πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A fish tank is 7 inches long, 9 inches wide, and 6 inches tall. Leo fills it with water 3 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
2A fish tank is 7 centimeters long, 8 centimeters wide, and 12 centimeters tall. Priya fills it with water 9 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
3A box has a bottom with an area of 50 square inches and is 7 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
4A box holds 360 cubic feet. It is 8 feet long and 5 feet wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
5A fish tank is 9 centimeters long, 8 centimeters wide, and 5 centimeters tall. Lily fills it with water 2 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
6Sam stacks 9 layers of 1-centimeter cubes in a box. Each layer covers 18 square centimeters. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
7A fish tank holds 396 cubic feet of water when full. It is 11 feet long and 6 feet wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
8A box has a bottom with an area of 12 square centimeters and is 5 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
9A fish tank is 6 centimeters long, 3 centimeters wide, and 12 centimeters tall. Priya fills it with water 2 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
10Sam stacks 7 layers of 1-centimeter cubes in a box. Each layer covers 60 square centimeters. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
11A fish tank holds 216 cubic centimeters of water when full. It is 6 centimeters long and 9 centimeters wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ centimeters
12The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 55 square centimeters. The tank is 6 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 189 cubic inches
- 2. 504 cubic centimeters
- 3. 350 cubic inches
- 4. 9 feet
- 5. 144 cubic centimeters
- 6. 162 cubic centimeters
- 7. 6 feet
- 8. 60 cubic centimeters
- 9. 36 cubic centimeters
- 10. 420 cubic centimeters
- 11. 4 centimeters
- 12. 330 cubic centimeters
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