πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A box has a bottom with an area of 48 square feet and is 3 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
2A fish tank holds 792 cubic feet of water when full. It is 9 feet long and 11 feet wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
3Priya stacks 11 layers of 1-centimeter cubes in a box. Each layer covers 88 square centimeters. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
4A fish tank is 8 inches long, 10 inches wide, and 5 inches tall. Aiden fills it with water 3 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
5A fish tank is 10 centimeters long, 3 centimeters wide, and 7 centimeters tall. Omar fills it with water 4 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
6A fish tank is 11 centimeters long, 9 centimeters wide, and 10 centimeters tall. Leo fills it with water 7 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
7A fish tank holds 264 cubic centimeters of water when full. It is 8 centimeters long and 11 centimeters wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ centimeters
8A box holds 360 cubic feet. It is 10 feet long and 9 feet wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
9A fish tank holds 880 cubic meters of water when full. It is 10 meters long and 8 meters wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
10A fish tank is 12 inches long, 10 inches wide, and 5 inches tall. Zoe fills it with water 3 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
11A fish tank is 11 inches long, 10 inches wide, and 11 inches tall. Leo fills it with water 4 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
12A fish tank is 12 centimeters long, 10 centimeters wide, and 9 centimeters tall. Priya fills it with water 3 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 144 cubic feet
- 2. 8 feet
- 3. 968 cubic centimeters
- 4. 240 cubic inches
- 5. 120 cubic centimeters
- 6. 693 cubic centimeters
- 7. 3 centimeters
- 8. 4 feet
- 9. 11 meters
- 10. 360 cubic inches
- 11. 440 cubic inches
- 12. 360 cubic centimeters
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