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Mathematics
Quarter 4 – Module 5:
Problems Involving the Volume
of a Rectangular Prism

CO_Q4_Mathematics _ Module 5
Mathematics – Grade 4
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Quarter 4 – Module 5: Problems Involving the Volume of a Rectangular Prism
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Mathematics
Quarter 4 – Module 5:
Problems Involving the Volume
of a Rectangular Prism
Introductory Message
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 What I Need to Know

Good day to you! From the previous module, you learned

how to find the volume of a rectangular prism.

This time you will learn how to solve problems involving the
volume of a rectangular prism in real life. Have fun!

After going through this module, you are expected to be able

to solve routine and non-routine problems involving the volume
of a rectangular prism.

What I Know

A. Solve each problem by answering the following questions.

Choose the letter of the correct answer.

Elvira wants to fill a rectangular container with chocolate.

What is the volume of the rectangular container if it is 70
cm long, 40 cm wide and 10 cm tall?

1. What is asked in the problem?

a. The height of the container
b. The volume of each chocolate bar
c. The volume of the rectangular container
d. The number of chocolate bars needed to fill the
container

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2. What are the given facts in the problem?
a. Length = 70 cm c. Length = 40 cm
Width = 40 cm Width = 70 cm
Height = 10 cm Height = 10 cm

b. Length = 10 cm d. Length = 70 m
Width = 40 cm Width = 40 m
Height = 70 cm Height = 10 m

3. What is the formula to be used?

a. Volume = Length x Width ÷ Height
b. Volume = Length + Width x Height
c. Volume = Length x Width x Height
d. Volume = Length x Width - Height

4. What is the number sentence?

a. Volume = 70 m x 40 m x 10 m
b. Volume = 70 cm x 40 cm x 10 cm
c. Volume = 70 cm x 40 cm + 10 cm
d. Volume = 70 cm + 40 cm ÷ 10 cm

5. What is the final answer?

a. The volume of the rectangular container is 2 800 cm3.
b. The volume of each chocolate bar is 28 000 m3.
c. The volume of the rectangular container is 28 000 cm3.
d. The rectangular container needs 28 000 chocolate bars.

A glass block 10 cm long, 6 cm wide and 3 cm high is placed

inside a 2 cm-thick box. Find the volume of the box.

6. What are you going to find out in the problem?

a. The volume of the box
b. The dimensions of the box
c. The volume of the glass block
d. None of the above

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 7. What could be an appropriate strategy to solve the problem?
a. Draw an illustration.
b. Follow the 4-step Plan.
c. Guess and Check
d. Make a pattern.

8. Which solution is correct?

a. V = (10 cm x 6 cm x 3 cm) + 2 cm
V = 180 cm3 + 2 cm
V = 182 cm3

b. V = (10 cm x 6 cm x 3 cm) x 2 cm
V = 180 cm3 x 2 cm
V = 360 cm3

c. V = (10 cm + 4 cm) x (6 cm + 4 cm) x (3 cm + 4cm)

V = 14 cm x 10 cm x 7 cm
V = 980 cm3

d. V = (10 cm + 6 cm + 3 cm) x 2 cm
V = 19 cm x 2 cm
V = 38 cm3

A. Read and solve.

9. A rectangular box has a length of 45 cm, a width of 25 cm

and a height of 10 cm. Find the volume of the box.

10. A wooden plank is 360 cm long, 40 cm wide and 2 cm thick.

Find the volume of the plank if its length is reduced by 240
cm.

To check, go to the Answer Key. If you got a score of 8 – 10,

VERY GOOD! The lesson will be easy for you. If you got a
score of 7 or below, study carefully the discussion and
examples in this module.

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 What’s In

You can find the volume of a rectangular prism by using the

formula V = L x W x H, where L= length, W= width, and H=
height.
Find the volume of the following objects below.

