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, 3 centimeters wide, and 4 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
2The back of a moving truck is 4 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet tall. How much space is inside, in cubic feet?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
3Lily packs 1-centimeter cubes into a box that is 3 centimeters long, 3 centimeters wide, and 2 centimeters tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
4A sandbox is 2 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 5 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
5Maya's toy chest is 5 feet long, 6 feet wide, and 6 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
6A sandbox is 4 feet long, 2 feet wide, and 6 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
7A fish tank is 5 centimeters long, 6 centimeters wide, and 2 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
8Omar fills a planter box with soil. The box is 5 feet long, 5 feet wide, and 5 feet tall. How many cubic feet of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
9A fish tank is 5 centimeters long, 5 centimeters wide, and 6 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
10Omar's toy chest is 2 feet long, 5 feet wide, and 3 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
11A sandbox is 6 feet long, 5 feet wide, and 4 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
12Sam packs 1-inch cubes into a box that is 4 inches long, 5 inches wide, and 5 inches tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 72 cubic centimeters
- 2. 64 cubic feet
- 3. 18 cubes
- 4. 40 cubic feet
- 5. 180 cubic feet
- 6. 48 cubic feet
- 7. 60 cubic centimeters
- 8. 125 cubic feet
- 9. 150 cubic centimeters
- 10. 30 cubic feet
- 11. 120 cubic feet
- 12. 100 cubes
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