πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A block of ice is 3 centimeters long, 2 centimeters wide, and 6 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
2A block of ice is 4 centimeters long, 2 centimeters wide, and 3 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
3Lily packs 1-centimeter cubes into a box that is 2 centimeters long, 3 centimeters wide, and 4 centimeters tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
4A fish tank is 4 inches long, 6 inches wide, and 5 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
5Maya fills a planter box with soil. The box is 2 inches long, 6 inches wide, and 5 inches tall. How many cubic inches of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
6A sandbox is 4 feet long, 3 feet wide, and 2 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
7The back of a moving truck is 3 meters long, 4 meters wide, and 6 meters tall. How much space is inside, in cubic meters?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
8The back of a moving truck is 5 feet long, 5 feet wide, and 4 feet tall. How much space is inside, in cubic feet?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
9The back of a moving truck is 3 feet long, 5 feet wide, and 4 feet tall. How much space is inside, in cubic feet?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
10A fish tank is 5 centimeters long, 2 centimeters wide, and 5 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
11A fish tank is 5 inches long, 5 inches wide, and 4 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
12Sam packs 1-centimeter cubes into a box that is 2 centimeters long, 2 centimeters wide, and 5 centimeters tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 36 cubic centimeters
- 2. 24 cubic centimeters
- 3. 24 cubes
- 4. 120 cubic inches
- 5. 60 cubic inches
- 6. 24 cubic feet
- 7. 72 cubic meters
- 8. 100 cubic feet
- 9. 60 cubic feet
- 10. 50 cubic centimeters
- 11. 100 cubic inches
- 12. 20 cubes
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