πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A fish tank is 6 inches long, 10 inches wide, and 10 inches tall. Maya fills it with water 7 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
2The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 33 square feet. The tank is 12 feet tall. How many cubic feet of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
3A fish tank holds 160 cubic centimeters of water when full. It is 10 centimeters long and 4 centimeters wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ centimeters
4Lily stacks 7 layers of 1-inch cubes in a box. Each layer covers 49 square inches. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
5A box holds 56 cubic feet. It is 2 feet long and 4 feet wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
6A fish tank holds 70 cubic feet of water when full. It is 5 feet long and 7 feet wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
7A fish tank is 6 centimeters long, 7 centimeters wide, and 10 centimeters tall. Priya fills it with water 2 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
8A box holds 378 cubic meters. It is 6 meters long and 7 meters wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
9A box holds 120 cubic feet. It is 4 feet long and 6 feet wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
10A box has a bottom with an area of 12 square feet and is 7 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
11A fish tank is 5 centimeters long, 9 centimeters wide, and 12 centimeters tall. Sam fills it with water 6 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
12Leo stacks 11 layers of 1-centimeter cubes in a box. Each layer covers 77 square centimeters. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 420 cubic inches
- 2. 396 cubic feet
- 3. 4 centimeters
- 4. 343 cubic inches
- 5. 7 feet
- 6. 2 feet
- 7. 84 cubic centimeters
- 8. 9 meters
- 9. 5 feet
- 10. 84 cubic feet
- 11. 270 cubic centimeters
- 12. 847 cubic centimeters
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