πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A box has a bottom with an area of 144 square feet and is 12 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
2The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 80 square feet. The tank is 11 feet tall. How many cubic feet of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
3A planter has a bottom with an area of 99 square meters. It is filled with soil 4 meters deep. How many cubic meters of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
4A block of ice is 9 centimeters long, 9 centimeters wide, and 6 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
5A box has a bottom with an area of 33 square centimeters and is 3 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
6A fish tank is 11 inches long, 12 inches wide, and 8 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
7Zoe fills a planter box with soil. The box is 10 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 6 feet tall. How many cubic feet of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
8Maya fills a planter box with soil. The box is 12 inches long, 11 inches wide, and 2 inches tall. How many cubic inches of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
9A block of ice is 10 centimeters long, 8 centimeters wide, and 9 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
10A box has a bottom with an area of 50 square feet and is 10 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
11The back of a moving truck is 5 meters long, 5 meters wide, and 6 meters tall. How much space is inside, in cubic meters?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
12A fish tank is 7 inches long, 5 inches wide, and 4 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 1728 cubic feet
- 2. 880 cubic feet
- 3. 396 cubic meters
- 4. 486 cubic centimeters
- 5. 99 cubic centimeters
- 6. 1056 cubic inches
- 7. 240 cubic feet
- 8. 264 cubic inches
- 9. 720 cubic centimeters
- 10. 500 cubic feet
- 11. 150 cubic meters
- 12. 140 cubic inches
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