πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 36 square centimeters. The tank is 11 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
2Leo stacks 4 layers of 1-inch cubes in a box. Each layer covers 100 square inches. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
3A box has a bottom with an area of 8 square centimeters and is 4 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
4Maya stacks 3 layers of 1-centimeter cubes in a box. Each layer covers 35 square centimeters. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
5A fish tank is 4 inches long, 3 inches wide, and 5 inches tall. Maya fills it with water 2 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
6A fish tank holds 270 cubic centimeters of water when full. It is 6 centimeters long and 9 centimeters wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ centimeters
7A fish tank is 8 inches long, 6 inches wide, and 11 inches tall. Zoe fills it with water 4 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
8A box has a bottom with an area of 12 square centimeters and is 10 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
9A fish tank is 10 inches long, 10 inches wide, and 8 inches tall. Leo fills it with water 5 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
10A box holds 360 cubic centimeters. It is 5 centimeters long and 8 centimeters wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ centimeters
11A box holds 162 cubic inches. It is 9 inches long and 6 inches wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
12The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 24 square inches. The tank is 5 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 396 cubic centimeters
- 2. 400 cubic inches
- 3. 32 cubic centimeters
- 4. 105 cubic centimeters
- 5. 24 cubic inches
- 6. 5 centimeters
- 7. 192 cubic inches
- 8. 120 cubic centimeters
- 9. 500 cubic inches
- 10. 9 centimeters
- 11. 3 inches
- 12. 120 cubic inches
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