πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A fish tank is 5 centimeters long, 9 centimeters wide, and 5 centimeters tall. Lily fills it with water 2 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
2A box has a bottom with an area of 18 square inches and is 7 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
3A fish tank is 10 inches long, 9 inches wide, and 8 inches tall. Priya fills it with water 6 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
4A box has a bottom with an area of 30 square centimeters and is 10 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
5A fish tank is 8 centimeters long, 6 centimeters wide, and 12 centimeters tall. Sam fills it with water 3 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
6A fish tank holds 420 cubic feet of water when full. It is 7 feet long and 6 feet wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
7A fish tank is 4 centimeters long, 4 centimeters wide, and 8 centimeters tall. Maya fills it with water 4 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
8A fish tank holds 154 cubic inches of water when full. It is 11 inches long and 7 inches wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
9Maya stacks 4 layers of 1-inch cubes in a box. Each layer covers 18 square inches. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
10A fish tank is 11 centimeters long, 10 centimeters wide, and 7 centimeters tall. Leo fills it with water 5 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
11A fish tank is 7 centimeters long, 4 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
12A fish tank holds 630 cubic inches of water when full. It is 9 inches long and 7 inches wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 90 cubic centimeters
- 2. 126 cubic inches
- 3. 540 cubic inches
- 4. 300 cubic centimeters
- 5. 144 cubic centimeters
- 6. 10 feet
- 7. 64 cubic centimeters
- 8. 2 inches
- 9. 72 cubic inches
- 10. 550 cubic centimeters
- 11. 224 cubic centimeters
- 12. 10 inches
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