πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A box holds 756 cubic feet. It is 7 feet long and 9 feet wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
2A box holds 210 cubic feet. It is 10 feet long and 3 feet wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
3A fish tank is 12 inches long, 6 inches wide, and 11 inches tall. Leo fills it with water 2 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
4A fish tank is 8 centimeters long, 6 centimeters wide, and 9 centimeters tall. Maya fills it with water 5 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
5A box holds 378 cubic feet. It is 6 feet long and 9 feet wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
6A fish tank holds 48 cubic centimeters of water when full. It is 2 centimeters long and 8 centimeters wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ centimeters
7Maya stacks 2 layers of 1-centimeter cubes in a box. Each layer covers 72 square centimeters. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
8Sam stacks 4 layers of 1-inch cubes in a box. Each layer covers 12 square inches. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
9A box holds 252 cubic inches. It is 4 inches long and 7 inches wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
10A fish tank is 6 inches long, 10 inches wide, and 12 inches tall. Aiden fills it with water 2 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
11A box holds 288 cubic feet. It is 12 feet long and 3 feet wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
12A fish tank is 12 inches long, 6 inches wide, and 9 inches tall. Leo fills it with water 7 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 12 feet
- 2. 7 feet
- 3. 144 cubic inches
- 4. 240 cubic centimeters
- 5. 7 feet
- 6. 3 centimeters
- 7. 144 cubic centimeters
- 8. 48 cubic inches
- 9. 9 inches
- 10. 120 cubic inches
- 11. 8 feet
- 12. 504 cubic inches
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