πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A fish tank is 8 inches long, 7 inches wide, and 12 inches tall. Aiden fills it with water 5 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
2A box has a bottom with an area of 6 square centimeters and is 11 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
3The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 45 square feet. The tank is 11 feet tall. How many cubic feet of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
4A fish tank is 8 inches long, 5 inches wide, and 9 inches tall. Sam fills it with water 6 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 81 square feet. The tank is 10 feet tall. How many cubic feet of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
6Lily stacks 4 layers of 1-inch cubes in a box. Each layer covers 24 square inches. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
7A fish tank is 9 centimeters long, 3 centimeters wide, and 11 centimeters tall. Lily fills it with water 2 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
8The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 70 square centimeters. The tank is 4 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
9A fish tank holds 210 cubic feet of water when full. It is 10 feet long and 7 feet wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
10A fish tank is 11 centimeters long, 10 centimeters wide, and 9 centimeters tall. Aiden fills it with water 3 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
11A box holds 70 cubic feet. It is 5 feet long and 7 feet wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ feet
12A fish tank is 10 inches long, 4 inches wide, and 12 inches tall. Lily fills it with water 6 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 280 cubic inches
- 2. 66 cubic centimeters
- 3. 495 cubic feet
- 4. 240 cubic inches
- 5. 810 cubic feet
- 6. 96 cubic inches
- 7. 54 cubic centimeters
- 8. 280 cubic centimeters
- 9. 3 feet
- 10. 330 cubic centimeters
- 11. 2 feet
- 12. 240 cubic inches
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