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, 5 centimeters wide, and 7 centimeters tall. Omar fills it with water 2 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
2A fish tank holds 660 cubic centimeters of water when full. It is 11 centimeters long and 6 centimeters wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ centimeters
3A box has a bottom with an area of 66 square centimeters and is 7 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
4A box holds 288 cubic inches. It is 9 inches long and 8 inches wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
5A box has a bottom with an area of 63 square inches and is 3 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
6A box has a bottom with an area of 40 square inches and is 3 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
7A fish tank holds 56 cubic meters of water when full. It is 7 meters long and 2 meters wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ meters
8A fish tank is 4 centimeters long, 8 centimeters wide, and 9 centimeters tall. Priya fills it with water 6 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
9A fish tank is 5 inches long, 3 inches wide, and 7 inches tall. Lily fills it with water 3 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
10A box has a bottom with an area of 32 square meters and is 9 meters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
11Maya stacks 9 layers of 1-inch cubes in a box. Each layer covers 48 square inches. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
12A fish tank is 6 inches long, 9 inches wide, and 7 inches tall. Leo fills it with water 4 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 110 cubic centimeters
- 2. 10 centimeters
- 3. 462 cubic centimeters
- 4. 4 inches
- 5. 189 cubic inches
- 6. 120 cubic inches
- 7. 4 meters
- 8. 192 cubic centimeters
- 9. 45 cubic inches
- 10. 288 cubic meters
- 11. 432 cubic inches
- 12. 216 cubic inches
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