πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Priya's toy chest is 2 inches long, 2 inches wide, and 4 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
2A block of ice is 5 centimeters long, 2 centimeters wide, and 3 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
3A block of ice is 5 centimeters long, 3 centimeters wide, and 6 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
4The back of a moving truck is 2 meters long, 6 meters wide, and 3 meters tall. How much space is inside, in cubic meters?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
5Zoe packs 1-inch cubes into a box that is 3 inches long, 2 inches wide, and 6 inches tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
6A fish tank is 6 inches long, 6 inches wide, and 4 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
7Aiden packs 1-centimeter cubes into a box that is 2 centimeters long, 4 centimeters wide, and 3 centimeters tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
8A block of ice is 6 centimeters long, 2 centimeters wide, and 6 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
9A sandbox is 4 feet long, 6 feet wide, and 3 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
10A sandbox is 2 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 5 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
11Maya fills a planter box with soil. The box is 3 feet long, 6 feet wide, and 2 feet tall. How many cubic feet of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
12A block of ice is 3 centimeters long, 4 centimeters wide, and 5 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 16 cubic inches
- 2. 30 cubic centimeters
- 3. 90 cubic centimeters
- 4. 36 cubic meters
- 5. 36 cubes
- 6. 144 cubic inches
- 7. 24 cubes
- 8. 72 cubic centimeters
- 9. 72 cubic feet
- 10. 40 cubic feet
- 11. 36 cubic feet
- 12. 60 cubic centimeters
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