πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A fish tank holds 48 cubic centimeters of water when full. It is 12 centimeters long and 2 centimeters wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ centimeters
2Aiden stacks 8 layers of 1-inch cubes in a box. Each layer covers 54 square inches. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
3Aiden stacks 3 layers of 1-inch cubes in a box. Each layer covers 33 square inches. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
4A fish tank holds 324 cubic centimeters of water when full. It is 3 centimeters long and 12 centimeters wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ centimeters
5Sam stacks 6 layers of 1-centimeter cubes in a box. Each layer covers 66 square centimeters. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
6A fish tank is 9 centimeters long, 7 centimeters wide, and 5 centimeters tall. Leo fills it with water 3 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
7A fish tank is 11 centimeters long, 9 centimeters wide, and 11 centimeters tall. Omar fills it with water 3 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
8A fish tank is 11 inches long, 5 inches wide, and 12 inches tall. Priya fills it with water 4 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
9A planter has a bottom with an area of 35 square feet. It is filled with soil 8 feet deep. How many cubic feet of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
10A planter has a bottom with an area of 55 square feet. It is filled with soil 4 feet deep. How many cubic feet of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
11A fish tank is 11 inches long, 8 inches wide, and 10 inches tall. Priya fills it with water 6 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
12A box has a bottom with an area of 108 square feet and is 5 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 2 centimeters
- 2. 432 cubic inches
- 3. 99 cubic inches
- 4. 9 centimeters
- 5. 396 cubic centimeters
- 6. 189 cubic centimeters
- 7. 297 cubic centimeters
- 8. 220 cubic inches
- 9. 280 cubic feet
- 10. 220 cubic feet
- 11. 528 cubic inches
- 12. 540 cubic feet
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