πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Aiden's toy chest is 6 inches long, 3 inches wide, and 3 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
2Omar's toy chest is 3 feet long, 3 feet wide, and 2 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
3A fish tank is 6 centimeters long, 3 centimeters wide, and 4 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
4The back of a moving truck is 4 meters long, 6 meters wide, and 2 meters tall. How much space is inside, in cubic meters?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
5A sandbox is 3 feet long, 3 feet wide, and 4 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
6Aiden fills a planter box with soil. The box is 3 inches long, 4 inches wide, and 2 inches tall. How many cubic inches of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
7Sam fills a planter box with soil. The box is 6 feet long, 6 feet wide, and 4 feet tall. How many cubic feet of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
8The back of a moving truck is 2 feet long, 2 feet wide, and 3 feet tall. How much space is inside, in cubic feet?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
9A block of ice is 3 centimeters long, 2 centimeters wide, and 5 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
10A fish tank is 3 centimeters long, 6 centimeters wide, and 6 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
11Priya packs 1-centimeter cubes into a box that is 4 centimeters long, 5 centimeters wide, and 2 centimeters tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
12The back of a moving truck is 4 meters long, 5 meters wide, and 5 meters tall. How much space is inside, in cubic meters?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 54 cubic inches
- 2. 18 cubic feet
- 3. 72 cubic centimeters
- 4. 48 cubic meters
- 5. 36 cubic feet
- 6. 24 cubic inches
- 7. 144 cubic feet
- 8. 12 cubic feet
- 9. 30 cubic centimeters
- 10. 108 cubic centimeters
- 11. 40 cubes
- 12. 100 cubic meters
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