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 30 square feet. The tank is 11 feet tall. How many cubic feet of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
2The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 90 square centimeters. The tank is 6 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
3Aiden's toy chest is 10 feet long, 12 feet wide, and 7 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
4Aiden's toy chest is 6 inches long, 7 inches wide, and 5 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
5The back of a moving truck is 3 feet long, 12 feet wide, and 9 feet tall. How much space is inside, in cubic feet?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
6Zoe packs 1-centimeter cubes into a box that is 2 centimeters long, 10 centimeters wide, and 3 centimeters tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
7A box has a bottom with an area of 35 square centimeters and is 12 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
8A box has a bottom with an area of 10 square centimeters and is 10 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
9Sam stacks 9 layers of 1-inch cubes in a box. Each layer covers 40 square inches. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
10A sandbox is 11 feet long, 7 feet wide, and 6 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
11A planter has a bottom with an area of 77 square feet. It is filled with soil 5 feet deep. How many cubic feet of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
12A fish tank is 4 inches long, 11 inches wide, and 6 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 330 cubic feet
- 2. 540 cubic centimeters
- 3. 840 cubic feet
- 4. 210 cubic inches
- 5. 324 cubic feet
- 6. 60 cubes
- 7. 420 cubic centimeters
- 8. 100 cubic centimeters
- 9. 360 cubic inches
- 10. 462 cubic feet
- 11. 385 cubic feet
- 12. 264 cubic inches
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