πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A fish tank holds 80 cubic meters of water when full. It is 4 meters long and 4 meters wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
2Leo stacks 5 layers of 1-centimeter cubes in a box. Each layer covers 54 square centimeters. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
3A fish tank holds 396 cubic feet of water when full. It is 11 feet long and 4 feet wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
4A box has a bottom with an area of 48 square centimeters and is 7 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
5A fish tank holds 48 cubic inches of water when full. It is 4 inches long and 2 inches wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
6A fish tank is 10 inches long, 6 inches wide, and 10 inches tall. Aiden fills it with water 8 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
7A fish tank is 8 centimeters long, 5 centimeters wide, and 10 centimeters tall. Maya fills it with water 4 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
8A planter has a bottom with an area of 16 square meters. It is filled with soil 8 meters deep. How many cubic meters of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
9A fish tank is 9 inches long, 4 inches wide, and 12 inches tall. Sam fills it with water 7 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
10A fish tank is 12 inches long, 3 inches wide, and 12 inches tall. Zoe fills it with water 2 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
11A box holds 192 cubic inches. It is 6 inches long and 4 inches wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
12A fish tank is 6 inches long, 8 inches wide, and 6 inches tall. Zoe fills it with water 2 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 5 meters
- 2. 270 cubic centimeters
- 3. 9 feet
- 4. 336 cubic centimeters
- 5. 6 inches
- 6. 480 cubic inches
- 7. 160 cubic centimeters
- 8. 128 cubic meters
- 9. 252 cubic inches
- 10. 72 cubic inches
- 11. 8 inches
- 12. 96 cubic inches
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