πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1The back of a moving truck is 6 feet long, 5 feet wide, and 3 feet tall. How much space is inside, in cubic feet?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
2The back of a moving truck is 3 meters long, 4 meters wide, and 4 meters tall. How much space is inside, in cubic meters?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
3Zoe fills a planter box with soil. The box is 6 feet long, 3 feet wide, and 6 feet tall. How many cubic feet of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
4A block of ice is 4 centimeters long, 3 centimeters wide, and 4 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
5A block of ice is 3 centimeters long, 3 centimeters wide, and 6 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
6The back of a moving truck is 6 meters long, 3 meters wide, and 5 meters tall. How much space is inside, in cubic meters?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
7Maya's toy chest is 2 inches long, 3 inches wide, and 3 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
8A block of ice is 6 centimeters long, 4 centimeters wide, and 6 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
9Omar fills a planter box with soil. The box is 5 inches long, 5 inches wide, and 5 inches tall. How many cubic inches of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
10A block of ice is 4 centimeters long, 2 centimeters wide, and 3 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
11Sam packs 1-inch cubes into a box that is 2 inches long, 3 inches wide, and 6 inches tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
12A sandbox is 2 feet long, 2 feet wide, and 6 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 90 cubic feet
- 2. 48 cubic meters
- 3. 108 cubic feet
- 4. 48 cubic centimeters
- 5. 54 cubic centimeters
- 6. 90 cubic meters
- 7. 18 cubic inches
- 8. 144 cubic centimeters
- 9. 125 cubic inches
- 10. 24 cubic centimeters
- 11. 36 cubes
- 12. 24 cubic feet
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