πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A fish tank is 11 centimeters long, 6 centimeters wide, and 8 centimeters tall. Priya fills it with water 2 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
2A planter has a bottom with an area of 70 square feet. It is filled with soil 5 feet deep. How many cubic feet of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
3A fish tank is 10 centimeters long, 8 centimeters wide, and 8 centimeters tall. Priya fills it with water 4 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
4The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 32 square inches. The tank is 9 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
5A fish tank is 4 centimeters long, 3 centimeters wide, and 11 centimeters tall. Zoe fills it with water 8 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
6Lily stacks 3 layers of 1-inch cubes in a box. Each layer covers 80 square inches. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
7A fish tank is 8 inches long, 8 inches wide, and 10 inches tall. Zoe fills it with water 2 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
8A box holds 72 cubic inches. It is 6 inches long and 6 inches wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
9A fish tank is 7 centimeters long, 8 centimeters wide, and 11 centimeters tall. Lily fills it with water 6 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
10A planter has a bottom with an area of 21 square meters. It is filled with soil 11 meters deep. How many cubic meters of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
11A box holds 396 cubic inches. It is 4 inches long and 11 inches wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
12A fish tank is 5 inches long, 7 inches wide, and 11 inches tall. Zoe fills it with water 2 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 132 cubic centimeters
- 2. 350 cubic feet
- 3. 320 cubic centimeters
- 4. 288 cubic inches
- 5. 96 cubic centimeters
- 6. 240 cubic inches
- 7. 128 cubic inches
- 8. 2 inches
- 9. 336 cubic centimeters
- 10. 231 cubic meters
- 11. 9 inches
- 12. 70 cubic inches
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