πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A fish tank is 10 centimeters long, 9 centimeters wide, and 9 centimeters tall. Leo fills it with water 6 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
2A box holds 66 cubic feet. It is 11 feet long and 3 feet wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
3A fish tank is 5 inches long, 9 inches wide, and 9 inches tall. Leo fills it with water 4 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
4A fish tank holds 450 cubic feet of water when full. It is 10 feet long and 9 feet wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
5A fish tank is 9 inches long, 4 inches wide, and 5 inches tall. Sam fills it with water 3 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
6A fish tank is 10 inches long, 4 inches wide, and 8 inches tall. Lily fills it with water 2 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
7A fish tank is 7 inches long, 10 inches wide, and 12 inches tall. Priya fills it with water 5 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
8A fish tank is 12 centimeters long, 4 centimeters wide, and 12 centimeters tall. Priya fills it with water 8 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
9A fish tank holds 64 cubic feet of water when full. It is 4 feet long and 4 feet wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
10Omar stacks 7 layers of 1-centimeter cubes in a box. Each layer covers 88 square centimeters. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
11The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 28 square inches. The tank is 10 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
12The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 108 square inches. The tank is 11 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 540 cubic centimeters
- 2. 2 feet
- 3. 180 cubic inches
- 4. 5 feet
- 5. 108 cubic inches
- 6. 80 cubic inches
- 7. 350 cubic inches
- 8. 384 cubic centimeters
- 9. 4 feet
- 10. 616 cubic centimeters
- 11. 280 cubic inches
- 12. 1188 cubic inches
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