1. 2.
40 cm

30 cm

22 cm

10 cm
12 cm
20 cm

Go to the Answer Key. If you got 2, Excellent!

If you have any mistakes, it’s OK, try to review your solutions.

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 What’s New

Do you bring snacks and lunch to school? Where do you put

them? Are your snacks and lunch healthy?

Read the problem below.

Chris helps his mother prepare his lunch for school.

He puts them in a lunch box which is 20 cm long, 15 cm
wide, and 10 cm tall. What is the volume of the lunch box?

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 What Is It

The problem is an example of a routine problem. You

encounter many situations of this kind in your daily life.

To solve the problem, use the 4-step Plan

A. UNDERSTAND
1. Know what is asked in the problem.
The volume of the lunch box
2. Know the given facts.
Length (L) = 20 cm Width(W) = 15 cm Height(H) = 10 cm

B. PLAN
1. Determine the operation or formula to be used.
Multiplication: V = L x W x H

C. SOLVE Substitute 20 cm for L, 15

Solve using the formula. cm for W, and 10 cm for H
V=LxWxH then multiply.
V = 20 cm x 15 cm x 10 cm 20 x 15 = 300
V = 3 000 cm3 300 x 10 = 3 000

Don’t forget to write the

unit cm3.
D. CHECK AND LOOK BACK
You can also use a
Check your answer.
calculator to check.
State the final answer.
The volume of the lunch box is 3 000 cm3

This is solving routine problems. How about solving non-

routine problems? Let me show you an example.

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Study this problem.

A loaf of banana bread 40 cm x 15 cm x 15 cm is cut into

three slices, each in the shape of a rectangular prism. The end
slices are each 10 cm x 15 cm x 15 cm. What is the volume of
the middle slice?

An illustration would help solve this problem.

Find the dimensions of the middle slice.

Non-routine problem
solving develops your
reasoning power. You may
use any of these strategies:
Listing, Creating a Table,
15 cm
Guess and Check,
Drawing, Making
15 cm
10 cm 20 cm 10 cm Diagrams, Finding
40 cm Patterns, etc.

The length of the middle slice is 20 cm since

(40 – (10+10)) = 20.
The width and height are just the same.
40 – (10 + 10) = 20

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Thus, the middle slice has these dimensions:

15 cm

15 cm
20 cm

Solving for the volume of the middle slice,

V =LxWxH
= 20 cm x 15 cm x 15 cm
= 4 500 cm3
So, the volume of the middle slice is 4 500 cm3

You just learned how to solve non-routine problems.

You are now ready for the activities. LET’S GO!

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 What’s More

Activity 1

A rectangular swimming pool 8 m long, 5 m wide and

2 m deep is to be filled with water. How much water is
needed to completely fill the swimming pool?
Fill in the blanks.

1. What is asked?

The volume of water needed ___________________________.

2. What are the given facts?

L = 8 m, W = 5 m, __________

3. What is the operation or formula to be used?

V = __ x W x ___

4. Show your solutions.

V=8mx5mx2m
V = _____ m3

5. What is the final answer?

___________ is needed to completely fill the swimming pool.

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Activity 2
Solve the problem. Complete the illustration and solutions by
filling in the blanks.

A lunch box 20 cm long, 10 cm wide and 5 cm tall is

divided into two parts: one part for viand and one part for rice.
If the part for viand is 8 cm x 10 cm x 5 cm, what is the
volume of the part for rice?

rice 10 cm

rice viand 10 cm 5 cm
8 cm

20 cm
Solutions:
Length = 12 cm Vpart for rice = L x W x H
Width = 10 cm V = 12 cm x 10 cm x 5 cm
Height = _____ V = 600 ____

The total length of the lunch box is 20 cm. By taking away 8

cm (the length of the compartment for the viand), we get the
length of the part for the rice, which is 12 cm.

Answer: The volume of the part for ____________________.

Illustration/Solutions:

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Activity 3
Read and understand each problem. Write the equation and
the final answer on your answer sheet. The first one is done for
you.

