πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Zoe's toy chest is 5 inches long, 4 inches wide, and 2 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
2A block of ice is 3 centimeters long, 2 centimeters wide, and 6 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
3Zoe fills a planter box with soil. The box is 4 inches long, 5 inches wide, and 4 inches tall. How many cubic inches of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
4Lily's toy chest is 5 inches long, 4 inches wide, and 3 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
5Sam's toy chest is 6 feet long, 5 feet wide, and 5 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
6Zoe's toy chest is 6 inches long, 6 inches wide, and 6 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
7A fish tank is 6 centimeters long, 3 centimeters wide, and 6 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
8Omar packs 1-centimeter cubes into a box that is 5 centimeters long, 5 centimeters wide, and 4 centimeters tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
9A sandbox is 2 feet long, 3 feet wide, and 4 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
10The back of a moving truck is 3 meters long, 4 meters wide, and 5 meters tall. How much space is inside, in cubic meters?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
11A sandbox is 2 feet long, 3 feet wide, and 5 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
12Leo's toy chest is 4 feet long, 6 feet wide, and 2 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 40 cubic inches
- 2. 36 cubic centimeters
- 3. 80 cubic inches
- 4. 60 cubic inches
- 5. 150 cubic feet
- 6. 216 cubic inches
- 7. 108 cubic centimeters
- 8. 100 cubes
- 9. 24 cubic feet
- 10. 60 cubic meters
- 11. 30 cubic feet
- 12. 48 cubic feet
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