πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A block of ice is 12 centimeters long, 12 centimeters wide, and 9 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
2The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 18 square inches. The tank is 6 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
3The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 16 square centimeters. The tank is 7 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
4Priya stacks 10 layers of 1-inch cubes in a box. Each layer covers 45 square inches. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
5A planter has a bottom with an area of 18 square feet. It is filled with soil 4 feet deep. How many cubic feet of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
6A box has a bottom with an area of 36 square feet and is 11 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
7The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 18 square inches. The tank is 3 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
8The back of a moving truck is 4 meters long, 9 meters wide, and 11 meters tall. How much space is inside, in cubic meters?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
9Aiden's toy chest is 11 feet long, 5 feet wide, and 4 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
10Omar packs 1-inch cubes into a box that is 5 inches long, 12 inches wide, and 8 inches tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
11The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 27 square centimeters. The tank is 12 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
12Omar's toy chest is 3 feet long, 6 feet wide, and 4 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 1296 cubic centimeters
- 2. 108 cubic inches
- 3. 112 cubic centimeters
- 4. 450 cubic inches
- 5. 72 cubic feet
- 6. 396 cubic feet
- 7. 54 cubic inches
- 8. 396 cubic meters
- 9. 220 cubic feet
- 10. 480 cubes
- 11. 324 cubic centimeters
- 12. 72 cubic feet
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