πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A box has a bottom with an area of 24 square centimeters and is 5 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
2A box holds 648 cubic centimeters. It is 12 centimeters long and 6 centimeters wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ centimeters
3A fish tank is 4 centimeters long, 4 centimeters wide, and 12 centimeters tall. Omar fills it with water 9 centimeters deep. How many cubic centimeters of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
4A planter has a bottom with an area of 90 square meters. It is filled with soil 3 meters deep. How many cubic meters of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
5A fish tank is 9 inches long, 7 inches wide, and 9 inches tall. Leo fills it with water 3 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
6A fish tank is 6 inches long, 7 inches wide, and 12 inches tall. Omar fills it with water 6 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
7A fish tank is 12 inches long, 10 inches wide, and 7 inches tall. Aiden fills it with water 5 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
8Aiden stacks 4 layers of 1-inch cubes in a box. Each layer covers 32 square inches. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
9A planter has a bottom with an area of 55 square meters. It is filled with soil 10 meters deep. How many cubic meters of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
10A fish tank is 7 inches long, 9 inches wide, and 9 inches tall. Zoe fills it with water 2 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
11A fish tank is 8 inches long, 10 inches wide, and 9 inches tall. Priya fills it with water 5 inches deep. How many cubic inches of water are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
12A fish tank holds 105 cubic centimeters of water when full. It is 5 centimeters long and 7 centimeters wide. How tall is it?
Answer: ______________ centimeters
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 120 cubic centimeters
- 2. 9 centimeters
- 3. 144 cubic centimeters
- 4. 270 cubic meters
- 5. 189 cubic inches
- 6. 252 cubic inches
- 7. 600 cubic inches
- 8. 128 cubic inches
- 9. 550 cubic meters
- 10. 126 cubic inches
- 11. 400 cubic inches
- 12. 3 centimeters
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