πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 84 square feet. The tank is 4 feet tall. How many cubic feet of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
2A fish tank holds 126 cubic feet of water when full. It is 6 feet long and 7 feet wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
3A fish tank is 7 inches long, 6 inches wide, and 6 inches tall. Leo fills it with water 3 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
4A fish tank is 9 inches long, 10 inches wide, and 9 inches tall. Sam fills it with water 4 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
5The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 108 square feet. The tank is 6 feet tall. How many cubic feet of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
6A fish tank is 12 centimeters long, 9 centimeters wide, and 7 centimeters tall. Priya fills it with water 4 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
7A box holds 224 cubic inches. It is 7 inches long and 4 inches wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
8The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 35 square feet. The tank is 10 feet tall. How many cubic feet of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
9A fish tank is 11 centimeters long, 3 centimeters wide, and 7 centimeters tall. Omar fills it with water 4 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
10A fish tank holds 616 cubic inches of water when full. It is 8 inches long and 11 inches wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ inches
11A fish tank holds 594 cubic feet of water when full. It is 9 feet long and 11 feet wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
12A planter has a bottom with an area of 80 square feet. It is filled with soil 4 feet deep. How many cubic feet of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 336 cubic feet
- 2. 3 feet
- 3. 126 cubic inches
- 4. 360 cubic inches
- 5. 648 cubic feet
- 6. 432 cubic centimeters
- 7. 8 inches
- 8. 350 cubic feet
- 9. 132 cubic centimeters
- 10. 7 inches
- 11. 6 feet
- 12. 320 cubic feet
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