Math Drills
Volume of Rectangular Prisms and Cubes
D-3Word Problems
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What this worksheet covers
- Topic
- Volume
- Worksheet
- Volume of Rectangular Prisms and Cubes
Work opens by reading off a drawing how many 1 cm³ cubes a solid comes to, moves to Calculation, which puts the Formula of length times width times height to work, and goes on to Capacity (Inside Measurements), where the thickness of the board is given. Whether the edges are whole numbers or decimals, the Word Problems are set up the same way.
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A container whose board thickness is given has two boards across and two down, so twice the thickness comes off the outside length, while the height loses only the one board at the bottom. Items creep in where the thickness is taken off once everywhere, so counting how far each of the three numbers in the expression has dropped below the outside length brings the faulty subtraction into the open.
What is handled from here is not the area of a face but the size of a space. In Converting Units of Volume the figure found stays as it is and only the unit attached to the answer is exchanged.
- Whole-Number Dimensions (Word Problems)3 questions
- Decimal Dimensions (Word Problems)3 questions
Questions & answers
Problems and answers on this worksheet
These are the problems in “Volume”, shown with their answers.
(1)There is a water tank in the shape of a rectangular prism that is 6cm deep, 8cm wide, and 5cm in height. What is the volume of this water tank in how many cm³? Answer □
Answer: 240cm³
(2)There is a drawer in the shape of a rectangular prism that is 15cm deep, 8cm wide, and 5cm in height. What is the volume of this drawer in how many cm³? Answer □
Answer: 600cm³
(3)There is a book in the shape of a rectangular prism that is 14cm deep, 9cm wide, and 5cm in height. What is the volume of this book in how many cm³? Answer □
Answer: 630cm³
(4)There is an eraser in the shape of a rectangular prism that is 4.5cm long, 2.5cm wide, and 1.2cm in height. What is the volume of this eraser in how many cm³? Answer □
Answer: 13.5cm³
(5)There is a sandbox in the shape of a rectangular prism that is 3.5m long, 2.4m wide, and 0.8m in height. What is the volume of this sandbox in how many m³? Answer □
Answer: 6.72m³
(6)There is a toy box in the shape of a rectangular prism that is 9.5cm long, 6.4cm wide, and 4.5cm in height. What is the volume of this toy box in how many cm³? Answer □
Answer: 273.6cm³
What to do next
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Volume and Weight of WaterVolume and Weight of Water Conversion
Volume of Composite FiguresVolume of Composite Figures Finding the Volume (L-Shape and More)
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