πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A fish tank holds 330 cubic feet of water when full. It is 10 feet long and 3 feet wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
2A box holds 168 cubic inches. It is 8 inches long and 3 inches wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
3A box has a bottom with an area of 90 square centimeters and is 11 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
4Leo stacks 4 layers of 1-inch cubes in a box. Each layer covers 108 square inches. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
5A fish tank is 5 inches long, 5 inches wide, and 5 inches tall. Zoe fills it with water 3 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
6A planter has a bottom with an area of 28 square feet. It is filled with soil 5 feet deep. How many cubic feet of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
7A box holds 112 cubic centimeters. It is 2 centimeters long and 7 centimeters wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ centimeters
8A fish tank is 9 centimeters long, 6 centimeters wide, and 10 centimeters tall. Leo fills it with water 7 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
9A box holds 270 cubic inches. It is 6 inches long and 5 inches wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
10Omar stacks 4 layers of 1-centimeter cubes in a box. Each layer covers 24 square centimeters. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
11Omar stacks 11 layers of 1-inch cubes in a box. Each layer covers 22 square inches. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
12A box holds 420 cubic feet. It is 5 feet long and 7 feet wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 11 feet
- 2. 7 inches
- 3. 990 cubic centimeters
- 4. 432 cubic inches
- 5. 75 cubic inches
- 6. 140 cubic feet
- 7. 8 centimeters
- 8. 378 cubic centimeters
- 9. 9 inches
- 10. 96 cubic centimeters
- 11. 242 cubic inches
- 12. 12 feet
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