πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A box holds 180 cubic centimeters. It is 5 centimeters long and 12 centimeters wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ centimeters
2A box has a bottom with an area of 84 square feet and is 7 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
3Priya stacks 6 layers of 1-centimeter cubes in a box. Each layer covers 35 square centimeters. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
4A box holds 135 cubic centimeters. It is 5 centimeters long and 3 centimeters wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ centimeters
5A fish tank is 4 inches long, 10 inches wide, and 8 inches tall. Maya fills it with water 5 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
6A fish tank is 5 centimeters long, 4 centimeters wide, and 7 centimeters tall. Zoe fills it with water 3 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
7A box has a bottom with an area of 48 square inches and is 4 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
8A fish tank is 8 centimeters long, 3 centimeters wide, and 12 centimeters tall. Priya fills it with water 4 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
9A fish tank holds 70 cubic centimeters of water when full. It is 5 centimeters long and 7 centimeters wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ centimeters
10A box has a bottom with an area of 24 square feet and is 3 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
11A fish tank is 5 inches long, 10 inches wide, and 10 inches tall. Lily fills it with water 5 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
12A fish tank holds 192 cubic centimeters of water when full. It is 6 centimeters long and 8 centimeters wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ centimeters
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 3 centimeters
- 2. 588 cubic feet
- 3. 210 cubic centimeters
- 4. 9 centimeters
- 5. 200 cubic inches
- 6. 60 cubic centimeters
- 7. 192 cubic inches
- 8. 96 cubic centimeters
- 9. 2 centimeters
- 10. 72 cubic feet
- 11. 250 cubic inches
- 12. 4 centimeters
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