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 60 square centimeters and is 2 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
2A fish tank holds 45 cubic feet of water when full. It is 3 feet long and 3 feet wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
3Leo stacks 6 layers of 1-centimeter cubes in a box. Each layer covers 77 square centimeters. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
4A fish tank holds 84 cubic feet of water when full. It is 3 feet long and 4 feet wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
5A box holds 264 cubic inches. It is 11 inches long and 8 inches wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
6A box has a bottom with an area of 12 square meters and is 4 meters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
7A fish tank holds 560 cubic feet of water when full. It is 8 feet long and 7 feet wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
8A fish tank holds 40 cubic inches of water when full. It is 5 inches long and 2 inches wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
9A planter has a bottom with an area of 44 square feet. It is filled with soil 4 feet deep. How many cubic feet of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
10A fish tank is 10 centimeters long, 6 centimeters wide, and 7 centimeters tall. Sam fills it with water 4 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
11A fish tank is 11 centimeters long, 3 centimeters wide, and 10 centimeters tall. Leo fills it with water 6 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
12A fish tank is 12 centimeters long, 10 centimeters wide, and 5 centimeters tall. Sam fills it with water 2 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 120 cubic centimeters
- 2. 5 feet
- 3. 462 cubic centimeters
- 4. 7 feet
- 5. 3 inches
- 6. 48 cubic meters
- 7. 10 feet
- 8. 4 inches
- 9. 176 cubic feet
- 10. 240 cubic centimeters
- 11. 198 cubic centimeters
- 12. 240 cubic centimeters
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