πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A fish tank is 7 inches long, 6 inches wide, and 7 inches tall. Leo fills it with water 2 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
2Maya stacks 10 layers of 1-centimeter cubes in a box. Each layer covers 81 square centimeters. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
3A fish tank is 5 inches long, 4 inches wide, and 8 inches tall. Priya fills it with water 5 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
4A box has a bottom with an area of 66 square centimeters and is 9 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
5A box has a bottom with an area of 88 square centimeters and is 4 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
6A box has a bottom with an area of 88 square centimeters and is 3 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
7A fish tank is 7 centimeters long, 8 centimeters wide, and 11 centimeters tall. Omar fills it with water 2 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
8The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 18 square centimeters. The tank is 11 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
9A fish tank is 11 inches long, 10 inches wide, and 7 inches tall. Zoe fills it with water 3 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
10A box holds 264 cubic centimeters. It is 11 centimeters long and 12 centimeters wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ centimeters
11A fish tank holds 792 cubic centimeters of water when full. It is 8 centimeters long and 9 centimeters wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ centimeters
12A box has a bottom with an area of 18 square feet and is 7 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 84 cubic inches
- 2. 810 cubic centimeters
- 3. 100 cubic inches
- 4. 594 cubic centimeters
- 5. 352 cubic centimeters
- 6. 264 cubic centimeters
- 7. 112 cubic centimeters
- 8. 198 cubic centimeters
- 9. 330 cubic inches
- 10. 2 centimeters
- 11. 11 centimeters
- 12. 126 cubic feet
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