πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Zoe packs 1-inch cubes into a box that is 4 inches long, 6 inches wide, and 3 inches tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
2Priya's toy chest is 3 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
3A block of ice is 4 centimeters long, 5 centimeters wide, and 6 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
4Lily fills a planter box with soil. The box is 2 feet long, 2 feet wide, and 6 feet tall. How many cubic feet of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
5The back of a moving truck is 3 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet tall. How much space is inside, in cubic feet?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
6A block of ice is 3 centimeters long, 3 centimeters wide, and 5 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
7Lily's toy chest is 2 feet long, 3 feet wide, and 5 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
8A fish tank is 5 inches long, 6 inches wide, and 3 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
9Priya's toy chest is 6 inches long, 5 inches wide, and 4 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
10A sandbox is 6 feet long, 3 feet wide, and 4 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
11A sandbox is 5 feet long, 2 feet wide, and 3 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
12A sandbox is 4 feet long, 2 feet wide, and 4 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 72 cubes
- 2. 48 cubic feet
- 3. 120 cubic centimeters
- 4. 24 cubic feet
- 5. 48 cubic feet
- 6. 45 cubic centimeters
- 7. 30 cubic feet
- 8. 90 cubic inches
- 9. 120 cubic inches
- 10. 72 cubic feet
- 11. 30 cubic feet
- 12. 32 cubic feet
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