πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 25 square feet. The tank is 2 feet tall. How many cubic feet of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
2A fish tank is 4 inches long, 10 inches wide, and 8 inches tall. Lily fills it with water 4 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
3A fish tank holds 60 cubic meters of water when full. It is 2 meters long and 5 meters wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
4A fish tank is 11 centimeters long, 3 centimeters wide, and 6 centimeters tall. Leo fills it with water 4 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
5Zoe stacks 12 layers of 1-inch cubes in a box. Each layer covers 32 square inches. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
6A fish tank is 4 inches long, 4 inches wide, and 5 inches tall. Priya fills it with water 2 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
7A box has a bottom with an area of 18 square feet and is 12 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
8The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 24 square centimeters. The tank is 2 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
9A fish tank is 8 centimeters long, 6 centimeters wide, and 6 centimeters tall. Lily fills it with water 4 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
10The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 6 square centimeters. The tank is 11 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
11The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 24 square feet. The tank is 6 feet tall. How many cubic feet of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
12A box holds 288 cubic feet. It is 12 feet long and 12 feet wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 50 cubic feet
- 2. 160 cubic inches
- 3. 6 meters
- 4. 132 cubic centimeters
- 5. 384 cubic inches
- 6. 32 cubic inches
- 7. 216 cubic feet
- 8. 48 cubic centimeters
- 9. 192 cubic centimeters
- 10. 66 cubic centimeters
- 11. 144 cubic feet
- 12. 2 feet
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