πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Omar fills a planter box with soil. The box is 4 inches long, 2 inches wide, and 2 inches tall. How many cubic inches of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
2Leo's toy chest is 5 inches long, 2 inches wide, and 3 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
3A block of ice is 6 centimeters long, 4 centimeters wide, and 5 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
4A fish tank is 3 centimeters long, 2 centimeters wide, and 3 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
5A sandbox is 6 feet long, 2 feet wide, and 6 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
6Sam packs 1-inch cubes into a box that is 6 inches long, 5 inches wide, and 5 inches tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
7Lily packs 1-centimeter cubes into a box that is 5 centimeters long, 2 centimeters wide, and 6 centimeters tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
8Omar's toy chest is 4 inches long, 3 inches wide, and 2 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
9The back of a moving truck is 5 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 5 feet tall. How much space is inside, in cubic feet?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
10Sam's toy chest is 2 inches long, 4 inches wide, and 6 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
11A block of ice is 6 centimeters long, 3 centimeters wide, and 3 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
12The back of a moving truck is 3 feet long, 2 feet wide, and 6 feet tall. How much space is inside, in cubic feet?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 16 cubic inches
- 2. 30 cubic inches
- 3. 120 cubic centimeters
- 4. 18 cubic centimeters
- 5. 72 cubic feet
- 6. 150 cubes
- 7. 60 cubes
- 8. 24 cubic inches
- 9. 100 cubic feet
- 10. 48 cubic inches
- 11. 54 cubic centimeters
- 12. 36 cubic feet
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