πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Maya stacks 7 layers of 1-inch cubes in a box. Each layer covers 72 square inches. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
2A fish tank is 6 centimeters long, 10 centimeters wide, and 7 centimeters tall. Lily fills it with water 4 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
3A fish tank holds 162 cubic centimeters of water when full. It is 2 centimeters long and 9 centimeters wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ centimeters
4A fish tank is 8 inches long, 4 inches wide, and 12 inches tall. Omar fills it with water 5 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
5A fish tank is 7 centimeters long, 6 centimeters wide, and 11 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 holds 770 cubic centimeters of water when full. It is 10 centimeters long and 11 centimeters wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ centimeters
7A fish tank is 12 centimeters long, 7 centimeters wide, and 7 centimeters tall. Priya fills it with water 2 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
8A fish tank holds 240 cubic inches of water when full. It is 10 inches long and 2 inches wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
9A box holds 400 cubic feet. It is 5 feet long and 8 feet wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
10A box holds 120 cubic feet. It is 3 feet long and 5 feet wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
11The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 9 square feet. The tank is 12 feet tall. How many cubic feet of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
12A box holds 180 cubic centimeters. It is 3 centimeters long and 10 centimeters wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ centimeters
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 504 cubic inches
- 2. 240 cubic centimeters
- 3. 9 centimeters
- 4. 160 cubic inches
- 5. 168 cubic centimeters
- 6. 7 centimeters
- 7. 168 cubic centimeters
- 8. 12 inches
- 9. 10 feet
- 10. 8 feet
- 11. 108 cubic feet
- 12. 6 centimeters
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