πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A box has a bottom with an area of 28 square feet and is 6 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
2The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 12 square inches. The tank is 6 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
3A fish tank is 12 inches long, 8 inches wide, and 9 inches tall. Lily fills it with water 5 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
4Lily stacks 11 layers of 1-inch cubes in a box. Each layer covers 40 square inches. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
5A box holds 100 cubic feet. It is 4 feet long and 5 feet wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
6A fish tank is 9 inches long, 5 inches wide, and 11 inches tall. Sam fills it with water 2 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
7A planter has a bottom with an area of 99 square meters. It is filled with soil 12 meters deep. How many cubic meters of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
8A box has a bottom with an area of 90 square feet and is 11 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
9A box holds 640 cubic feet. It is 8 feet long and 10 feet wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
10A box has a bottom with an area of 16 square inches and is 7 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
11A fish tank holds 140 cubic inches of water when full. It is 7 inches long and 10 inches wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
12A fish tank is 6 inches long, 10 inches wide, and 6 inches tall. Lily fills it with water 4 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 168 cubic feet
- 2. 72 cubic inches
- 3. 480 cubic inches
- 4. 440 cubic inches
- 5. 5 feet
- 6. 90 cubic inches
- 7. 1188 cubic meters
- 8. 990 cubic feet
- 9. 8 feet
- 10. 112 cubic inches
- 11. 2 inches
- 12. 240 cubic inches
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