πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A fish tank holds 324 cubic inches of water when full. It is 9 inches long and 4 inches wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
2A fish tank is 10 centimeters long, 8 centimeters wide, and 5 centimeters tall. Omar fills it with water 3 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
3A fish tank holds 100 cubic feet of water when full. It is 5 feet long and 4 feet wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
4The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 16 square centimeters. The tank is 12 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
5A fish tank is 10 inches long, 9 inches wide, and 6 inches tall. Omar fills it with water 4 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
6A fish tank is 7 centimeters long, 3 centimeters wide, and 12 centimeters tall. Sam fills it with water 8 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
7A fish tank holds 72 cubic meters of water when full. It is 4 meters long and 2 meters wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
8A fish tank is 8 inches long, 8 inches wide, and 12 inches tall. Leo fills it with water 4 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
9A box has a bottom with an area of 30 square inches and is 8 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
10A box has a bottom with an area of 12 square feet and is 3 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
11A fish tank holds 162 cubic meters of water when full. It is 6 meters long and 3 meters wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
12The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 81 square meters. The tank is 10 meters tall. How many cubic meters of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 9 inches
- 2. 240 cubic centimeters
- 3. 5 feet
- 4. 192 cubic centimeters
- 5. 360 cubic inches
- 6. 168 cubic centimeters
- 7. 9 meters
- 8. 256 cubic inches
- 9. 240 cubic inches
- 10. 36 cubic feet
- 11. 9 meters
- 12. 810 cubic meters
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