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 60 square meters. The tank is 6 meters tall. How many cubic meters of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
2Priya packs 1-inch cubes into a box that is 2 inches long, 8 inches wide, and 7 inches tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
3The back of a moving truck is 3 meters long, 7 meters wide, and 6 meters tall. How much space is inside, in cubic meters?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
4A fish tank is 4 centimeters long, 10 centimeters wide, and 12 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
5Maya stacks 6 layers of 1-inch cubes in a box. Each layer covers 132 square inches. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
6A sandbox is 10 feet long, 11 feet wide, and 3 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
7A sandbox is 9 feet long, 12 feet wide, and 3 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
8Leo packs 1-inch cubes into a box that is 4 inches long, 3 inches wide, and 5 inches tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
9A box has a bottom with an area of 54 square meters and is 8 meters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
10Aiden's toy chest is 10 inches long, 12 inches wide, and 4 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
11The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 33 square inches. The tank is 7 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
12The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 12 square centimeters. The tank is 9 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 360 cubic meters
- 2. 112 cubes
- 3. 126 cubic meters
- 4. 480 cubic centimeters
- 5. 792 cubic inches
- 6. 330 cubic feet
- 7. 324 cubic feet
- 8. 60 cubes
- 9. 432 cubic meters
- 10. 480 cubic inches
- 11. 231 cubic inches
- 12. 108 cubic centimeters
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