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 feet and is 9 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
2A fish tank is 6 inches long, 3 inches wide, and 11 inches tall. Lily fills it with water 2 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
3A fish tank is 4 centimeters long, 10 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
4A planter has a bottom with an area of 55 square feet. It is filled with soil 12 feet deep. How many cubic feet of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
5A fish tank holds 1100 cubic feet of water when full. It is 11 feet long and 10 feet wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
6A fish tank is 10 centimeters long, 10 centimeters wide, and 9 centimeters tall. Maya fills it with water 7 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
7The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 8 square feet. The tank is 9 feet tall. How many cubic feet of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
8A box holds 100 cubic inches. It is 4 inches long and 5 inches wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
9A fish tank is 10 inches long, 10 inches wide, and 5 inches tall. Zoe fills it with water 2 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
10A planter has a bottom with an area of 42 square meters. It is filled with soil 5 meters deep. How many cubic meters of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
11A box has a bottom with an area of 10 square meters and is 5 meters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
12A box holds 960 cubic meters. It is 8 meters long and 12 meters wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 324 cubic feet
- 2. 36 cubic inches
- 3. 120 cubic centimeters
- 4. 660 cubic feet
- 5. 10 feet
- 6. 700 cubic centimeters
- 7. 72 cubic feet
- 8. 5 inches
- 9. 200 cubic inches
- 10. 210 cubic meters
- 11. 50 cubic meters
- 12. 10 meters
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