πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A planter has a bottom with an area of 121 square feet. It is filled with soil 2 feet deep. How many cubic feet of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
2A fish tank is 12 centimeters long, 9 centimeters wide, and 12 centimeters tall. Omar fills it with water 8 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
3Leo stacks 4 layers of 1-centimeter cubes in a box. Each layer covers 44 square centimeters. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
4A fish tank is 5 centimeters long, 10 centimeters wide, and 11 centimeters tall. Omar fills it with water 8 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
5The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 14 square centimeters. The tank is 6 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
6A fish tank holds 30 cubic centimeters of water when full. It is 5 centimeters long and 2 centimeters wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ centimeters
7A fish tank is 7 centimeters long, 10 centimeters wide, and 12 centimeters tall. Sam fills it with water 6 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
8A fish tank is 8 centimeters long, 7 centimeters wide, and 5 centimeters tall. Leo fills it with water 2 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
9A fish tank holds 288 cubic feet of water when full. It is 8 feet long and 4 feet wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
10Priya stacks 7 layers of 1-inch cubes in a box. Each layer covers 8 square inches. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
11A fish tank is 12 inches long, 9 inches wide, and 10 inches tall. Lily fills it with water 5 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
12A fish tank is 7 inches long, 8 inches wide, and 5 inches tall. Priya 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. 242 cubic feet
- 2. 864 cubic centimeters
- 3. 176 cubic centimeters
- 4. 400 cubic centimeters
- 5. 84 cubic centimeters
- 6. 3 centimeters
- 7. 420 cubic centimeters
- 8. 112 cubic centimeters
- 9. 9 feet
- 10. 56 cubic inches
- 11. 540 cubic inches
- 12. 112 cubic inches
Practice this lesson online with games that adjust to your child: agarwalmath.com/math/5th-grade/word-volume