πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Omar stacks 8 layers of 1-inch cubes in a box. Each layer covers 10 square inches. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
2A box has a bottom with an area of 45 square inches and is 8 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
3The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 36 square feet. The tank is 11 feet tall. How many cubic feet of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
4A block of ice is 4 centimeters long, 2 centimeters wide, and 6 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
5A fish tank is 9 centimeters long, 2 centimeters wide, and 4 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
6A box has a bottom with an area of 80 square feet and is 2 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
7The back of a moving truck is 9 meters long, 10 meters wide, and 9 meters tall. How much space is inside, in cubic meters?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
8A box has a bottom with an area of 99 square feet and is 8 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
9A fish tank is 2 inches long, 4 inches wide, and 12 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
10A block of ice is 2 centimeters long, 9 centimeters wide, and 3 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
11A fish tank is 12 centimeters long, 7 centimeters wide, and 4 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
12Zoe stacks 6 layers of 1-inch cubes in a box. Each layer covers 42 square inches. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 80 cubic inches
- 2. 360 cubic inches
- 3. 396 cubic feet
- 4. 48 cubic centimeters
- 5. 72 cubic centimeters
- 6. 160 cubic feet
- 7. 810 cubic meters
- 8. 792 cubic feet
- 9. 96 cubic inches
- 10. 54 cubic centimeters
- 11. 336 cubic centimeters
- 12. 252 cubic inches
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