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 28 square feet. The tank is 9 feet tall. How many cubic feet of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
2A box holds 792 cubic centimeters. It is 11 centimeters long and 8 centimeters wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ centimeters
3Priya stacks 2 layers of 1-centimeter cubes in a box. Each layer covers 12 square centimeters. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
4A box holds 120 cubic inches. It is 12 inches long and 5 inches wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
5A fish tank holds 72 cubic inches of water when full. It is 6 inches long and 3 inches wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
6A box has a bottom with an area of 24 square centimeters and is 12 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
7The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 48 square centimeters. The tank is 12 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
8A fish tank is 5 centimeters long, 9 centimeters wide, and 7 centimeters tall. Lily fills it with water 3 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
9A fish tank holds 198 cubic centimeters of water when full. It is 11 centimeters long and 2 centimeters wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ centimeters
10A fish tank is 10 centimeters long, 9 centimeters wide, and 12 centimeters tall. Leo fills it with water 7 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
11A box holds 150 cubic feet. It is 6 feet long and 5 feet wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
12A planter has a bottom with an area of 42 square feet. It is filled with soil 8 feet deep. How many cubic feet of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 252 cubic feet
- 2. 9 centimeters
- 3. 24 cubic centimeters
- 4. 2 inches
- 5. 4 inches
- 6. 288 cubic centimeters
- 7. 576 cubic centimeters
- 8. 135 cubic centimeters
- 9. 9 centimeters
- 10. 630 cubic centimeters
- 11. 5 feet
- 12. 336 cubic feet
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