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 120 square centimeters. The tank is 10 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
2The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 24 square centimeters. The tank is 10 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
3Lily packs 1-centimeter cubes into a box that is 10 centimeters long, 10 centimeters wide, and 3 centimeters tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
4A block of ice is 3 centimeters long, 7 centimeters wide, and 10 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
5Leo's toy chest is 2 feet long, 3 feet wide, and 10 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
6A box has a bottom with an area of 28 square feet and is 10 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
7Zoe packs 1-inch cubes into a box that is 7 inches long, 8 inches wide, and 6 inches tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
8A sandbox is 9 feet long, 8 feet wide, and 11 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
9The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 66 square feet. The tank is 3 feet tall. How many cubic feet of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
10Maya stacks 7 layers of 1-inch cubes in a box. Each layer covers 20 square inches. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
11A box has a bottom with an area of 30 square centimeters and is 11 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
12Sam stacks 7 layers of 1-centimeter cubes in a box. Each layer covers 40 square centimeters. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 1200 cubic centimeters
- 2. 240 cubic centimeters
- 3. 300 cubes
- 4. 210 cubic centimeters
- 5. 60 cubic feet
- 6. 280 cubic feet
- 7. 336 cubes
- 8. 792 cubic feet
- 9. 198 cubic feet
- 10. 140 cubic inches
- 11. 330 cubic centimeters
- 12. 280 cubic centimeters
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