πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A box holds 200 cubic inches. It is 10 inches long and 2 inches wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
2A box has a bottom with an area of 36 square feet and is 4 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
3A fish tank holds 81 cubic inches of water when full. It is 9 inches long and 3 inches wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
4A fish tank is 12 centimeters long, 10 centimeters wide, and 12 centimeters tall. Zoe fills it with water 5 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
5A fish tank is 7 centimeters long, 5 centimeters wide, and 11 centimeters tall. Lily fills it with water 3 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
6The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 110 square inches. The tank is 3 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
7A fish tank is 5 centimeters long, 8 centimeters wide, and 7 centimeters tall. Maya fills it with water 3 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
8A fish tank is 4 inches long, 4 inches wide, and 8 inches tall. Maya fills it with water 6 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
9A fish tank holds 108 cubic centimeters of water when full. It is 9 centimeters long and 6 centimeters wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ centimeters
10A fish tank holds 12 cubic inches of water when full. It is 2 inches long and 3 inches wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
11A fish tank is 12 inches long, 9 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
12A fish tank is 6 centimeters long, 5 centimeters wide, and 6 centimeters tall. Sam fills it with water 2 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 10 inches
- 2. 144 cubic feet
- 3. 3 inches
- 4. 600 cubic centimeters
- 5. 105 cubic centimeters
- 6. 330 cubic inches
- 7. 120 cubic centimeters
- 8. 96 cubic inches
- 9. 2 centimeters
- 10. 2 inches
- 11. 324 cubic inches
- 12. 60 cubic centimeters
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