πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A box holds 288 cubic centimeters. It is 3 centimeters long and 8 centimeters wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ centimeters
2A fish tank is 6 centimeters long, 5 centimeters wide, and 5 centimeters tall. Leo fills it with water 3 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
3A fish tank is 5 centimeters long, 6 centimeters wide, and 9 centimeters tall. Leo fills it with water 3 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
4A box has a bottom with an area of 8 square inches and is 5 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
5A box has a bottom with an area of 20 square inches and is 9 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
6Leo stacks 9 layers of 1-inch cubes in a box. Each layer covers 60 square inches. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
7A fish tank is 11 inches long, 5 inches wide, and 11 inches tall. Maya fills it with water 5 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
8A planter has a bottom with an area of 6 square feet. It is filled with soil 2 feet deep. How many cubic feet of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
9The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 33 square inches. The tank is 10 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
10A box holds 240 cubic inches. It is 6 inches long and 8 inches wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
11A fish tank holds 352 cubic feet of water when full. It is 8 feet long and 4 feet wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
12A box holds 352 cubic inches. It is 8 inches long and 4 inches wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 12 centimeters
- 2. 90 cubic centimeters
- 3. 90 cubic centimeters
- 4. 40 cubic inches
- 5. 180 cubic inches
- 6. 540 cubic inches
- 7. 275 cubic inches
- 8. 12 cubic feet
- 9. 330 cubic inches
- 10. 5 inches
- 11. 11 feet
- 12. 11 inches
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