πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A fish tank is 4 centimeters long, 9 centimeters wide, and 2 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
2The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 60 square feet. The tank is 7 feet tall. How many cubic feet of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
3Sam stacks 12 layers of 1-inch cubes in a box. Each layer covers 99 square inches. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
4A box has a bottom with an area of 24 square centimeters and is 4 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
5A planter has a bottom with an area of 30 square feet. It is filled with soil 11 feet deep. How many cubic feet of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
6Zoe stacks 9 layers of 1-inch cubes in a box. Each layer covers 66 square inches. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
7A box has a bottom with an area of 12 square centimeters and is 9 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
8Leo packs 1-inch cubes into a box that is 5 inches long, 2 inches wide, and 4 inches tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
9A sandbox is 4 feet long, 11 feet wide, and 8 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
10A box has a bottom with an area of 36 square inches and is 5 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
11A block of ice is 10 centimeters long, 12 centimeters wide, and 11 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
12Lily packs 1-centimeter cubes into a box that is 8 centimeters long, 6 centimeters wide, and 2 centimeters tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 72 cubic centimeters
- 2. 420 cubic feet
- 3. 1188 cubic inches
- 4. 96 cubic centimeters
- 5. 330 cubic feet
- 6. 594 cubic inches
- 7. 108 cubic centimeters
- 8. 40 cubes
- 9. 352 cubic feet
- 10. 180 cubic inches
- 11. 1320 cubic centimeters
- 12. 96 cubes
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