Volume
Word Problems
Rules/Strategies
100
A rubix cube is 3/4 foot wide, 3/4 foot long, and 3/4 foot wide. What is the volume?
144 square cm
100
Levi has an aquarium that is 6 feet long, 7 feet wide, and 8 feet deep.
What is the volume of the aquarium?
336 cubic feet
100
Are you going to pass this test????
(Every team that answers yes will earn 100 points on this Jeopardy)
Yes!!!
200
A prism is 5 unit cubes high, and has an area of 12 unit cubes. What is the volume of the prism?
60 cubic units
200
Zara needs a block of jello that is exactly 220 cubic millimeters in volume.
The height of the jello block must be 10 millimeters.
What does the area of the base of jello block need to be for the given volume and height?
22 square millimeters
200
What are the two formulas for finding volume?
length x width x height
area x height
300
What is a possible height, width, and length for a rectangular prism with a volume of 60 cubic inches?
3 inches x 4 inches x 5 inches
300
A storage shed is 9 feet wide, 15 feet
long, and 11 feet tall. What is the
volume of the shed?
1485 cubic feet
300
Yaphett used unit cubes to make a
rectangular prism. How would he find the volume?
Count the cubes.
400
What is the volume?
100 cubic cm
400
The refrigerator part of a refrigerator-freezer has a volume of 40 cubic feet.
The freezer part is 2 feet high, 2 feet deep and 2 feet wide.
What is the total volume of the refrigerator-freezer?
32 cubic feet
400
Define "volume"
The number of cubic units needed to fill a solid figure/rectangular prism
500
What is the volume? 
32 cubic units
500
An architect drew plans for a new school. The school's campus is comprised of two buildings: a main building that is 55 yards wide, 32 yards long, and 64 yards tall, and a sports/club complex that is 68 yards wide, 87 yards long, and 100 yards high. What is the total volume for the school's new build plan?
704,240 cubic yards
500
Explain the steps needed to find the volume of 2 combined rectangular prisms.
1. Split/cut the shape into two prisms.
2. Identify the measurements/dimensions of each.
3. Find the volume of each prism.
4. Add the volumes together.