πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Lily stacks 9 layers of 1-centimeter cubes in a box. Each layer covers 144 square centimeters. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
2A fish tank is 9 inches long, 10 inches wide, and 11 inches tall. Priya fills it with water 2 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
3The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 24 square centimeters. The tank is 12 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
4The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 36 square feet. The tank is 4 feet tall. How many cubic feet of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
5The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 42 square inches. The tank is 10 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
6A box holds 150 cubic feet. It is 6 feet long and 5 feet wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
7A fish tank is 7 centimeters long, 10 centimeters wide, and 12 centimeters tall. Maya fills it with water 9 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
8Aiden stacks 2 layers of 1-inch cubes in a box. Each layer covers 30 square inches. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
9A box holds 1320 cubic centimeters. It is 12 centimeters long and 11 centimeters wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ centimeters
10A box holds 432 cubic inches. It is 8 inches long and 9 inches wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
11A box has a bottom with an area of 6 square centimeters and is 5 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
12A fish tank is 5 inches long, 3 inches wide, and 8 inches tall. Zoe 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. 1296 cubic centimeters
- 2. 180 cubic inches
- 3. 288 cubic centimeters
- 4. 144 cubic feet
- 5. 420 cubic inches
- 6. 5 feet
- 7. 630 cubic centimeters
- 8. 60 cubic inches
- 9. 10 centimeters
- 10. 6 inches
- 11. 30 cubic centimeters
- 12. 60 cubic inches
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