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 55 square feet and is 8 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
2Lily packs 1-centimeter cubes into a box that is 4 centimeters long, 12 centimeters wide, and 5 centimeters tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
3A fish tank is 10 centimeters long, 3 centimeters wide, and 5 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
4A block of ice is 2 centimeters long, 3 centimeters wide, and 4 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
5A box has a bottom with an area of 81 square inches and is 9 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
6A planter has a bottom with an area of 18 square feet. It is filled with soil 5 feet deep. How many cubic feet of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
7A fish tank is 8 centimeters long, 8 centimeters wide, and 9 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
8Lily fills a planter box with soil. The box is 8 inches long, 2 inches wide, and 9 inches tall. How many cubic inches of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
9A planter has a bottom with an area of 88 square feet. It is filled with soil 3 feet deep. How many cubic feet of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
10Sam packs 1-centimeter cubes into a box that is 11 centimeters long, 9 centimeters wide, and 9 centimeters tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
11The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 99 square feet. The tank is 11 feet tall. How many cubic feet of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
12The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 144 square feet. The tank is 4 feet tall. How many cubic feet of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 440 cubic feet
- 2. 240 cubes
- 3. 150 cubic centimeters
- 4. 24 cubic centimeters
- 5. 729 cubic inches
- 6. 90 cubic feet
- 7. 576 cubic centimeters
- 8. 144 cubic inches
- 9. 264 cubic feet
- 10. 891 cubes
- 11. 1089 cubic feet
- 12. 576 cubic feet
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