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Unit - 16
Mathematics

International Language & Business Centre

Primary Four
Issued by Maths Department

VOLUME
16.1 Cubes and Cuboids
The following solids are made up of 1-cm cubes. Find the volume of
each solid.

A B

C D

Which solid has the greatest volume?

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Exercise (16.1)
1. Find the volume of the cuboid which measures 5cm by 2cm by 3cm.

3cm Volume of cuboid

= Length × Breadth × Height

2cm
5cm

Volume of the cuboid = 5 × 2 × 3 = cm3

2. Find the volume of each cuboid.

(a) (b)

6cm 5m

5cm 4m
8m
8cm

3. Find the volume of each cube.

(a) (b)

5cm 8cm

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4. The volume of a cube is 27 cm3. Find the length of one edge of the
cube.

× × = 27

The length of one edge of the cube is cm.

5. The area of the shaded face of the cuboid is 10cm2. The height of
the cuboid is 3 cm. Find its volume.
Area = 10cm2

5 × 2 × 3 = 10 × 3
3cm

Volume of the cuboid = 10 × 3 = cm3

6. Find the volume of each cuboid.

(a) (b) 5cm

6 cm

Area = 40 cm2
Area = 56 cm2

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7. A rectangular container, 12cm long and 10cm wide, is filled with

water to a depth of 5cm. Find the volume of water in the container.

Volume of water = 12×10×5

5cm
= cm3
10cm
12cm

8. A rectangular tank has a base area of 6m2. It contains water to a

depth of 2m. Find the volume of water in the tank.

Volume of water =6×2

2m
= m3

Area = 6m2

9. (a) Express 2.5 litres in cubic centimetres.

2.5 l = 2.5 × 1000 cm3

= cm3 1 l = 1000 cm3

(b) Express 3200cm3 in litres.

3200
3200cm3 = l
1000

= l

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10. A rectangular tank measures 40cm by 25cm by 30cm. How many

litres of water are in the tank when it is full? (1l = 1000 cm3)

Volume of water = 40 × 25 × 30
30cm
= cm3
= l
25 cm
40 cm

11. The volume of a cuboid is 24cm3. The length of the cuboid is 3cm
and its breadth is 2cm. Find its height.

24
Height =
3×2
= cm

3×2×Height=24

12. Find the unknown edge of each cuboid.

(a) (b)

A 6m

3m
B
8 cm 8 cm C D

Volume = 576cm3 Volume = 216m3

AB = cm CD = m

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13. Find the unknown edge of each cuboid.

(a) (b)

Area=72m2
Area=66cm2 G

F H
E

Volume = 264 cm3 Volume = 288 m3

EF = cm GH = m

14. A rectangular container, 8cm long and 5cm wide, contains 120cm3
of water. Find the height of the water level in the container.

120
Height of water level =
8×5
?
= cm
5cm

8cm

15. A rectangular container, 20cm long and 10cm wide, contains 2.5
litres of water. Find the height of the water level in the container.
(1l = 1000 cm3)

Volume of water = 2.5l

= 2.5 × 1000 cm3
= 2500 cm3 ?
2500
Height of water level =
20 × 10
10cm
= cm 20cm

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Exercise (16.2)
1. Find the unknown edge of each cuboid. 8cm
X
(a) (b) 8cm

B
Area = 90cm2 Y
?
A
Volume = 360cm3 Volume = 576 cm3
AB = cm XY = cm

2. Find the volume of water in each container. Give the answer in litres.
(1l = 1000 cm3)
(a) (b)
18cm
10 cm

8cm 15 cm
25cm 22 cm

3. The volume of a cube is 125 cm3. Find the length of each edge of
the cube.

4. A rectangular tank, 12m long and 5m wide, contains 300m3 of water

when it is full. Find the height of the tank.

5m
12 m

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16.2 Finding the Volume of a Solid

Samy poured 50ml of water into a measuring cylinder. Then he put
in some marbles and measured the volume of water displaced by the
marbles.

100ml 100ml

¨
50ml 50ml

1ml = 1 cm3

Volume of water = 50 cm3

Volume of water and the marbles = cm3
Volume of the marbles = cm3

Volume of marbles = Volume of water displaced

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Exercise (16.3)
1. A rectangular tank, 30cm long and 20cm wide, is filled with water to
a depth of 8cm. When a stone was put in, the water level rose to
11cm, Find the volume of the stone.

20 cm
8 cm
¨ 11 cm

20 cm
30 cm 30 cm

The water level rose by 3cm.

Increase in height of water level = 11 - 8 = 3cm

Volume of water displaced = 30 × 20 × 3 = cm3
Volume of stone = cm3

2. A rectangular tank, 30cm long and 18 cm wide, contained some

water and a stone. When the stone was taken out, the water level
dropped by 2cm. Find the volume of the stone.

2 cm

18cm
30 cm
Decrease in height of water level = 2cm
Volume of stone = 30 × 18 × 2 = cm3

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3. A rectangular container measuring

18 cm by 12cm by 20 cm is filled 20 cm
with water to its brim. How many
litres of water are there in the 12 cm
container? (1l = 1000cm3) 18 cm

4. A rectangular container contains

1.2 litres of water. The area of the ?
base of the tank is 96cm2. Find the
height of the water level. Area=96cm2
(1l = 1000cm3)

5. A rectangular container, 15cm long

and 10cm wide, contains water to
?
a depth of 4cm. When a stone of
volume 300 cm3 is put in , the water 10cm
level rises. Find the height of the 15cm
new water level.

15cm 25cm

25cm
¨ ?

30cm 25cm
25cm

6. A rectangular tank measuring 30cm by 25cm by 15cm was full of

water. Samy poured all the water into another tank which measured
25cm by 25cm by 25cm. Find the height of the water level in the
second tank.
7. A rectangular container, 9cm long and
6cm wide, was filled with water to a depth
7 cm
of 5cm. When some marbles were added
into the container, the depth of the water 5cm 6 cm
became 7cm. Find the volume of the 9 cm
marbles.

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Points to Ponder
1
Area of a triangle = × base × height (or altitude)
2
∠ A + ∠ B + ∠ C = 180°

B
Height A C

Base
1
Area of a trapezium = (a+b)h x = ∠ A+ ∠B
2 B
x
A
a
h
Isosceles triangle
b Equilateral triangle

Area of a rectangle = a × b
a b 60°

b B A 60° 60°
a
a = b and ∠ A = ∠ B

Area of a square = a2
a
a b
a c
Volume of a cuboid = a×b×c
a
Area of a parallelogram = ah
a

a
h
Volume of a cube = a × a × a
a

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