πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A block of ice is 6 centimeters long, 5 centimeters wide, and 4 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
2A sandbox is 3 feet long, 6 feet wide, and 5 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
3A fish tank is 4 centimeters long, 2 centimeters wide, and 2 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
4A fish tank is 5 centimeters long, 4 centimeters wide, and 5 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
5A block of ice is 2 centimeters long, 3 centimeters wide, and 4 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
6Lily packs 1-inch cubes into a box that is 3 inches long, 6 inches wide, and 3 inches tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
7The back of a moving truck is 3 feet long, 2 feet wide, and 5 feet tall. How much space is inside, in cubic feet?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
8A block of ice is 5 centimeters long, 2 centimeters wide, and 5 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
9A fish tank is 4 inches long, 2 inches wide, and 5 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
10Priya fills a planter box with soil. The box is 2 inches long, 4 inches wide, and 6 inches tall. How many cubic inches of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
11Sam fills a planter box with soil. The box is 4 inches long, 4 inches wide, and 2 inches tall. How many cubic inches of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
12Maya packs 1-inch cubes into a box that is 2 inches long, 3 inches wide, and 5 inches tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 120 cubic centimeters
- 2. 90 cubic feet
- 3. 16 cubic centimeters
- 4. 100 cubic centimeters
- 5. 24 cubic centimeters
- 6. 54 cubes
- 7. 30 cubic feet
- 8. 50 cubic centimeters
- 9. 40 cubic inches
- 10. 48 cubic inches
- 11. 32 cubic inches
- 12. 30 cubes
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