πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Omar packs 1-inch cubes into a box that is 3 inches long, 6 inches wide, and 6 inches tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
2A fish tank is 5 inches long, 6 inches wide, and 3 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
3A sandbox is 2 feet long, 6 feet wide, and 2 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
4Leo packs 1-centimeter cubes into a box that is 4 centimeters long, 3 centimeters wide, and 3 centimeters tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
5A sandbox is 4 feet long, 5 feet wide, and 5 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
6A block of ice is 4 centimeters long, 4 centimeters wide, and 3 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
7Sam fills a planter box with soil. The box is 3 inches long, 3 inches wide, and 2 inches tall. How many cubic inches of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
8Priya's toy chest is 5 inches long, 4 inches wide, and 2 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
9A sandbox is 5 feet long, 6 feet wide, and 2 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
10Zoe's toy chest is 2 inches long, 4 inches wide, and 2 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
11The back of a moving truck is 6 meters long, 5 meters wide, and 5 meters tall. How much space is inside, in cubic meters?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
12The back of a moving truck is 2 feet long, 3 feet wide, and 5 feet tall. How much space is inside, in cubic feet?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 108 cubes
- 2. 90 cubic inches
- 3. 24 cubic feet
- 4. 36 cubes
- 5. 100 cubic feet
- 6. 48 cubic centimeters
- 7. 18 cubic inches
- 8. 40 cubic inches
- 9. 60 cubic feet
- 10. 16 cubic inches
- 11. 150 cubic meters
- 12. 30 cubic feet
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