πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Sam packs 1-inch cubes into a box that is 3 inches long, 6 inches wide, and 3 inches tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
2Zoe fills a planter box with soil. The box is 6 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 3 feet tall. How many cubic feet of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
3The back of a moving truck is 5 meters long, 5 meters wide, and 5 meters tall. How much space is inside, in cubic meters?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
4Leo's toy chest is 2 feet long, 3 feet wide, and 2 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
5A fish tank is 3 centimeters long, 3 centimeters wide, and 6 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
6Aiden's toy chest is 2 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
7Zoe 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
8A sandbox is 5 feet long, 3 feet wide, and 5 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
9A block of ice is 3 centimeters long, 2 centimeters wide, and 2 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
10Leo's toy chest is 5 inches long, 4 inches wide, and 2 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
11A sandbox is 6 feet long, 3 feet wide, and 2 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
12The back of a moving truck is 5 meters long, 2 meters wide, and 6 meters tall. How much space is inside, in cubic meters?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 54 cubes
- 2. 72 cubic feet
- 3. 125 cubic meters
- 4. 12 cubic feet
- 5. 54 cubic centimeters
- 6. 32 cubic feet
- 7. 100 cubes
- 8. 75 cubic feet
- 9. 12 cubic centimeters
- 10. 40 cubic inches
- 11. 36 cubic feet
- 12. 60 cubic meters
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