πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A box holds 1584 cubic feet. It is 12 feet long and 11 feet wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
2A fish tank is 12 inches long, 6 inches wide, and 8 inches tall. Lily fills it with water 2 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
3The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 132 square inches. The tank is 11 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
4A fish tank is 11 centimeters long, 10 centimeters wide, and 11 centimeters tall. Leo fills it with water 6 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
5A box has a bottom with an area of 99 square centimeters and is 6 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
6The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 12 square centimeters. The tank is 3 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
7A fish tank is 9 inches long, 9 inches wide, and 7 inches tall. Zoe fills it with water 4 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
8A box has a bottom with an area of 42 square feet and is 8 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
9A planter has a bottom with an area of 24 square meters. It is filled with soil 10 meters deep. How many cubic meters of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
10A box has a bottom with an area of 56 square meters and is 5 meters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
11A fish tank holds 200 cubic centimeters of water when full. It is 10 centimeters long and 4 centimeters wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ centimeters
12A fish tank is 11 inches long, 7 inches wide, and 5 inches tall. Priya 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. 12 feet
- 2. 144 cubic inches
- 3. 1452 cubic inches
- 4. 660 cubic centimeters
- 5. 594 cubic centimeters
- 6. 36 cubic centimeters
- 7. 324 cubic inches
- 8. 336 cubic feet
- 9. 240 cubic meters
- 10. 280 cubic meters
- 11. 5 centimeters
- 12. 154 cubic inches
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