πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Priya's toy chest is 2 inches long, 2 inches wide, and 3 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
2The back of a moving truck is 6 meters long, 6 meters wide, and 4 meters tall. How much space is inside, in cubic meters?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
3Omar 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
4Priya's toy chest is 4 inches long, 2 inches wide, and 5 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
5The back of a moving truck is 5 feet long, 5 feet wide, and 6 feet tall. How much space is inside, in cubic feet?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
6A sandbox is 2 feet long, 6 feet wide, and 6 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
7A block of ice is 5 centimeters long, 2 centimeters wide, and 3 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
8Maya 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
9The back of a moving truck is 2 meters long, 3 meters wide, and 6 meters tall. How much space is inside, in cubic meters?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
10A fish tank is 6 centimeters long, 5 centimeters wide, and 4 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
11The back of a moving truck is 3 feet long, 6 feet wide, and 6 feet tall. How much space is inside, in cubic feet?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
12A sandbox is 6 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. 12 cubic inches
- 2. 144 cubic meters
- 3. 80 cubes
- 4. 40 cubic inches
- 5. 150 cubic feet
- 6. 72 cubic feet
- 7. 30 cubic centimeters
- 8. 125 cubic inches
- 9. 36 cubic meters
- 10. 120 cubic centimeters
- 11. 108 cubic feet
- 12. 180 cubic feet
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