πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A block of ice is 5 centimeters long, 5 centimeters wide, and 3 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
2Maya fills a planter box with soil. The box is 5 feet long, 2 feet wide, and 3 feet tall. How many cubic feet of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
3Maya's toy chest is 5 inches long, 2 inches wide, and 5 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
4A fish tank is 3 inches long, 5 inches wide, and 4 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
5A block of ice is 3 centimeters long, 3 centimeters wide, and 3 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
6Maya packs 1-centimeter cubes into a box that is 2 centimeters long, 4 centimeters wide, and 3 centimeters tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
7A fish tank is 2 centimeters long, 3 centimeters wide, and 4 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
8The back of a moving truck is 2 feet long, 6 feet wide, and 5 feet tall. How much space is inside, in cubic feet?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
9A sandbox is 2 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 6 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
10Aiden's toy chest is 4 inches long, 6 inches wide, and 3 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
11Priya fills a planter box with soil. The box is 4 feet long, 3 feet wide, and 5 feet tall. How many cubic feet of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
12The back of a moving truck is 2 meters long, 5 meters wide, and 2 meters tall. How much space is inside, in cubic meters?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 75 cubic centimeters
- 2. 30 cubic feet
- 3. 50 cubic inches
- 4. 60 cubic inches
- 5. 27 cubic centimeters
- 6. 24 cubes
- 7. 24 cubic centimeters
- 8. 60 cubic feet
- 9. 48 cubic feet
- 10. 72 cubic inches
- 11. 60 cubic feet
- 12. 20 cubic meters
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