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 36 square inches. The tank is 12 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
2The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 63 square inches. The tank is 12 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
3Priya fills a planter box with soil. The box is 9 feet long, 6 feet wide, and 3 feet tall. How many cubic feet of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
4A box has a bottom with an area of 40 square feet and is 7 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
5A box has a bottom with an area of 8 square centimeters and is 5 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
6A planter has a bottom with an area of 22 square feet. It is filled with soil 2 feet deep. How many cubic feet of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
7Aiden stacks 3 layers of 1-centimeter cubes in a box. Each layer covers 20 square centimeters. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
8The back of a moving truck is 3 meters long, 7 meters wide, and 6 meters tall. How much space is inside, in cubic meters?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
9A sandbox is 7 feet long, 5 feet wide, and 10 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
10The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 9 square feet. The tank is 2 feet tall. How many cubic feet of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
11A sandbox is 7 feet long, 12 feet wide, and 7 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
12A block of ice is 7 centimeters long, 11 centimeters wide, and 10 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 432 cubic inches
- 2. 756 cubic inches
- 3. 162 cubic feet
- 4. 280 cubic feet
- 5. 40 cubic centimeters
- 6. 44 cubic feet
- 7. 60 cubic centimeters
- 8. 126 cubic meters
- 9. 350 cubic feet
- 10. 18 cubic feet
- 11. 588 cubic feet
- 12. 770 cubic centimeters
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