πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1The back of a moving truck is 5 meters long, 5 meters wide, and 4 meters tall. How much space is inside, in cubic meters?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
2A block of ice is 5 centimeters long, 6 centimeters wide, and 4 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
3Lily packs 1-inch cubes into a box that is 2 inches long, 2 inches wide, and 6 inches tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
4A fish tank is 2 inches long, 5 inches wide, and 2 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
5A sandbox is 5 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 6 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
6A sandbox is 5 feet long, 2 feet wide, and 5 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
7Zoe packs 1-centimeter cubes into a box that is 4 centimeters long, 4 centimeters wide, and 2 centimeters tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
8Lily fills a planter box with soil. The box is 3 feet long, 5 feet wide, and 3 feet tall. How many cubic feet of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
9The back of a moving truck is 3 feet long, 3 feet wide, and 4 feet tall. How much space is inside, in cubic feet?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
10The back of a moving truck is 4 feet long, 5 feet wide, and 2 feet tall. How much space is inside, in cubic feet?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
11Zoe packs 1-centimeter cubes into a box that is 2 centimeters long, 3 centimeters wide, and 2 centimeters tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
12A fish tank is 3 inches long, 6 inches wide, and 5 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 100 cubic meters
- 2. 120 cubic centimeters
- 3. 24 cubes
- 4. 20 cubic inches
- 5. 120 cubic feet
- 6. 50 cubic feet
- 7. 32 cubes
- 8. 45 cubic feet
- 9. 36 cubic feet
- 10. 40 cubic feet
- 11. 12 cubes
- 12. 90 cubic inches
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