Level 2
Mr Lee poured 4 cups of water into an empty square-based container of side 10 cm and height 20 cm. As a result, the container was only 14 filled with water. How much water did each cup contain?
2 m
Level 2
A cylindrical container is filled with 68.02 ℓ of water. It was then poured into an empty rectangular fish tank measuring 80 cm by 0.5 m by 28 cm until it is 47 full. How much water is left in the cylindrical container? Leave your answer in ℓ and mℓ.
2 m
Level 2
A rectangular container measuring 20 cm by 40 cm by 15 cm is 25 filled with water. Tom wants to fill up the container completely with some bottles of water. How many bottles of water are needed if the capacity of each bottle is 900 mℓ?
2 m
Level 2
The tank, measuring 21 cm by 20 cm by 40 cm, is 34 filled with water at first. All the water is poured into empty identical bottles to the brim. Each bottle has a capacity of 700 mℓ.
  1. How much water was there in the tank at first? Give your answer in millilitres.
  2. How many such bottles are completely filled with water?
2 m
Level 3
Water flows into a tank at the rate of 45 ℓ per minute. After 10 min, the tap is turned off and the tank is 0.6 filled with water.
  1. How much more water is needed to fill it to the brim?
  2. The water in the tank is then poured into containers each 1.5 m long, 0.3 m wide and 10 cm high. What is the minimum number of containers needed?
4 m
Level 3
Tank P measuring 40 cm by 24 cm by 36 cm is 56-filled with water. The water is then poured into another tank, Tank Q measuring 24 cm by 20 cm by 18 cm until it is full. What is the volume of water left in Tank P? Give your answer in cubic centimetres.
3 m
Level 3
Tank A is a cubical tank of side 8 cm. It is 34 filled with water. The water is then poured into Tank B measuring 10 cm by 12 cm by 15 cm.
  1. Find the volume of water in Tank A at first.
  2. How much more water is needed to fill Tank B to the brim? Give your answer in litres.
3 m
Level 3
Jean had an empty container of capacity 700 cm3 and a 5-cm square base tank filled with water to a height 9 cm. She filled the container with some water until it is 34 full. She then transferred half of the water from the container into the tank. How much water was there in the tank now?
3 m
Level 3
A rectangular tank measuring 50 cm by 60 cm by 40 cm was completely filled with water. If the water was used to fill some cubical containers of edge 20 cm, how many cubical containers would be fully filled?
3 m
Level 3
Cubical Tank P has a length of 36 cm and is 79 filled with water. Some of the water is poured into an empty rectangular fish tank measuring 50 cm long, 18 cm wide and 26 cm high until it is completely full.
  1. What is the volume of water in Tank P at first? Give your answer in cm3
  2. What is the volume of water left in Tank P? Give your answer in litres.
3 m