πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Lily's toy chest is 5 inches long, 4 inches wide, and 2 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
2Leo fills a planter box with soil. The box is 2 inches long, 5 inches wide, and 4 inches tall. How many cubic inches of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
3A block of ice is 2 centimeters long, 4 centimeters wide, and 3 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
4Priya's toy chest is 5 inches long, 6 inches wide, and 4 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
5Omar packs 1-inch cubes into a box that is 3 inches long, 3 inches wide, and 6 inches tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
6A block of ice is 4 centimeters long, 5 centimeters wide, and 2 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
7Maya fills a planter box with soil. The box is 2 inches long, 6 inches wide, and 2 inches tall. How many cubic inches of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
8Priya packs 1-inch cubes into a box that is 4 inches long, 5 inches wide, and 4 inches tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
9A sandbox is 3 feet long, 2 feet wide, and 6 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
10Priya packs 1-inch cubes into a box that is 5 inches long, 6 inches wide, and 5 inches tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
11The back of a moving truck is 6 feet long, 3 feet wide, and 6 feet tall. How much space is inside, in cubic feet?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
12Zoe fills a planter box with soil. The box is 6 feet long, 3 feet wide, and 3 feet tall. How many cubic feet of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 40 cubic inches
- 2. 40 cubic inches
- 3. 24 cubic centimeters
- 4. 120 cubic inches
- 5. 54 cubes
- 6. 40 cubic centimeters
- 7. 24 cubic inches
- 8. 80 cubes
- 9. 36 cubic feet
- 10. 150 cubes
- 11. 108 cubic feet
- 12. 54 cubic feet
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