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11.05 Story problems with volume

Interactive practice questions

A rainwater tank has a rectangular base of area $5$5 m2 and a height of $2$2 m.

Find the volume of the rainwater tank.

Easy
1min

A tower is being built out of stone blocks, like the one shown.

Easy
1min

DeShaun has a packing box which has sides all of length $9$9 cm. Find the maximum volume that he can fit into the box.

Easy
1min

A swimming pool has a length of $9$9 m, width of $4$4 m and depth of $3$3 m.

Medium
1min
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5.MD.5.b

Apply the formulas v = l × w × h and v = b × h for rectangular prisms to find volumes of right rectangular prisms with whole-number edge lengths in the context of solving real world and mathematical problems.

5.MD.5.c

Recognize volume as additive. Find volumes of solid figures composed of two non-overlapping right rectangular prisms by adding the volumes of the non-overlapping parts, applying this technique to solve real world problems.

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