Volume of Rectangular Prisms - Word Problems

Which measurement could NOT be used to measure volume?

• cm³

• cubic inches

• m²

• mm³

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A refrigerator measures 3 feet wide, 2.5 feet deep, and 6 feet high. The walls and other parts of the refrigerator take up 20 cubic feet. How many cubic feet are left for food?

• 25 cubic feet

• 45 cubic feet

• 430 cubic feet

• 450 cubic feet

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A classroom is 26 feet wide, 32 feet long, and 9 feet high. The volume of the classroom is

• 67 square feet

• 67 cubic feet

• 7488 square feet

• 7488 cubic feet

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If all of the gold that was produced in the last 100 years was melted and formed into a cube, the cube would have an edge of 16 meters. What is the volume of the gold cube?

• 48 cubic meters

• 256 cubic meters

• 4096 cubic meters

• 25,600 cubic meters

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Krispy Kritters Cereal used to come in a box with a volume of 2,850 cm³. However, The Krispy Kritters Co. designed a new larger box 22.5 cm wide, 6.2 cm deep, and 30 cm high. How many more cubic centimeters will the new box hold than the old box?

• 1335 cm³

• 4185 cm³

• 2850 cm³

• 7035 cm³

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A swimming pool is 20.6 meters long, 8.5 meters long and has a depth of 1.7 meters. What is the volume of the swimming pool?

• 175.1 m³

• 297.67 m³

• 176.8 m³

• 2976.7 m³

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A box has a volume of 3,740 cubic inches. The box is 11 inches high and 17 inches wide. The length of the box is

• 2 in

• 8 in

• 20 in

• 30 in

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Luciana bought a fish tank shaped like a rectangular prism for her new betta fish. The tank is 12 inches long,11 inches wide and 17 inches high. A cubic inch of water weighs 0.036 pounds. How much does the water in the tank weigh?

• 50.27 pounds

• 80.784 pounds

• 2244 pounds

• 63444.3 pounds

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As a birthday gift, Isa received a new monogrammed suitcase to take on the family trip to Ireland. The suitcase is shaped like a rectangular prism. It is 10 inches deep and 20 inches tall. The suitcase contains 2,600 cubic inches of packing space. What is the length?

• 11 inches

• 12 inches

• 13 inches

• 15 inches

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A cubic container has an edge of 10 inches. A rectangular container measures 12 inches wide, 10 inches long and 8 inches high. Which container is larger?

• the cube

• the rectangular prism

• they are the same

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