πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A fish tank is 9 inches long, 5 inches wide, and 10 inches tall. Zoe fills it with water 3 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
2A fish tank is 9 centimeters long, 10 centimeters wide, and 6 centimeters tall. Lily fills it with water 3 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
3A box holds 168 cubic inches. It is 7 inches long and 8 inches wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
4A fish tank holds 300 cubic feet of water when full. It is 10 feet long and 6 feet wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
5A fish tank is 12 inches long, 4 inches wide, and 12 inches tall. Zoe fills it with water 9 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
6A fish tank is 4 centimeters long, 8 centimeters wide, and 9 centimeters tall. Lily fills it with water 4 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
7A fish tank is 5 centimeters long, 10 centimeters wide, and 10 centimeters tall. Lily fills it with water 8 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
8The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 20 square inches. The tank is 10 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
9The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 48 square feet. The tank is 11 feet tall. How many cubic feet of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
10Priya stacks 8 layers of 1-centimeter cubes in a box. Each layer covers 132 square centimeters. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
11The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 54 square feet. The tank is 9 feet tall. How many cubic feet of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
12A fish tank is 11 centimeters long, 9 centimeters wide, and 7 centimeters tall. Sam fills it with water 5 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 135 cubic inches
- 2. 270 cubic centimeters
- 3. 3 inches
- 4. 5 feet
- 5. 432 cubic inches
- 6. 128 cubic centimeters
- 7. 400 cubic centimeters
- 8. 200 cubic inches
- 9. 528 cubic feet
- 10. 1056 cubic centimeters
- 11. 486 cubic feet
- 12. 495 cubic centimeters
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