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 42 square centimeters. The tank is 8 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
2Lily packs 1-inch cubes into a box that is 9 inches long, 12 inches wide, and 8 inches tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
3A fish tank is 10 centimeters long, 6 centimeters wide, and 8 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
4A box has a bottom with an area of 36 square feet and is 8 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
5A sandbox is 8 feet long, 8 feet wide, and 9 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
6Aiden stacks 4 layers of 1-centimeter cubes in a box. Each layer covers 28 square centimeters. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
7Omar stacks 5 layers of 1-centimeter cubes in a box. Each layer covers 36 square centimeters. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
8A box has a bottom with an area of 25 square inches and is 6 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
9Lily fills a planter box with soil. The box is 6 feet long, 8 feet wide, and 6 feet tall. How many cubic feet of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
10A sandbox is 5 feet long, 2 feet wide, and 2 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
11The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 81 square meters. The tank is 4 meters tall. How many cubic meters of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
12A fish tank is 10 inches long, 3 inches wide, and 12 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 336 cubic centimeters
- 2. 864 cubes
- 3. 480 cubic centimeters
- 4. 288 cubic feet
- 5. 576 cubic feet
- 6. 112 cubic centimeters
- 7. 180 cubic centimeters
- 8. 150 cubic inches
- 9. 288 cubic feet
- 10. 20 cubic feet
- 11. 324 cubic meters
- 12. 360 cubic inches
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