πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A fish tank is 11 centimeters long, 9 centimeters wide, and 8 centimeters tall. Sam fills it with water 6 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
2A fish tank is 9 centimeters long, 4 centimeters wide, and 10 centimeters tall. Maya fills it with water 6 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
3The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 70 square feet. The tank is 6 feet tall. How many cubic feet of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
4Sam stacks 4 layers of 1-centimeter cubes in a box. Each layer covers 10 square centimeters. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
5A fish tank is 10 inches long, 10 inches wide, and 6 inches tall. Lily fills it with water 3 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
6A box has a bottom with an area of 72 square centimeters and is 7 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
7A box holds 462 cubic feet. It is 7 feet long and 6 feet wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
8A box has a bottom with an area of 32 square feet and is 4 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
9A fish tank holds 108 cubic meters of water when full. It is 3 meters long and 4 meters wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
10A fish tank is 8 inches long, 4 inches wide, and 12 inches tall. Leo fills it with water 3 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
11A box has a bottom with an area of 80 square meters and is 3 meters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
12A planter has a bottom with an area of 12 square feet. It is filled with soil 12 feet deep. How many cubic feet of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 594 cubic centimeters
- 2. 216 cubic centimeters
- 3. 420 cubic feet
- 4. 40 cubic centimeters
- 5. 300 cubic inches
- 6. 504 cubic centimeters
- 7. 11 feet
- 8. 128 cubic feet
- 9. 9 meters
- 10. 96 cubic inches
- 11. 240 cubic meters
- 12. 144 cubic feet
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