πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A fish tank is 6 inches long, 4 inches wide, and 4 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
2A block of ice is 5 centimeters long, 6 centimeters wide, and 2 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
3A sandbox is 5 feet long, 2 feet wide, and 2 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
4Maya fills a planter box with soil. The box is 4 feet long, 6 feet wide, and 4 feet tall. How many cubic feet of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
5Sam packs 1-centimeter cubes into a box that is 2 centimeters long, 6 centimeters wide, and 3 centimeters tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
6Priya's toy chest is 3 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 3 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
7A block of ice is 3 centimeters long, 4 centimeters wide, and 6 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
8A fish tank is 6 inches long, 5 inches wide, and 6 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
9Priya's toy chest is 4 inches long, 5 inches wide, and 2 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
10The back of a moving truck is 6 feet long, 5 feet wide, and 2 feet tall. How much space is inside, in cubic feet?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
11A block of ice is 3 centimeters long, 3 centimeters wide, and 4 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
12Priya's toy chest is 4 inches long, 2 inches wide, and 2 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 96 cubic inches
- 2. 60 cubic centimeters
- 3. 20 cubic feet
- 4. 96 cubic feet
- 5. 36 cubes
- 6. 36 cubic feet
- 7. 72 cubic centimeters
- 8. 180 cubic inches
- 9. 40 cubic inches
- 10. 60 cubic feet
- 11. 36 cubic centimeters
- 12. 16 cubic inches
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