Level 3
The height of the water in a tank which contains 8820 cm3 of water is 18 cm.
  1. Find the base area of the tank.
  2. A piece of brick is gently lowered into this tank and the water level rises by 1.3 cm. What is the volume of the brick?
2 m
Level 3
A cuboid has a volume of 300 cm3. Its base is a rectangle which has a perimeter of 32 cm. The ratio of the length to the breadth of the rectangle is 5 : 3. Find its height.
3 m
Level 3
Container A measures 28 cm by 20 cm by 14 cm was 34 filled with water. When the water was poured into Container B, it was 14 full. Find the base area of Container B if its height was 20 cm.
3 m
Level 3
The figure shows a rectangular container with a square base of area 16 cm2. The area of the shaded face is 36 cm2.
  1. What is the height of the container?
  2. James filled a third of the container with water. Find the volume of the water.
3 m
Level 3
35 of a rectangular tank with a base area of 800 cm2 is filled with water. Another 2.4 ℓ of water are needed to fill this tank to its brim. What is the height of the water in the tank?
3 m
Level 3
A rectangular tank is filled with water to a height of 4 cm. Its rectangular base measures 25 cm by 8 cm. When 12 litres of water are poured into the tank, the water level rises to 25 of the height of the tank. Find the height of the tank.
3 m
Level 3
A tank with a square base of 10 cm was 13 filled with water After another 4500 cm3 of water was poured into the tank, it became 34 full.
  1. Find the capacity of the tank in litres.
  2. Find the final height of the water in the tank.
3 m
Level 3
A tank with a base measuring 60 cm by 10 cm had two leaks at 400 cm3 per minute and 300 cm3 per minute respectively. If the water level was 15 cm originally, what would be the height of water in the tank after 6 minutes?
4 m
Level 3
The figure shows an empty rectangular tank with a capacity of 35 ℓ. The tank has a height of 25 cm. Tap A filled the tank at a rate of 1.8 ℓ per minute. Tap B drained water from the tank at a rate of 1.1 ℓ per minute. Both taps were turned on for 20 minutes and then turned off.
  1. What is the base area of the tank?
  2. After both taps were turned off, how much more water is needed to fill the tank completely? Give your answer in litres.
4 m
Level 3
The figure is not drawn to scale. A tank has a square base area of 81 m2. It was filled with water to a height of 2 m. Freda added 18 pails of water and the height of the water level rose to 13 m. Find the volume of each pail. Give your answer in m3.
3 m