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 77 square inches. The tank is 5 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
2A box has a bottom with an area of 12 square centimeters and is 7 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
3A fish tank is 5 inches long, 4 inches wide, and 10 inches tall. Lily fills it with water 4 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
4A fish tank is 11 centimeters long, 10 centimeters wide, and 9 centimeters tall. Maya fills it with water 6 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
5A box holds 84 cubic feet. It is 4 feet long and 7 feet wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
6A fish tank is 10 inches long, 4 inches wide, and 6 inches tall. Priya fills it with water 3 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
7Zoe stacks 2 layers of 1-inch cubes in a box. Each layer covers 12 square inches. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
8A fish tank holds 960 cubic centimeters of water when full. It is 12 centimeters long and 10 centimeters wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ centimeters
9A box holds 165 cubic inches. It is 5 inches long and 11 inches wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
10A box holds 120 cubic feet. It is 3 feet long and 4 feet wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
11A planter has a bottom with an area of 24 square feet. It is filled with soil 2 feet deep. How many cubic feet of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
12A box holds 336 cubic feet. It is 4 feet long and 12 feet wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 385 cubic inches
- 2. 84 cubic centimeters
- 3. 80 cubic inches
- 4. 660 cubic centimeters
- 5. 3 feet
- 6. 120 cubic inches
- 7. 24 cubic inches
- 8. 8 centimeters
- 9. 3 inches
- 10. 10 feet
- 11. 48 cubic feet
- 12. 7 feet
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