πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A sandbox is 6 feet long, 2 feet wide, and 4 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
2A block of ice is 3 centimeters long, 3 centimeters wide, and 4 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
3The back of a moving truck is 6 meters long, 2 meters wide, and 3 meters tall. How much space is inside, in cubic meters?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
4Maya fills a planter box with soil. The box is 5 feet long, 5 feet wide, and 6 feet tall. How many cubic feet of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
5Aiden fills a planter box with soil. The box is 4 inches long, 6 inches wide, and 6 inches tall. How many cubic inches of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
6Maya fills a planter box with soil. The box is 5 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 5 feet tall. How many cubic feet of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
7Omar packs 1-inch cubes into a box that is 5 inches long, 6 inches wide, and 3 inches tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
8Priya fills a planter box with soil. The box is 3 inches long, 4 inches wide, and 3 inches tall. How many cubic inches of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
9Aiden's toy chest is 5 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
10A fish tank is 4 centimeters long, 3 centimeters wide, and 6 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
11A sandbox is 2 feet long, 2 feet wide, and 3 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
12The back of a moving truck is 3 meters long, 5 meters wide, and 4 meters tall. How much space is inside, in cubic meters?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 48 cubic feet
- 2. 36 cubic centimeters
- 3. 36 cubic meters
- 4. 150 cubic feet
- 5. 144 cubic inches
- 6. 100 cubic feet
- 7. 90 cubes
- 8. 36 cubic inches
- 9. 80 cubic feet
- 10. 72 cubic centimeters
- 11. 12 cubic feet
- 12. 60 cubic meters
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