πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A box holds 168 cubic centimeters. It is 2 centimeters long and 7 centimeters wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ centimeters
2Sam stacks 4 layers of 1-centimeter cubes in a box. Each layer covers 77 square centimeters. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
3A fish tank is 8 inches long, 12 inches wide, and 3 inches tall. Sam fills it with water 2 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
4A box has a bottom with an area of 33 square meters and is 11 meters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
5A fish tank is 7 inches long, 9 inches wide, and 8 inches tall. Sam fills it with water 4 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
6A fish tank is 11 centimeters long, 7 centimeters wide, and 7 centimeters tall. Maya fills it with water 1 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
7A fish tank holds 64 cubic feet of water when full. It is 2 feet long and 4 feet wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
8A fish tank is 7 feet long, 3 feet wide, and 10 feet tall. Omar fills it with water 9 feet deep. How many cubic feet of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
9A box holds 112 cubic inches. It is 2 inches long and 7 inches wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
10A box holds 56 cubic inches. It is 7 inches long and 2 inches wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
11The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 90 square inches. The tank is 9 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
12A box has a bottom with an area of 15 square centimeters and is 8 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 12 centimeters
- 2. 308 cubic centimeters
- 3. 192 cubic inches
- 4. 363 cubic meters
- 5. 252 cubic inches
- 6. 77 cubic centimeters
- 7. 8 feet
- 8. 189 cubic feet
- 9. 8 inches
- 10. 4 inches
- 11. 810 cubic inches
- 12. 120 cubic centimeters
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