πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Priya packs 1-inch cubes into a box that is 2 inches long, 6 inches wide, and 2 inches tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
2Priya's toy chest is 4 inches long, 5 inches wide, and 5 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
3A fish tank is 4 inches long, 2 inches wide, and 6 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
4Lily packs 1-centimeter cubes into a box that is 4 centimeters long, 4 centimeters wide, and 5 centimeters tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
5Maya's toy chest is 4 feet long, 2 feet wide, and 4 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
6The back of a moving truck is 2 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet tall. How much space is inside, in cubic feet?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
7The back of a moving truck is 3 feet long, 5 feet wide, and 3 feet tall. How much space is inside, in cubic feet?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
8A sandbox is 6 feet long, 2 feet wide, and 6 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
9A block of ice is 4 centimeters long, 6 centimeters wide, and 6 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
10A sandbox is 3 feet long, 6 feet wide, and 2 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
11Omar packs 1-centimeter cubes into a box that is 3 centimeters long, 2 centimeters wide, and 5 centimeters tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
12The back of a moving truck is 5 meters long, 3 meters wide, and 4 meters tall. How much space is inside, in cubic meters?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 24 cubes
- 2. 100 cubic inches
- 3. 48 cubic inches
- 4. 80 cubes
- 5. 32 cubic feet
- 6. 32 cubic feet
- 7. 45 cubic feet
- 8. 72 cubic feet
- 9. 144 cubic centimeters
- 10. 36 cubic feet
- 11. 30 cubes
- 12. 60 cubic meters
Practice this lesson online with games that adjust to your child: agarwalmath.com/math/5th-grade/word-volume