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Extra questions
Exercise 11.4 Volume and capacity
1 What unit of volume would you use when measuring the volume of:
a a house brick?
b a mobile phone?
c a shoe box?
d a box of tissues?
e a building?
f the carton for a refrigerator?
2 Copy and complete the following.
a 7 m3 ¼
b 8 cm3 ¼
cm3
c 3500 mm3 ¼
g 3600 cm3 ¼
f 9.3 m3 ¼
cm3
h 2 m3 ¼
m3
i 1256 mm3 ¼
mm3
cm3
mm3
j 245 000 000 cm3 ¼
cm3
k 44 000 mm3 ¼
m 2.7 mm3 ¼
d 4.7 cm3 ¼
cm3
e 28 000 mm3 ¼
mm3
l 25 m3 ¼
m3
mm3
n 26 000 cm3 ¼
cm3
m3
m3
3 Match the correct capacity (A to G) with the items (a to g) listed.
a
a microwave oven
A
380 mm3
b
a washing machine
B
40 m3
c
a calculator
C
70 000 cm3
d
a box of breakfast cereal
D
3000 cm3
e
a bedroom in a family home
E
250 cm3
f
a ream of printer paper
F
6000 cm3
g
a can of soft drink
G
0.5 m3
4 Find the volume of each of these rectangular prisms.
18 cm
38 mm
1.2 m
12 cm
1.2 m
21 mm
1.2 m
24 mm
11 cm
5.5 m
9 cm
4.2 m
1.2 m
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5 Find the missing measurements for the rectangular prisms in the table below.
Prism
Length
Breadth
a
30 cm
40 cm
b
8 cm
c
f
8 mm
g
1.5 m
h
36 000 cm3
2592 cm3
5.2 m
43.68 m3
17 mm
7225 mm3
20 cm
30 cm
6000 cm3
5 mm
10 m
17 mm
e
Volume
27 cm
2.8 m
d
Height
15 mm
6m
21.6 m3
19 mm
7410 mm3
6 Find the volume of each of these rectangular prisms.
450 cm2
0.75 m2
5.8 m2
0.5 m
1.4 m
18 cm
614 cm2
22 cm
7 Copy and complete the following.
a 7L¼
b 2500 mL ¼
mL
c 23 000 mL ¼
d 514 L ¼
L
L
mL
e 6.9 L ¼
mL
f 1800 mL ¼
L
g 7.4 L ¼
mL
h 8000 mL ¼
L
i 2340 mL ¼
L
j 5.8 L ¼
mL
k 6700 L ¼
kL
l 9 kL ¼
L
m 250 mL ¼
L
o 17 mL ¼
kL
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p 6.7 mL ¼
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8 Match the correct capacity (A to G) with the items (a to g) listed.
a
rainwater tank
A
1.5 L
b
small saucepan
B
750 mL
c
desert spoon
C
340 mL
d
backyard swimming pool
D
15 mL
e
bottle of wine
E
3 kL
f
can of soup
F
250 mL
g
cup of coffee
G
40 kL
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Answers
3
1 a cm
d cm3
2 a 7 000 000 cm3
b cm3 or mm3
c cm3
e m3
f m3
b 8000 mm3
c 3.5 cm3
d 4700 mm3
e 28 cm3
f 9 300 000 cm3
g 0.0036 m3
h 2 000 000 000 mm3
i 1.256 cm3
j 245 m3
k 0.000 044 m3
m 0.0027 cm3
n 0.026 m3
3 a C
b G
c E
e B
f D
g A
4 a 1.728 m3
d 27.72 m3
l 25 000 000 000 mm3
d F
b 2376 cm3
c 19 152 mm3
e 81 cm3
f 12.015 m3
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Prism
Length
Breadth
Height
Volume
a
30 cm
40 cm
30 cm
36 000 cm3
b
8 cm
12 cm
27 cm
2592 cm3
c
3m
2.8 m
5.2 m
43.68 m3
d
17 mm
25 mm
17 mm
7225 mm3
e
10 cm
20 cm
30 cm
6000 cm3
f
8 mm
5 mm
10 m
400 mm3
g
1.5 m
2.4 m
6m
21.6 m3
h
26 mm
15 mm
19 mm
7410 mm3
6 a 2.9 m3
b 1.05 m3
c 8100 cm3
d 13 508 cm3
7 a 7000 mL
b 2.5 L
c 23 L
d 5250 mL
e 6900 mL
f 1.8 L
g 7400 mL
h 8L
i 2.34 L
j 5800 mL
k 6.7 kL
m 0.25 L
l 9000 L
n 36 000 000 L
o 0.000 017 kL
p 0.0067 L
8 a E
b A
c D
d G
e B
f C
g F
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