Problem Solving About Volumes

Seth builds a rectangular prism with centimeter cubes with a length of 12 centimeters, a width of 6 centimeters, and a height of 4 centimeters. Seth adds more cubes to his prism, so the prism now has a height of 6 centimeters. If the base measurements stay the same, how many more cubes does Seth use?

• 72 cubes

• 288 cubes

• 144 cubes

• 78 cubes

What volume of water can a pool hold if it is 12 ft long, 8 ft wide, and 10 ft deep?

• 960 ft³

• 30 ft³

• 816 ft ³

• NOTA

How many cubic units will it take to fill up a rectangular prism with a length of 10 feet, width of 5 feet, and height of 2 feet?

• 100

• 17

• 20

• none of the above

What is the volume of a rectangular prism with a length of 5 cm, width of 4 cm, and height of 9 cm?

• 18 cubic cm

• 29 cubic cm

• 41 cubic cm

• 180 cubic cm

Each side of this ice cube measures 2 inches.  What is the volume of the ice cube?

• 6 cubic inches

• 8 cubic inches

• 12 cubic inches

• 8 square inches

Emma made two right rectangular prisms with unit cubes.  The prisms each measured 2 units wide, 5 units long and 3 units tall.  What is the total volume of both figures?

• 10 cubes

• 30 cubes

• 60 cubes

• 120 cubes

Mrs. Dunnahoo has a Finding Dory tissue box on her desk.  The box has a base of 8.4 in²  and a height of 5 inches.  what is the volume of the tissue box in cubic inches?

• 42 in³

• 40.20 in³

• 45 in³

• 42.1 in³

Joe measured the volume of a cube-shaped box as being 125 cubic inches.  If the base layer of the box fits 25 small cubes of 1 cubic inch each, how many layers of small cubes will fit in the box?

• 25

• 5

• 15

• 5.5

What does the "B" in the volume formula V = B x h stand for?

• Bottom of the object

• Box

• Between

• Area of the base

If a rectangular prism's volume is 420cm³.  The prism has a  length of 12cm, and width of 7cm, what is height of the rectangular prism? 

• 12cm

• 5cm

• 420cm

• 84cm