πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A block of ice is 5 centimeters long, 6 centimeters wide, and 4 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
2Lily packs 1-centimeter cubes into a box that is 2 centimeters long, 6 centimeters wide, and 5 centimeters tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
3A fish tank is 5 centimeters long, 4 centimeters wide, and 5 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
4Omar fills a planter box with soil. The box is 3 feet long, 6 feet wide, and 4 feet tall. How many cubic feet of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
5Priya packs 1-inch cubes into a box that is 6 inches long, 2 inches wide, and 5 inches tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
6Aiden fills a planter box with soil. The box is 6 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 5 feet tall. How many cubic feet of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
7Priya packs 1-centimeter cubes into a box that is 2 centimeters long, 3 centimeters wide, and 5 centimeters tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
8A block of ice is 4 centimeters long, 5 centimeters wide, and 2 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
9A sandbox is 3 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 5 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
10Maya packs 1-inch cubes into a box that is 3 inches long, 5 inches wide, and 4 inches tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
11Zoe packs 1-centimeter cubes into a box that is 6 centimeters long, 6 centimeters wide, and 3 centimeters tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
12Omar fills a planter box with soil. The box is 4 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 6 feet tall. How many cubic feet of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 120 cubic centimeters
- 2. 60 cubes
- 3. 100 cubic centimeters
- 4. 72 cubic feet
- 5. 60 cubes
- 6. 120 cubic feet
- 7. 30 cubes
- 8. 40 cubic centimeters
- 9. 60 cubic feet
- 10. 60 cubes
- 11. 108 cubes
- 12. 96 cubic feet
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