πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A fish tank is 8 centimeters long, 6 centimeters wide, and 5 centimeters tall. Aiden fills it with water 2 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
2A fish tank holds 80 cubic inches of water when full. It is 4 inches long and 4 inches wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
3A box has a bottom with an area of 16 square centimeters and is 5 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
4The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 36 square centimeters. The tank is 6 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
5Sam stacks 4 layers of 1-inch cubes in a box. Each layer covers 20 square inches. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
6A box holds 242 cubic inches. It is 11 inches long and 11 inches wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
7A box holds 180 cubic meters. It is 5 meters long and 3 meters wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
8Leo stacks 12 layers of 1-inch cubes in a box. Each layer covers 88 square inches. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
9A box has a bottom with an area of 16 square inches and is 4 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
10A fish tank is 10 inches long, 6 inches wide, and 11 inches tall. Maya fills it with water 4 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
11A fish tank holds 242 cubic meters of water when full. It is 2 meters long and 11 meters wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
12Maya stacks 10 layers of 1-centimeter cubes in a box. Each layer covers 16 square centimeters. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 96 cubic centimeters
- 2. 5 inches
- 3. 80 cubic centimeters
- 4. 216 cubic centimeters
- 5. 80 cubic inches
- 6. 2 inches
- 7. 12 meters
- 8. 1056 cubic inches
- 9. 64 cubic inches
- 10. 240 cubic inches
- 11. 11 meters
- 12. 160 cubic centimeters
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