πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A fish tank is 5 inches long, 5 inches wide, and 6 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
2A sandbox is 6 feet long, 2 feet wide, and 3 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
3A sandbox is 6 feet long, 6 feet wide, and 6 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
4Sam 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
5A fish tank is 3 centimeters long, 5 centimeters wide, and 5 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
6A block of ice is 5 centimeters long, 5 centimeters wide, and 5 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
7A block of ice is 5 centimeters long, 5 centimeters wide, and 3 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
8Leo fills a planter box with soil. The box is 5 feet long, 4 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, 6 feet wide, and 6 feet tall. How much space is inside, in cubic feet?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
10A block of ice is 2 centimeters long, 3 centimeters wide, and 3 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
11A fish tank is 4 centimeters long, 5 centimeters wide, and 4 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
12Sam packs 1-centimeter cubes into a box that is 2 centimeters long, 6 centimeters wide, and 6 centimeters tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 150 cubic inches
- 2. 36 cubic feet
- 3. 216 cubic feet
- 4. 32 cubic inches
- 5. 75 cubic centimeters
- 6. 125 cubic centimeters
- 7. 75 cubic centimeters
- 8. 60 cubic feet
- 9. 108 cubic feet
- 10. 18 cubic centimeters
- 11. 80 cubic centimeters
- 12. 72 cubes
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