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Find the Missing Dimension is a free printable Grade 5 maths worksheet on working backwards from the volume, aligned to Common Core standard 5.MD.C.5. It prints 10 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.

Find the Missing Dimension

5.MD.C.5

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Work out each answer.

1.A box has volume 72 cubic units. Its base is 9 by 4. How tall is it?
2.A box has volume 144 cubic units. Its base is 9 by 8. How tall is it?
3.A box has volume 280 cubic units. Its base is 7 by 8. How tall is it?
4.A box has volume 84 cubic units. Its base is 7 by 4. How tall is it?
5.A box has volume 60 cubic units. Its base is 3 by 5. How tall is it?
6.A box has volume 18 cubic units. Its base is 2 by 3. How tall is it?
7.A box has volume 108 cubic units. Its base is 9 by 3. How tall is it?
8.A box has volume 200 cubic units. Its base is 5 by 8. How tall is it?
9.A box has volume 294 cubic units. Its base is 7 by 7. How tall is it?
10.A box has volume 189 cubic units. Its base is 9 by 7. How tall is it?

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Answer key — Find the Missing Dimension

Set 18. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.2
  2. 2.2
  3. 3.5
  4. 4.3
  5. 5.4
  6. 6.3
  7. 7.4
  8. 8.5
  9. 9.6
  10. 10.3

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to 5.MD.C.5 of the Common Core State Standards for mathematics.