πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A box holds 600 cubic inches. It is 5 inches long and 10 inches wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
2A box holds 504 cubic feet. It is 9 feet long and 8 feet wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
3Leo stacks 10 layers of 1-centimeter cubes in a box. Each layer covers 60 square centimeters. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
4A fish tank is 6 centimeters long, 9 centimeters wide, and 6 centimeters tall. Zoe fills it with water 4 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
5A fish tank is 9 inches long, 9 inches wide, and 9 inches tall. Lily fills it with water 6 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
6The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 48 square centimeters. The tank is 11 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
7A box holds 490 cubic feet. It is 7 feet long and 10 feet wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
8The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 27 square centimeters. The tank is 11 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
9A fish tank is 11 inches long, 5 inches wide, and 7 inches tall. Sam fills it with water 2 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
10A box has a bottom with an area of 88 square feet and is 3 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
11A box holds 120 cubic meters. It is 5 meters long and 6 meters wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
12A box holds 400 cubic inches. It is 10 inches long and 10 inches wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 12 inches
- 2. 7 feet
- 3. 600 cubic centimeters
- 4. 216 cubic centimeters
- 5. 486 cubic inches
- 6. 528 cubic centimeters
- 7. 7 feet
- 8. 297 cubic centimeters
- 9. 110 cubic inches
- 10. 264 cubic feet
- 11. 4 meters
- 12. 4 inches
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