1. Victor made a rectangular prism out of used cardboards for

his project. If the prism is 6 cm long, 25 cm tall, and 5 cm
wide, find the volume of the rectangular prism.
Equation: V = 6 cm x 5 cm x 25 cm
Final answer: The volume of the rectangular prism is 750
cm3.

2. How much water would fill up a concrete fish pond which is

5 m long, 4 m wide and 2 m deep?
Equation: _________________________
Final Answer: ____________________________________

3. If a dictionary measures 20 cm long, 27 cm wide and 6 cm

thick, what is its volume?
Equation: _________________________
Final Answer: ____________________________________

4. A rectangular pan measuring 31 cm x 25 cm x 6 cm is half-

filled with chiffon cake mixture. How much chiffon cake
mixture is in the pan?
Equation: _________________________
Final Answer: ____________________________________

Go to the Answer Key. If you got most of the answers, WOW!

That’s great! If not, go back and review the lesson before proceeding.

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 What I Have Learned

How do you solve routine and non-routine word problems

involving the volume of a rectangular prism?

To solve routine problems involving the volume of a

rectangular prism, you may follow these steps:
UNDERSTAND
 Know what is asked.
 Know the given facts.
PLAN
 Determine the operation or formula to use.
SOLVE
 Substitute the correct values in the formula.
CHECK AND LOOK BACK
 Write the correct answer.

Non-routine problems can be solved using different

strategies such as drawing a picture, guess and check,
making a pattern, using number line, and/or making a
table.

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 What I Can Do

A. Solve each problem. Answer the following questions.

1. Mother and I prepared a fruit salad for a weekend family

gathering. If the fruit salad completely filled a rectangular
container that was 40 cm long, 25 cm wide and 10 cm high,
how much fruit salad was there?

a. What is asked? ________________________________

b. What are given? _______________________________
c. What is the formula to be used? ___________________
d. What is the solution? ____________________________
e. State the final answer. ___________________________

2. Steven helps his father in making a wooden cabinet with

three identical drawers. Each drawer is 50 cm long, 30 cm
wide and 15 cm high. What is the total volume of the three
drawers?

a. What is asked? _________________________________

b. What is the solution? _____________________________
c. State the final answer. ____________________________

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B. Read and solve each problem.
Show your solutions/illustrations.

1. Jennifer bakes a three-layered rectangular cake. The first

layer measures 50 cm long, 25 cm wide and 5 cm high. The
second is 10 cm shorter than the first. The third is 10 cm
shorter than the second. Each layer has the same width and
height. What is the volume of the third layer of the cake?

2. The edge of a Rubik’s cube is 5 cm long. What is the total

volume of three of these Rubik’s cubes placed side by side?

Go to the Answer Key. Check your answers before you

proceed to the next activity.

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 Assessment

Read, analyze, then solve each problem. Answer each question.

A. A bowl of mango jelly was poured into a 14 cm x 8 cm x 3
cm rectangular container. If the mango jelly completely filled
the container, how much mango jelly was there?
1. What is asked in the problem? __________________________
2. Show your solutions. _________________________________
3. State the final answer. ________________________________

B. Ana is cleaning a box which is 6 dm long, 4 dm wide and 15

dm tall. What is the volume of the box?
4. What is asked in the problem? __________________________
5. What are given? _____________________________________
6. State the final answer. ________________________________

C. Wenalyn baked a cassava cake which measures 18 cm x 10

cm x 4 cm. She wants to share the cake with her two
classmates so she cuts it into three parts all of the same
sizes. How much cassava cake will each of her classmates
receive?
7. Show your solutions or illustration.

8. What is the final answer? _____________________________

D. A ream of bond paper is 28 cm long, 22 cm wide and 4 cm

thick. It contains 500 sheets. If 250 sheets were removed
from the ream of bond paper, what is the volume of the
remaining sheets?
9. Write the equation. __________________________________
10. What is the final answer? ___________________________

Please check your answers in the ANSWER KEY.

