πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Zoe's toy chest is 5 feet long, 2 feet wide, and 4 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
2Omar packs 1-inch cubes into a box that is 5 inches long, 3 inches wide, and 3 inches tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
3Sam packs 1-inch cubes into a box that is 5 inches long, 5 inches wide, and 4 inches tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
4A fish tank is 6 inches long, 2 inches wide, and 6 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
5The back of a moving truck is 3 meters long, 2 meters wide, and 2 meters tall. How much space is inside, in cubic meters?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
6A block of ice is 2 centimeters long, 2 centimeters wide, and 2 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
7A fish tank is 3 centimeters long, 6 centimeters wide, and 2 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
8A sandbox is 6 feet long, 2 feet wide, and 4 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
9Omar packs 1-centimeter cubes into a box that is 6 centimeters long, 4 centimeters wide, and 6 centimeters tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
10A sandbox is 3 feet long, 5 feet wide, and 4 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
11Zoe's toy chest is 3 inches long, 4 inches wide, and 2 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
12A fish tank is 5 inches long, 5 inches wide, and 5 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 40 cubic feet
- 2. 45 cubes
- 3. 100 cubes
- 4. 72 cubic inches
- 5. 12 cubic meters
- 6. 8 cubic centimeters
- 7. 36 cubic centimeters
- 8. 48 cubic feet
- 9. 144 cubes
- 10. 60 cubic feet
- 11. 24 cubic inches
- 12. 125 cubic inches
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