Volume Estimation and Real-World Challenges for 5th Graders

A fish tank has a volume of 120 liters. If you want to fill it with water, but you only have 3 containers that hold about 40 liters each, how many liters will be left to fill the tank?

• 0 liters

• 10 liters

• 30 liters

• 20 liters

A rectangular garden measures 5 meters in length, 3 meters in width, and 2 meters in height. What is the volume of the garden in cubic meters? If you want to fill it with soil, how many cubic meters of soil do you need?

• 25 cubic meters

• 30 cubic meters

• 20 cubic meters

• 15 cubic meters

A box can hold 250 cubic centimeters of toys. If you have 4 boxes, how many cubic centimeters of toys can you store in total? If you already have 300 cubic centimeters of toys, how much more can you add?

• 600 cubic centimeters

• 700 cubic centimeters

• 800 cubic centimeters

• 500 cubic centimeters

A swimming pool has a volume of 1,500 liters. If you want to fill it with water using buckets that hold 25 liters each, how many buckets will you need? If you already filled it with 5 buckets, how many more do you need?

• 45 buckets

• 50 buckets

• 60 buckets

• 55 buckets

A cylindrical container has a radius of 3 cm and a height of 10 cm. Estimate the volume using rounding. If you want to fill it with liquid, how many liters can it hold?

• 0.5 liters

• 1.2 liters

• 0.15 liters

• 0.27 liters

A rectangular box has dimensions of 4 feet by 3 feet by 2 feet. What is the volume of the box? If you want to fill it with sand, how many cubic feet of sand do you need?

• 24 cubic feet

• 12 cubic feet

• 30 cubic feet

• 18 cubic feet

A warehouse has a volume of 2,000 cubic meters. If you want to store boxes that each have a volume of 0.5 cubic meters, how many boxes can you fit? If you already have 100 boxes, how many more can you add?

• 3500

• 3000

• 4000

• 3900

A juice container holds 1.5 liters. If you have 6 containers, what is the total volume of juice? If you drink 2 liters, how much juice is left?

• 7 liters

• 10 liters

• 8 liters

• 5 liters

A rectangular prism has a length of 10 cm, a width of 5 cm, and a height of 4 cm. What is its volume? If you want to fill it with water, how many liters will it hold?

• 0.5 liters

• 1 liter

• 0.1 liters

• 0.2 liters

A garden pond has a volume of 800 liters. If you want to add 5 fish that each need 50 liters of space, how much water will be left in the pond after adding the fish?

• 600 liters

• 550 liters

• 450 liters

• 700 liters