Find the Volume
Word Problems
Volume with Base Only
Volume of Composite Figures
Volume in Expressions
100

How many cubes fit in a prism that measures 3 by 4 by 1?

12 cubes

100

Sarah has a chocolate box whose length is 12 cm, height 9 cm, and width 6 cm. Find the volume of the box.

648 cubic cm

100

A box has a volume of 36 cubic inches. The length is 6 inches and the width is 3 inches. What is the height?

What is 2 inches

100

Two rectangular prisms are sitting on top of each other. One has measurements of 5 inches by 4 inches by 6 inches. The other one has measurements of 4 inches x 6 inches x 6 inches. What is the total volume of the prisms?

What is 264 cubic inches

100

What expression could be used for the rectangular prism with a dimension of length 3, width 2 and height 3?

3 x (2 x 3)

200

What is the volume of a prism that measures 3 by 6 by 2?

36 cubes

200

A water tank is 90 m long and 60 m wide. What is the volume of the water in the tank, if the depth of water is 40 m?

216000 cubic m.

200

A pencil box has a volume of 100 cubic inches. The length is 10 inches and the width is 2 inches. What is the height?

What is 5 inches

200

Two rectangular prisms are sitting on top of each other. One has measurements of 8 inches by 4 inches by 3 inches. The other one has measurements of 4 inches x 6 inches x 6 inches. What is the total volume of the prisms?

240 cubic inches

200

What is the expression to find the volume of a rectangular prism that is 5 inches in height, 4 inches in width, and 3 inches in length.

5 X 4 X 3

300

What is the volume of a rectangular prism with measurements of 3 by 5 by 6?

90 cubes

300

Susan’s first display box is 6 inches long, 9 inches wide, and 4 inches high. What is the volume of the display box?

216 cubic in

300
A Christmas package is a big square and has a volume of 1,728 cubic inches. The length is 12 inches and the width is 12 inches. What is the height? What could be inside?
What is 12 inches and it could be: a computer, a tv, or ____
300
Two rectangular prisms are sitting on top of each other. One has measurements of 30 feet by 12 feet by 6 feet. The other one has measurements of 15 feet x 6 feet x 6 feet. What is the total volume of the prisms?
2700 cubic feet
300

A rectangular prism has dimensions of 4 inches by 3 inches and we need to find the 3rd dimension. The total volume is 96 cubic inches. What expression could we use?

96 / (4 x 3)

400

What is the volume of a rectangular prism that has a height of 15 cm, a length of 20 cm and a height of 7 cm?

2,100 cubic inches

400

A cube has width of 7 cm. What is the volume of the cube?

343 cubic cm

400

A rectangular prism has a volume of 180 cubic meters. The height is 3 cubic meters. What are the dimensions of the base?

This is one possible answer.

length = 6, width = 10

There can be other answers.

400
Two cubes are sitting on top of each other. One has measurements of 12 inches on each side. The other one has measurements of 8 inches. What is the total volume of the cubes?
What is 2,240 cubic inches
400

Mrs. Z wrote the expression (3 x 10) x 4 to represent the volume of a prism, in cubic units. What expression could also be used to determine the volume of the prism?

3 x (10 x 4)

500

Each side of a rectangular prism is 15 millimeters long. What is the volume in cubic millimeters?

3,375 cubic millimeters

500

A rectangular prism has a width of 6 cm, a height of 5 cm and a depth of 2 cm. What is the volume of the prism?


60 cubic cm

500
A box has a length of of 12 centimeters, a width of 10 centimeters, and a height of 6 centimeters. A second box has a length of 60 centimeters and a width of 2 centimeters. Both boxes have the same volume. What is the height of the second box?
What is 6 centimeters?
500

Two objects are sitting on top of each other. One is a rectangular prism and has measurements of 15 cm by 14 cm by 16 cm. The other one is a cube and has measurements of 14 cm. What is the total volume of the whole object?

6,104 cubic centimeters

500

Ms. Caliento wrote a rectangular prism has dimensions of l = 12 in., w = 4 in., and h = 3 in.  What expression would you use to find the volume?

12 X 4 X 3