πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Maya's toy chest is 4 inches long, 4 inches wide, and 6 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
2Lily packs 1-inch cubes into a box that is 6 inches long, 4 inches wide, and 5 inches tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
3A fish tank is 5 inches long, 3 inches wide, and 5 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
4A block of ice is 2 centimeters long, 3 centimeters wide, and 5 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
5A block of ice is 6 centimeters long, 4 centimeters wide, and 4 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
6Lily's toy chest is 3 inches long, 2 inches wide, and 4 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
7Zoe's toy chest is 2 feet long, 6 feet wide, and 5 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
8A sandbox is 3 feet long, 2 feet wide, and 6 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
9The back of a moving truck is 6 feet long, 2 feet wide, and 4 feet tall. How much space is inside, in cubic feet?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
10A fish tank is 2 centimeters long, 4 centimeters wide, and 2 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
11Zoe's toy chest is 5 inches long, 3 inches wide, and 4 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
12A sandbox is 4 feet long, 5 feet wide, and 3 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 96 cubic inches
- 2. 120 cubes
- 3. 75 cubic inches
- 4. 30 cubic centimeters
- 5. 96 cubic centimeters
- 6. 24 cubic inches
- 7. 60 cubic feet
- 8. 36 cubic feet
- 9. 48 cubic feet
- 10. 16 cubic centimeters
- 11. 60 cubic inches
- 12. 60 cubic feet
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