πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Maya fills a planter box with soil. The box is 5 inches long, 3 inches wide, and 4 inches tall. How many cubic inches of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
2A sandbox is 6 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
3A fish tank is 2 centimeters long, 5 centimeters wide, and 6 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
4A block of ice is 2 centimeters long, 6 centimeters wide, and 4 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
5Zoe packs 1-centimeter cubes into a box that is 5 centimeters long, 5 centimeters wide, and 6 centimeters tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
6A fish tank is 2 centimeters long, 3 centimeters wide, and 4 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
7Aiden packs 1-inch cubes into a box that is 2 inches long, 5 inches wide, and 3 inches tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
8The back of a moving truck is 5 meters long, 5 meters wide, and 6 meters tall. How much space is inside, in cubic meters?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
9Sam fills a planter box with soil. The box is 3 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 5 feet tall. How many cubic feet of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
10Leo fills a planter box with soil. The box is 2 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 6 feet tall. How many cubic feet of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
11Aiden fills a planter box with soil. The box is 6 feet long, 2 feet wide, and 5 feet tall. How many cubic feet of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
12A block of ice is 3 centimeters long, 2 centimeters wide, and 6 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 60 cubic inches
- 2. 96 cubic feet
- 3. 60 cubic centimeters
- 4. 48 cubic centimeters
- 5. 150 cubes
- 6. 24 cubic centimeters
- 7. 30 cubes
- 8. 150 cubic meters
- 9. 60 cubic feet
- 10. 48 cubic feet
- 11. 60 cubic feet
- 12. 36 cubic centimeters
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