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 Additional Activities

Solve the following problems.

1. How much water is needed to completely fill a fish pond that
is 10 m long, 8 m wide and 1 m deep?

2. Nenita found a 60 cm x 30 cm x 12 cm rectangular plastic

container in her backyard. How much garden soil would she
need if she wanted to fill it to the brim?

3. Find the volume of a container van that is 8 m long, 4 m

wide and 3 m high.

4. Aling Choling sells bangus in the market. She stores them

in an ice box. What is the volume of the ice box if it is 10 dm
long, 8 dm wide and 7 dm deep?

5. An android tablet measures 20 cm long, 15 cm wide and 2

cm thick. It is placed inside a rectangular box that is 1 cm
thick on all sides. What is the volume of the box?

To check, go to the Answer Key. Congratulations for

reaching this part of the module. You can always review the
previous pages of this module if you need to.

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What I Know
1. c 6. c
2. a 7. a
3. c 8. c
4. b 9. 11 250 cm3
5. c 10. 9 600 cm3 (The length is decreased by 240 cm.)
What's In
1. 7 200 cm3 2. 8 800 cm3
What's More
Activity 1:
1. The volume of water needed to completely fill the swimming pool.
2. L=8m W=5m H=2m
3. V=LxWxH
4. V = 80 m3
5. 80 m3 of water is needed to completely fill the swimming pool.
Activity 2:
2.
V = 15 cm x 5 cm x 5 cm OR
V = (5 cm x 5 cm x 5 cm) x 3
V = 375 cm3
Answer: The total volume of the three Rubik’s cube placed side by side is 375
cm3.
Answer Key
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Assessment
Activity 3:
1. The volume of the
2.Equation: V = 5 m x 4 m x 2 m
mango jelly.
Final Answer: 40 m3 of water can fill the
2. V = L x W x H
concrete fish pond. V = 14 cm x 8 cm x 3 cm
3.Equation: V = 20 cm x 27 cm x 6 cm V = 336 cm3
Final Answer: The dictionary is 3 240 cm3. 3. There was 336 cm3
4.Equation: V = 31 cm x 25 cm x 3 cm mango jelly.
(half- filled) 4. The volume of the box.
Final Answer: The pan was filled with 2 325 5. L = 6 dm W = 4 dm
cm3 chiffon cake mixture. H = 15 dm
6. The volume of the box is
360 dm3.
What I Can Do 7.
A. 1. a. The volume of fruit salad.
b. L = 40 cm
W = 25 cm
H = 10 cm
c. V = L x W x H
d. V = L x W x H
V = 40 cm x 25 cm x 10 cm
V = 10 000 cm3
V=LxWxH
e. There was 10 000 cm3 of fruit salad in
the container V = 6 cm x 10 cm x 4 cm
2. a. The total volume of the three drawers.
V = 240 cm3
b. V = (50 cm x 30 cm x 15 cm) x 3
V = 22 500 cm3 x 3 8. Each of her classmate
V = 67 500 cm3 will receive 240 cm3
c. The total volume of the three drawers is cassava cake.
67 500 cm3. 9. V = 28 cm x 22 cm x 2
1 1
cm (250 is 2 of 500, 2 of
B. 1. 4 cm is 2cm)
10.The volume of the
remaining sheets is
1232 cm3.
Additional Activities
V = 30 cm x 25 cm x 5 cm V = 3 750 cm3
Answer: The volume of the third layer of the 1. 80 m3
cake is 3 750 cm3. 2. 21 600 cm3
3. 96 m3
4. 560 dm3
5. 1 496 m3 (2 cm will be
added to each
dimension)
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Danao, Laura N. Gonzaga, Isagani A. Briones, John Antonio
D. Daganta, 2015, Mathematics 4 Learner’s Material,
Department of Education

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