Volume of Rectangular Prism Word Problems

Aiden wants to use a box to store all of his old toys. What is the volume of the box?

• 1130 in³

• 1010 in³

• 1330 in³

• 1300 in³

Francine keeps her earrings in a jewelry box that is the shape of a cube. Each edge of the cube is 9 centimeters. What is the volume of the cube?

• 729 cm³

• 81 cm³

• 27 cm³

• 297 cm³

Mr. Williams built a shed behind his house that is 16 feet long, 7 feet wide, and 8 feet tall. What is the volume of the shed?

• 968 cubic feet

• 80 cubic feet

• 896 cubic feet

• 900 cubic feet

A construction company is digging a hole for a ball pit at the local playground. The hole will be 6 yards long, 4 yards wide, and 1 yard deep. How many cubic yards of dirt will the company need to remove?

• 10 cubic yards

• 12 cubic yards

• 24 squared yards

• 24 cubic yards

A toy manufacturer is using a large crate to ship boxes of toy trains. Each toy train box has a volume of 30 cubic inches. If the crate holds 9 layers with 5 toy train boxes in each layer, what is the volume of the crate?

• 45 in²

• 1350 in³

• 45 in³

• 1350 in²

A grocery store made a display of boxes shown below. Each box of has a length, width, and height of 1 foot. What is the volume of the display of boxes?

• 30 cubic feet

• 31 cubic yards

• 10 cubic feet

• 15 cubic yards

Christina has a box for her art supplies that has a volume of 468 cubic inches. The length of the box is 13 inches and width is 9 inches. What is the height of the box?

• 5 in

• 4 in

• 6 in

• 3 in

Esther needs a bin for her hair bows. A yellow bin has a length of 11 inches, a width of 4 inches, and a height of 3 inches. A red bin has a length of 9 inches, a width of 5 inches and a height of 4 inches. What is the volume of the bin with the greatest volume?

• Red bin

• Yellow bin

Phil put a small box that is 11 inches long, 7 inches wide, and 3 inches tall inside a box that is 21 inches long, 16 inches wide, and 10 inches high. How much space is left in the larger box?

• 231 cubic inches

• 3360 cubic inches

• 3591 cubic inches

• 3120 cubic inches

One travel bag is 15 inches long, another is 18 inches long, and a third is 21 inches long. They are all 10 inches deep and 15 inches wide. Which travel bag can hold exactly 3,150 cubic inches?

• 21 inches long

• 18 inches long

• 15 inches long

• 10 inches long