SmarterEd

Aussie Maths & Science Teachers: Save your time with SmarterEd

Volume, SM-Bank 025

A dog bath is in the shape of a rectangular prism.

Its measurements can be seen below:
 

If one cubic metre holds 1000 litres of water, how many litres of water will the dog bath hold?  (2 marks)

Show Answers Only

\(4500\ \text{litres}\)

Show Worked Solution
\(\text{Volume of dog bath}\) \(=1.5\times 0.75\times 4\)
  \(=4.5\ \text{m}^3\)
   
\(\text{Capacity of dog bath}\) \(=4.5\times 1000\)
  \(=4500\ \text{litres}\)