πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A fish tank is 6 centimeters long, 10 centimeters wide, and 11 centimeters tall. Aiden fills it with water 8 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
2A fish tank holds 120 cubic feet of water when full. It is 3 feet long and 4 feet wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
3A fish tank is 4 centimeters long, 8 centimeters wide, and 5 centimeters tall. Sam fills it with water 2 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
4A box holds 264 cubic inches. It is 2 inches long and 11 inches wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
5The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 33 square centimeters. The tank is 8 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
6Maya stacks 10 layers of 1-inch cubes in a box. Each layer covers 22 square inches. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
7A fish tank holds 66 cubic inches of water when full. It is 2 inches long and 11 inches wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
8A box holds 90 cubic feet. It is 5 feet long and 9 feet wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
9The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 24 square centimeters. The tank is 12 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
10A fish tank holds 864 cubic feet of water when full. It is 12 feet long and 9 feet wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
11A fish tank holds 264 cubic centimeters of water when full. It is 11 centimeters long and 6 centimeters wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ centimeters
12Maya stacks 4 layers of 1-centimeter cubes in a box. Each layer covers 40 square centimeters. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 480 cubic centimeters
- 2. 10 feet
- 3. 64 cubic centimeters
- 4. 12 inches
- 5. 264 cubic centimeters
- 6. 220 cubic inches
- 7. 3 inches
- 8. 2 feet
- 9. 288 cubic centimeters
- 10. 8 feet
- 11. 4 centimeters
- 12. 160 cubic centimeters
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