Volume and Mass Word Problems for Grade 5 Learners

A box has a volume of 120 cubic centimeters. If the height of the box is 10 cm, what is the area of the base?

• 15 cm²

• 20 cm²

• 12 cm²

• 10 cm²

A water tank can hold 500 liters of water. If it is currently filled with 300 liters, how many more liters are needed to fill it completely?

• 400 liters

• 100 liters

• 200 liters

• 250 liters

A bag of flour weighs 2 kilograms. If you use 500 grams for a recipe, how much flour is left in the bag?

• 250 grams

• 2000 grams

• 1500 grams

• 1000 grams

A rectangular prism has a length of 4 cm, a width of 3 cm, and a height of 5 cm. What is its volume?

• 12 cm³

• 45 cm³

• 60 cm³

• 20 cm³

If a bottle holds 1.5 liters of juice and you pour out 0.75 liters, how much juice is left in the bottle?

• 0.5 liters

• 0.75 liters

• 1.25 liters

• 1 liter

A fish tank has a volume of 60 liters. If you add 15 liters of water, what is the new volume of the tank?

• 60 liters

• 75 liters

• 45 liters

• 90 liters

A cube has a side length of 3 cm. What is the volume of the cube?

• 27 cm³

• 9 cm³

• 12 cm³

• 36 cm³

A container holds 2 kilograms of rice. If you take out 300 grams, how much rice remains in the container?

• 1800 grams

• 2000 grams

• 1500 grams

• 1700 grams

A swimming pool has a volume of 25,000 liters. If it is currently filled with 10,000 liters, how many liters are needed to fill it to the top?

• 15,000 liters

• 5,000 liters

• 20,000 liters

• 12,000 liters

A jar can hold 1 liter of jam. If you fill it with 750 milliliters, how much more jam can you add to the jar?

• 500 milliliters

• 250 milliliters

• 300 milliliters

• 100 milliliters