Level 2
Water is pumped into a rectangular tank at a rate of 16.5 ℓ per minute. The tank measures 110 cm by 90 cm by 50 cm. How long does it take to fill the tank? Express your answer in min.
2 m
Level 2
A tap took 12 minutes to fill up a pail with a capacity of 4 ℓ. At the same rate, how long would it take for the tap to fill up 25% of a container with a capacity of 30 ℓ? Express your answer in min.
2 m
Level 3
In the figure, a fish tank measuring 52 cm by 25 cm by 48 cm contained 2720 mℓ of water. Serene then turned on a tap that flows at a rate of 4.32 ℓ per minute. How long does it take for the tank to be 23 filled with water? Express your answer in min.
3 m
Level 3
A rectangular tank measuring 50 cm by 25 cm by 19 cm was 12 filled with water. There was a leak at the bottom of the tank and water seeped out at the rate of 5 m? per second. How many minutes would it take to empty the tank completely? Leave your answer correct to 1 decimal place.
3 m
Level 3
John can paint a house in 8 days. Alex can paint the same house in 10 days. How many days would they take to paint the house together?
4 m
Level 3
Joshua placed a toy in an empty rectangular tank 150 cm long and 50 cm wide. He then filled the tank with water flowing from a tap at a rate of 5 ℓ per minute. It took 3 minutes to fill the tank to a depth of 6.5 cm to cover the toy completely. Find the volume of the toy. Express your answer in cm3.
4 m
Level 3
The figure not drawn to scale shows a cubical tank which is 37 filled with water.
  1. What is the volume of water needed to fill up the tank to the brim?
  2. Water is added to the tank at a rate of 12 litres per minute. At this rate, how long will it take to fill the tank completely? Give your answer in this format. (Eg 1 h 20 min)
4 m
Level 3
Tank L is a cubical container of edge 28 cm. It is completely filled with water. Tank M is a rectangular tank measuring 54 cm by 24 cm by 25 cm. It is filled with water flowing from a tap at a rate of 1.3 ℓ per minute. 5 minutes later, the tap is turned off.
  1. Find the volume of water in Tank M after 5 minutes. Give your answer in litres.
  2. All the water in Tank L is then poured into Tank M without spilling. How much more water is needed to fill Tank M completely? Give your answer in litres.
4 m
Level 3
A cubical tank of edge 30 cm contained some water to a height of 12 cm.
  1. Find the volume of water in the tank at first.
  2. A tap was then turned on for 20 minutes to fill the tank with water at a rate of 0.6 ℓ per minute. How much more water was needed to fill the tank to the brim when the tap was turned off? Leave your answer in litres.
4 m
Level
A rectangular tank 40 cm long, 20 cm wide and 36 cm high was 56 filled with water.
  1. What was the volume of the water in the tank in litres?
  2. A tap was used to drain the water from the tank at a rate of 4 ℓ per minute. The tap was turned off when the tank was 13 filled with water. How long did it take to drain the water?
4 m