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 32 square feet. It is filled with soil 10 feet deep. How many cubic feet of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
2Aiden stacks 8 layers of 1-inch cubes in a box. Each layer covers 12 square inches. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
3A box holds 8 cubic centimeters. It is 2 centimeters long and 2 centimeters wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ centimeters
4A fish tank is 4 inches long, 9 inches wide, and 11 inches tall. Zoe fills it with water 3 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
5Priya stacks 3 layers of 1-inch cubes in a box. Each layer covers 18 square inches. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
6The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 35 square centimeters. The tank is 10 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
7A fish tank is 12 centimeters long, 6 centimeters wide, and 5 centimeters tall. Maya fills it with water 3 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
8A box holds 630 cubic feet. It is 7 feet long and 10 feet wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
9A planter has a bottom with an area of 30 square feet. It is filled with soil 2 feet deep. How many cubic feet of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
10A fish tank is 9 centimeters long, 7 centimeters wide, and 8 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 holds 252 cubic inches of water when full. It is 12 inches long and 3 inches wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
12A fish tank holds 108 cubic centimeters of water when full. It is 9 centimeters long and 3 centimeters wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ centimeters
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 320 cubic feet
- 2. 96 cubic inches
- 3. 2 centimeters
- 4. 108 cubic inches
- 5. 54 cubic inches
- 6. 350 cubic centimeters
- 7. 216 cubic centimeters
- 8. 9 feet
- 9. 60 cubic feet
- 10. 315 cubic centimeters
- 11. 7 inches
- 12. 4 centimeters
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