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
An open tank of depth 20 cm has a horizontal base of length 40 cm and breadth 25 cm. Two wooden cubes, of side 8 cm and 10 cm respectively, rest on the base of the tank.
  1. Find the capacity of the tank.
  2. How much water must be poured into the tank so that the tank is half filled?
3 m
Level 3
An empty tank measures 50 cm by 20 cm by 35 cm. 3 wooden cubes each of edge 10 cm, are placed in the tank. The tank is then filled with water flowing from a tap at a rate of 8 ℓ per minute.
  1. How long will it take to fill up the tank? Express your answer in min.
  2. What will be the depth of the water in the tank after 2 wooden cubes are removed?
5 m
Level 3
A tank measuring 50 cm by 20 cm by 22 cm, with some cubes placed inside, was filled with 3.875 ℓ of water to the height as shown in Figure 1. Some water was then added into the tank to the height as shown in Figure 2. The total volume of water in the tank then became 8.375 ℓ. What was the volume of one cube?
4 m
Level 3
A rectangular tank measuring 48 cm by 18 cm by 26 cm was filled with 18.8 litres of water as shown in Figure 1. When three identical wooden blocks were put into the tank, 794 mℓ of water overflowed from the tank as shown in Figure 2. Find the volume of one such wooden block.
4 m
Level 3
A rectangular tank measuring 25 cm by 20 cm by 16 cm is half filled with water. If 3 identical cubes each measuring 10 cm by 10 cm by 10 cm are placed inside the water, find the new height of the water level.
5 m
Level 3
Figure A shows a rectangular container filled with some water and 8 identical blocks. The base area of the rectangular container is 448 cm2. Figure B shows the same container being turned upright. Find the volume of water in the container.
5 m
Level 3
Becky filled a rectangular container which had a base area of 40 cm2 and a height of 25.2 cm with water. Then, she placed 8 identical metal cubes into this container. As a result, the height of the water in the rectangular container increased by 1.6 cm.
  1. What was the length of each side of the metal cube?
  2. After Becky removed the metal cubes from the container, she poured all the water from the container to fill bottles of 0.35 ℓ. What was the maximum number of bottles she could fill?
5 m