill up/Pour away/Transfer to Big Tank/Small Tank
Fill up/Pour away/Transfer to Big Tank/Small Tank
Fill up/Pour away/Transfer to Big Tank/Small Tank
Fill up/Pour away/Transfer to Big Tank/Small Tank
Fill up/Pour away/Transfer to Big Tank/Small Tank

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EXAMPLE 1

Mary ordered some fruit punch for her party, which was delivered in two rectangular containers.
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Container A measured 50 cm by 31 cm by 14 cm and was filled.
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2
Container B measured 34 cm by 30 cm by 18 cm and was filled.
3
Find the volume of fruit punch that Mary bought.
Express your answer in litres.

Container A Container B

18 cm
14 cm

31 cm 30 cm
50 cm 34 cm

SOLUTION

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Volume of fruit punch in Container A = × 50 × 31 × 14
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= 17 360
2
Volume of fruit punch in Container B = × 34 × 30 × 18
3
= 12 240
Total volume = 17 360 + 12 240
= 29 600
29 600 cm3 = 29 600 mℓ
29 600 mℓ = 29.6 ℓ

The volume of the fruit punch that Mary bought was 29.6 ℓ.

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Answer the following questions in the spaces provided.

The use of a calculator is allowed.

1 Joie bought some orange juice and poured all of it into two rectangular containers.
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Container A measuring 8 cm by 10 cm by 21 cm is filled with orange juice.
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5
Container B measuring 12 cm by 15 cm by 20 cm is filled with orange juice.
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What is the volume of orange juice that she bought?
Express your answer in litres.

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2 Timothy poured some syrup into two rectangular containers.

1
Container A measuring 3 cm by 3 cm by 10 cm is filled with syrup.
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2
Container B measuring 3 cm by 5 cm by 15 cm is filled with syrup.
5
What is the total volume of syrup that Timothy poured into both containers?
Express your answer in millilitres.

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EXAMPLE 2

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The figure below shows a rectangular container that is filled with water.
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How much more water is needed to fill the container completely?
Express your answer in millilitres.

28 cm

15 cm
18 cm
SOLUTION

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Fraction of container that is empty = 1 –
3
2
=
3
2
Volume of water needed = × 18 cm × 15 cm × 28 cm
3
= 5 040 cm3
5 040 cm3 = 5 040 mℓ

The volume of water needed is 5 040 mℓ.

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3 The figure below shows a rectangular container that is filled with water.
4
How much more water is required to fill the container completely?
Express your answer in millilitres.

10 cm

4 cm
6 cm

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4 A tank measuring 15 cm by 10 cm by 7 cm is full of water.
5
How much more water is needed to fill the tank completely?
Express your answer in millilitres.

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EXAMPLE 3

The figure below shows a rectangular container that is filled with some water.
The tank has a length of 42 cm, breadth of 18 cm and height of 20 cm.
3
How much more water should be poured into the container for it to be filled to of its height?
4
Express your answer in litres.

20 cm

8 cm
18 cm
42 cm
SOLUTION

3 3
of container’s height = × 20 cm
4 4
= 15 cm
Difference in height = 15 cm – 8 cm
= 7 cm
Volume of water needed = 42 cm × 18 cm × 7 cm
= 5 292 cm3
5 292 cm3 = 5 292 mℓ
5 292 mℓ = 5.292 ℓ

The volume of water needed is 5.292 ℓ.

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5 The figure below shows a rectangular tank that is filled with some water and is not drawn
to scale.
The tank has a length of 40 cm, a breadth of 25 cm and a height of 50 cm.
3
How much more water is needed to fill the tank to of its height?
5
Express your answer in litres.

50 cm

12 cm
25 cm
40 cm

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6 The figure below shows a rectangular tank that is filled with some water and is not drawn
to scale.
The tank has a length of 65 cm, a breadth of 40 cm and a height of 50 cm.
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How much more water is needed to fill the tank to of its height?
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Express your answer in litres.

50 cm

13 cm
40 cm
65 cm

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EXAMPLE 4

The figure below shows a rectangular container with a length of 25 cm and a breadth of 16 cm.
It contains 4 000 cm3 of water.

a Find the height of the rectangular container.

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b How much more water is needed to fill the container to of its height?
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?
18 cm

16 cm
25 cm

SOLUTION

a Base area = 25 × 16
= 400
Height of water in container = 4 000 ÷ 400
= 10
Height of container = 10 + 18
= 28

The height of the rectangular container is 28 cm.

4 4
b of container’s height = × 28
7 7
= 16
Difference in height = 16 – 10
=6
Volume of water needed = 25 × 16 × 6
= 2 400

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2 400 cm3 of water is needed to fill the container to of its height.
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7 The figure below shows a rectangular tank with a base of 42 cm by 20 cm.

It contains 10 080 cm3 of water.

a Find the height of the rectangular tank.

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b How much more water should be poured in to fill the tank to of its height?
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8 cm ?

20 cm
42 cm

a ___________________________________________

b ___________________________________________

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8 The figure below shows a rectangular tank with a base measuring 45 cm by 28 cm.
It contains 25 200 cm3 of water.

a Find the height of the rectangular tank.

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b How much more water is needed to fill the tank to of its height?
3

19 cm ?

28 cm
45 cm

a ___________________________________________

b ___________________________________________

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