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 36 square centimeters and is 11 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
2A fish tank is 8 centimeters long, 10 centimeters wide, and 8 centimeters tall. Omar fills it with water 5 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
3The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 44 square feet. The tank is 9 feet tall. How many cubic feet of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
4Priya stacks 10 layers of 1-centimeter cubes in a box. Each layer covers 50 square centimeters. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
5A fish tank is 5 inches long, 4 inches wide, and 7 inches tall. Sam fills it with water 5 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
6A fish tank is 4 centimeters long, 10 centimeters wide, and 9 centimeters tall. Leo fills it with water 2 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
7A planter has a bottom with an area of 35 square meters. It is filled with soil 11 meters deep. How many cubic meters of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
8Omar stacks 5 layers of 1-centimeter cubes in a box. Each layer covers 100 square centimeters. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
9A fish tank holds 192 cubic feet of water when full. It is 2 feet long and 12 feet wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
10A planter has a bottom with an area of 72 square meters. It is filled with soil 11 meters deep. How many cubic meters of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
11A fish tank is 12 inches long, 7 inches wide, and 8 inches tall. Priya fills it with water 3 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
12A fish tank holds 300 cubic inches of water when full. It is 10 inches long and 3 inches wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 396 cubic centimeters
- 2. 400 cubic centimeters
- 3. 396 cubic feet
- 4. 500 cubic centimeters
- 5. 100 cubic inches
- 6. 80 cubic centimeters
- 7. 385 cubic meters
- 8. 500 cubic centimeters
- 9. 8 feet
- 10. 792 cubic meters
- 11. 252 cubic inches
- 12. 10 inches
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