πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A fish tank is 9 centimeters long, 8 centimeters wide, and 5 centimeters tall. Aiden fills it with water 2 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
2A box has a bottom with an area of 24 square feet and is 8 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
3A fish tank is 7 centimeters long, 7 centimeters wide, and 7 centimeters tall. Leo fills it with water 4 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
4A box holds 150 cubic centimeters. It is 6 centimeters long and 5 centimeters wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ centimeters
5Maya stacks 11 layers of 1-centimeter cubes in a box. Each layer covers 54 square centimeters. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
6Aiden stacks 3 layers of 1-inch cubes in a box. Each layer covers 84 square inches. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
7A planter has a bottom with an area of 16 square feet. It is filled with soil 12 feet deep. How many cubic feet of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
8A fish tank is 4 centimeters long, 3 centimeters wide, and 9 centimeters tall. Sam fills it with water 7 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
9A box has a bottom with an area of 100 square feet and is 7 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
10A box holds 720 cubic feet. It is 10 feet long and 8 feet wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
11Priya stacks 3 layers of 1-inch cubes in a box. Each layer covers 36 square inches. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
12The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 48 square inches. The tank is 12 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 144 cubic centimeters
- 2. 192 cubic feet
- 3. 196 cubic centimeters
- 4. 5 centimeters
- 5. 594 cubic centimeters
- 6. 252 cubic inches
- 7. 192 cubic feet
- 8. 84 cubic centimeters
- 9. 700 cubic feet
- 10. 9 feet
- 11. 108 cubic inches
- 12. 576 cubic inches
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