πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A fish tank is 7 centimeters long, 4 centimeters wide, and 5 centimeters tall. Leo fills it with water 2 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
2The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 20 square meters. The tank is 2 meters tall. How many cubic meters of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
3A planter has a bottom with an area of 121 square feet. It is filled with soil 7 feet deep. How many cubic feet of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
4The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 12 square inches. The tank is 10 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
5A fish tank is 5 inches long, 9 inches wide, and 12 inches tall. Aiden fills it with water 3 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
6Lily stacks 11 layers of 1-inch cubes in a box. Each layer covers 45 square inches. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
7Maya stacks 6 layers of 1-inch cubes in a box. Each layer covers 28 square inches. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
8A fish tank is 7 centimeters long, 7 centimeters wide, and 11 centimeters tall. Priya fills it with water 4 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
9A fish tank holds 16 cubic inches of water when full. It is 2 inches long and 4 inches wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
10A box holds 1320 cubic centimeters. It is 11 centimeters long and 10 centimeters wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ centimeters
11A fish tank holds 640 cubic feet of water when full. It is 8 feet long and 10 feet wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
12A fish tank is 4 inches long, 7 inches wide, and 5 inches tall. Maya fills it with water 3 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 56 cubic centimeters
- 2. 40 cubic meters
- 3. 847 cubic feet
- 4. 120 cubic inches
- 5. 135 cubic inches
- 6. 495 cubic inches
- 7. 168 cubic inches
- 8. 196 cubic centimeters
- 9. 2 inches
- 10. 12 centimeters
- 11. 8 feet
- 12. 84 cubic inches
Practice this lesson online with games that adjust to your child: agarwalmath.com/math/5th-grade/word-volume