πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Zoe stacks 9 layers of 1-inch cubes in a box. Each layer covers 120 square inches. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
2A planter has a bottom with an area of 36 square feet. It is filled with soil 5 feet deep. How many cubic feet of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
3A fish tank is 5 centimeters long, 6 centimeters wide, and 5 centimeters tall. Priya fills it with water 2 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
4A fish tank holds 18 cubic feet of water when full. It is 3 feet long and 2 feet wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
5A fish tank is 4 centimeters long, 5 centimeters wide, and 10 centimeters tall. Zoe fills it with water 8 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
6A fish tank is 12 centimeters long, 4 centimeters wide, and 7 centimeters tall. Lily fills it with water 2 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
7A fish tank is 7 centimeters long, 7 centimeters wide, and 9 centimeters tall. Priya fills it with water 3 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
8A fish tank holds 112 cubic centimeters of water when full. It is 7 centimeters long and 2 centimeters wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ centimeters
9A planter has a bottom with an area of 120 square feet. It is filled with soil 2 feet deep. How many cubic feet of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
10A fish tank is 4 inches long, 3 inches wide, and 9 inches tall. Zoe fills it with water 7 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
11A fish tank is 9 inches long, 6 inches wide, and 11 inches tall. Maya fills it with water 2 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
12A box has a bottom with an area of 16 square feet and is 9 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 1080 cubic inches
- 2. 180 cubic feet
- 3. 60 cubic centimeters
- 4. 3 feet
- 5. 160 cubic centimeters
- 6. 96 cubic centimeters
- 7. 147 cubic centimeters
- 8. 8 centimeters
- 9. 240 cubic feet
- 10. 84 cubic inches
- 11. 108 cubic inches
- 12. 144 cubic feet
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