πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A fish tank is 10 inches long, 4 inches wide, and 3 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
2A sandbox is 9 feet long, 6 feet wide, and 2 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
3A block of ice is 5 centimeters long, 8 centimeters wide, and 3 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
4A fish tank is 6 inches long, 11 inches wide, and 11 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
5Maya fills a planter box with soil. The box is 3 inches long, 10 inches wide, and 8 inches tall. How many cubic inches of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
6Lily's toy chest is 8 feet long, 3 feet wide, and 5 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
7A box has a bottom with an area of 88 square feet and is 5 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
8Sam packs 1-inch cubes into a box that is 8 inches long, 12 inches wide, and 5 inches tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
9Leo stacks 6 layers of 1-centimeter cubes in a box. Each layer covers 30 square centimeters. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
10A fish tank is 4 inches long, 5 inches wide, and 10 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
11A block of ice is 7 centimeters long, 2 centimeters wide, and 9 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
12A planter has a bottom with an area of 30 square feet. It is filled with soil 8 feet deep. How many cubic feet of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 120 cubic inches
- 2. 108 cubic feet
- 3. 120 cubic centimeters
- 4. 726 cubic inches
- 5. 240 cubic inches
- 6. 120 cubic feet
- 7. 440 cubic feet
- 8. 480 cubes
- 9. 180 cubic centimeters
- 10. 200 cubic inches
- 11. 126 cubic centimeters
- 12. 240 cubic feet
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