πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A fish tank is 3 centimeters long, 7 centimeters wide, and 12 centimeters tall. Omar fills it with water 3 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
2The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 80 square centimeters. The tank is 11 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
3A box holds 144 cubic feet. It is 4 feet long and 9 feet wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
4The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 36 square feet. The tank is 9 feet tall. How many cubic feet of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
5A box has a bottom with an area of 63 square feet and is 11 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
6A fish tank is 10 inches long, 8 inches wide, and 2 inches tall. Omar fills it with water 1 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
7Leo stacks 5 layers of 1-inch cubes in a box. Each layer covers 110 square inches. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
8A box holds 1188 cubic inches. It is 11 inches long and 9 inches wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
9A box has a bottom with an area of 60 square feet and is 9 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
10A fish tank is 4 feet long, 2 feet wide, and 2 feet tall. Sam fills it with water 1 feet deep. How many cubic feet of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
11A fish tank is 7 centimeters long, 4 centimeters wide, and 4 centimeters tall. Omar fills it with water 1 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
12A box has a bottom with an area of 54 square feet and is 11 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 63 cubic centimeters
- 2. 880 cubic centimeters
- 3. 4 feet
- 4. 324 cubic feet
- 5. 693 cubic feet
- 6. 80 cubic inches
- 7. 550 cubic inches
- 8. 12 inches
- 9. 540 cubic feet
- 10. 8 cubic feet
- 11. 28 cubic centimeters
- 12. 594 cubic feet
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