πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A block of ice is 2 centimeters long, 6 centimeters wide, and 2 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
2Aiden's toy chest is 6 feet long, 5 feet wide, and 6 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
3Lily fills a planter box with soil. The box is 2 inches long, 2 inches wide, and 2 inches tall. How many cubic inches of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
4The back of a moving truck is 3 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 3 feet tall. How much space is inside, in cubic feet?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
5Leo packs 1-inch cubes into a box that is 6 inches long, 4 inches wide, and 4 inches tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
6A sandbox is 4 feet long, 5 feet wide, and 4 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
7Zoe packs 1-inch cubes into a box that is 6 inches long, 4 inches wide, and 2 inches tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
8Lily's toy chest is 5 feet long, 2 feet wide, and 2 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
9Leo fills a planter box with soil. The box is 4 feet long, 2 feet wide, and 2 feet tall. How many cubic feet of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
10Omar packs 1-centimeter cubes into a box that is 6 centimeters long, 5 centimeters wide, and 2 centimeters tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
11A 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
12A sandbox is 2 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 6 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 24 cubic centimeters
- 2. 180 cubic feet
- 3. 8 cubic inches
- 4. 36 cubic feet
- 5. 96 cubes
- 6. 80 cubic feet
- 7. 48 cubes
- 8. 20 cubic feet
- 9. 16 cubic feet
- 10. 60 cubes
- 11. 75 cubic inches
- 12. 48 cubic feet
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