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HOMEWORK

Volumes of Rectangular Solids

Solve each problem. Show how you found the volume.

  • 1 Ms. Sanchez's shop has two floors. The first floor is 25 feet long, 20 feet wide, and 8 feet high. The second floor is 15 feet long, 10 feet wide, and 8 feet high. What is the volume of Ms. Sanchez's shop in cubic feet?

  • 2 The town library has 3 floors. The first floor is 20 feet long, 18 feet wide, and 9 feet high. The second and third floors are both 15 feet long, 10 feet wide, and 9 feet high. What is the volume of the library in cubic feet?

  • 3 An apartment building has 6 floors. Each floor is 30 meters long, 20 meters wide, and 4 meters high. What is the volume of the apartment building in cubic meters?

  • 4 A train has 9 railroad cars. Each car is 12 feet by 6 feet by 8 feet. What is the total volume of all 9 cars in cubic feet?

NOTE

Students determine the volume of rectangular solids.

MWI Finding the Volume of Solids


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Table of Contents

Investigations 3 in Number, Data, and Space®, Student Activity Book Unit 1 Puzzles, Clusters, and Towers Unit 2 Prisms and Solids Unit 3 Rectangles, Clocks, and Tracks Unit 4 How Many People and Teams? Unit 5 Temperature, Height, and Growth Unit 6 Between 0 and 1 Unit 7 Races, Arrays, and Grids Unit 8 Properties of Polygons