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 42 square feet and is 9 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
2A box has a bottom with an area of 72 square inches and is 2 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
3A fish tank is 8 centimeters long, 10 centimeters wide, and 7 centimeters tall. Maya fills it with water 2 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 44 square centimeters. The tank is 3 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
5A fish tank is 4 centimeters long, 10 centimeters wide, and 12 centimeters tall. Lily fills it with water 5 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
6A fish tank is 9 inches long, 7 inches wide, and 8 inches tall. Omar fills it with water 2 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
7A planter has a bottom with an area of 24 square feet. It is filled with soil 8 feet deep. How many cubic feet of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
8A fish tank is 12 centimeters long, 6 centimeters wide, and 10 centimeters tall. Maya fills it with water 3 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
9A box holds 192 cubic inches. It is 2 inches long and 12 inches wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
10A box holds 720 cubic meters. It is 8 meters long and 10 meters wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
11A fish tank is 8 centimeters long, 4 centimeters wide, and 10 centimeters tall. Leo fills it with water 5 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
12A box has a bottom with an area of 30 square centimeters and is 7 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 378 cubic feet
- 2. 144 cubic inches
- 3. 160 cubic centimeters
- 4. 132 cubic centimeters
- 5. 200 cubic centimeters
- 6. 126 cubic inches
- 7. 192 cubic feet
- 8. 216 cubic centimeters
- 9. 8 inches
- 10. 9 meters
- 11. 160 cubic centimeters
- 12. 210 cubic centimeters
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