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 40 square feet. The tank is 3 feet tall. How many cubic feet of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
2Maya packs 1-centimeter cubes into a box that is 3 centimeters long, 12 centimeters wide, and 2 centimeters tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
3A planter has a bottom with an area of 30 square meters. It is filled with soil 11 meters deep. How many cubic meters of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
4Omar stacks 5 layers of 1-inch cubes in a box. Each layer covers 132 square inches. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
5A fish tank is 4 inches long, 8 inches wide, and 2 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
6Zoe stacks 6 layers of 1-inch cubes in a box. Each layer covers 33 square inches. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
7A fish tank is 6 centimeters long, 9 centimeters wide, and 3 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
8A fish tank is 10 inches long, 4 inches wide, and 5 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
9The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 77 square centimeters. The tank is 4 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
10A sandbox is 4 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 7 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
11Priya fills a planter box with soil. The box is 6 inches long, 3 inches wide, and 6 inches tall. How many cubic inches of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
12A sandbox is 5 feet long, 6 feet wide, and 2 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 120 cubic feet
- 2. 72 cubes
- 3. 330 cubic meters
- 4. 660 cubic inches
- 5. 64 cubic inches
- 6. 198 cubic inches
- 7. 162 cubic centimeters
- 8. 200 cubic inches
- 9. 308 cubic centimeters
- 10. 112 cubic feet
- 11. 108 cubic inches
- 12. 60 cubic feet
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