πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Zoe's toy chest is 2 feet long, 2 feet wide, and 5 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
2Sam's toy chest is 6 feet long, 2 feet wide, and 3 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
3The back of a moving truck is 4 meters long, 3 meters wide, and 5 meters tall. How much space is inside, in cubic meters?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
4A block of ice is 2 centimeters long, 4 centimeters wide, and 5 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
5A fish tank is 2 centimeters long, 4 centimeters wide, and 4 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
6A block of ice is 6 centimeters long, 6 centimeters wide, and 5 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
7Zoe fills a planter box with soil. The box is 2 feet long, 6 feet wide, and 6 feet tall. How many cubic feet of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
8Omar's toy chest is 3 inches long, 6 inches wide, and 6 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
9A block of ice is 4 centimeters long, 6 centimeters wide, and 3 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
10Aiden packs 1-centimeter cubes into a box that is 3 centimeters long, 4 centimeters wide, and 6 centimeters tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
11Leo fills a planter box with soil. The box is 3 inches long, 2 inches wide, and 2 inches tall. How many cubic inches of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
12A sandbox is 3 feet long, 6 feet wide, and 5 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 20 cubic feet
- 2. 36 cubic feet
- 3. 60 cubic meters
- 4. 40 cubic centimeters
- 5. 32 cubic centimeters
- 6. 180 cubic centimeters
- 7. 72 cubic feet
- 8. 108 cubic inches
- 9. 72 cubic centimeters
- 10. 72 cubes
- 11. 12 cubic inches
- 12. 90 cubic feet
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