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 72 square centimeters. The tank is 5 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
2A box has a bottom with an area of 56 square centimeters and is 5 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
3The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 108 square centimeters. The tank is 11 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
4A box has a bottom with an area of 48 square feet and is 12 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
5A box has a bottom with an area of 99 square feet and is 10 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
6A fish tank is 12 centimeters long, 7 centimeters wide, and 9 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
7A box has a bottom with an area of 15 square feet and is 9 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
8The back of a moving truck is 11 meters long, 7 meters wide, and 11 meters tall. How much space is inside, in cubic meters?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
9A fish tank is 11 centimeters long, 8 centimeters wide, and 6 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
10Zoe packs 1-inch cubes into a box that is 6 inches long, 6 inches wide, and 3 inches tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
11Omar's toy chest is 11 feet long, 10 feet wide, and 2 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
12A block of ice is 6 centimeters long, 7 centimeters wide, and 2 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 360 cubic centimeters
- 2. 280 cubic centimeters
- 3. 1188 cubic centimeters
- 4. 576 cubic feet
- 5. 990 cubic feet
- 6. 756 cubic centimeters
- 7. 135 cubic feet
- 8. 847 cubic meters
- 9. 528 cubic centimeters
- 10. 108 cubes
- 11. 220 cubic feet
- 12. 84 cubic centimeters
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