πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 99 square inches. The tank is 6 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
2A block of ice is 2 centimeters long, 8 centimeters wide, and 8 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
3A block of ice is 2 centimeters long, 12 centimeters wide, and 4 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
4Lily packs 1-centimeter cubes into a box that is 2 centimeters long, 5 centimeters wide, and 10 centimeters tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
5A block of ice is 7 centimeters long, 11 centimeters wide, and 7 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
6The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 72 square inches. The tank is 3 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
7Priya fills a planter box with soil. The box is 11 feet long, 11 feet wide, and 2 feet tall. How many cubic feet of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
8Maya stacks 4 layers of 1-centimeter cubes in a box. Each layer covers 4 square centimeters. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
9Lily's toy chest is 9 inches long, 10 inches wide, and 10 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
10A planter has a bottom with an area of 132 square feet. It is filled with soil 7 feet deep. How many cubic feet of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
11A box has a bottom with an area of 12 square inches and is 7 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
12The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 21 square inches. The tank is 7 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 594 cubic inches
- 2. 128 cubic centimeters
- 3. 96 cubic centimeters
- 4. 100 cubes
- 5. 539 cubic centimeters
- 6. 216 cubic inches
- 7. 242 cubic feet
- 8. 16 cubic centimeters
- 9. 900 cubic inches
- 10. 924 cubic feet
- 11. 84 cubic inches
- 12. 147 cubic inches
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