πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A block of ice is 6 centimeters long, 2 centimeters wide, and 2 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
2A block of ice is 3 centimeters long, 2 centimeters wide, and 3 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
3A block of ice is 5 centimeters long, 6 centimeters wide, and 6 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
4The back of a moving truck is 5 feet long, 5 feet wide, and 6 feet tall. How much space is inside, in cubic feet?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
5A fish tank is 5 centimeters long, 2 centimeters wide, and 4 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
6A block of ice is 4 centimeters long, 4 centimeters wide, and 2 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
7Lily packs 1-inch cubes into a box that is 5 inches long, 2 inches wide, and 6 inches tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
8Aiden packs 1-inch cubes into a box that is 6 inches long, 4 inches wide, and 2 inches tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
9A sandbox is 6 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 3 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
10Maya fills a planter box with soil. The box is 2 inches long, 3 inches wide, and 6 inches tall. How many cubic inches of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
11The back of a moving truck is 5 meters long, 5 meters wide, and 5 meters tall. How much space is inside, in cubic meters?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
12Aiden's toy chest is 2 inches long, 5 inches wide, and 4 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 24 cubic centimeters
- 2. 18 cubic centimeters
- 3. 180 cubic centimeters
- 4. 150 cubic feet
- 5. 40 cubic centimeters
- 6. 32 cubic centimeters
- 7. 60 cubes
- 8. 48 cubes
- 9. 72 cubic feet
- 10. 36 cubic inches
- 11. 125 cubic meters
- 12. 40 cubic inches
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