πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Aiden fills a planter box with soil. The box is 2 inches long, 2 inches wide, and 6 inches tall. How many cubic inches of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
2The back of a moving truck is 3 feet long, 5 feet wide, and 2 feet tall. How much space is inside, in cubic feet?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
3A sandbox is 3 feet long, 2 feet wide, and 3 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
4A block of ice is 5 centimeters long, 5 centimeters wide, and 6 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
5A fish tank is 3 inches long, 3 inches wide, and 6 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
6Zoe fills a planter box with soil. The box is 6 inches long, 5 inches wide, and 2 inches tall. How many cubic inches of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
7Aiden packs 1-inch cubes into a box that is 6 inches long, 3 inches wide, and 3 inches tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
8The back of a moving truck is 5 meters long, 4 meters wide, and 4 meters tall. How much space is inside, in cubic meters?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
9A sandbox is 3 feet long, 2 feet wide, and 2 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
10A block of ice is 6 centimeters long, 5 centimeters wide, and 3 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
11The back of a moving truck is 5 meters long, 3 meters wide, and 4 meters tall. How much space is inside, in cubic meters?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
12Priya packs 1-centimeter cubes into a box that is 2 centimeters long, 3 centimeters wide, and 3 centimeters tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 24 cubic inches
- 2. 30 cubic feet
- 3. 18 cubic feet
- 4. 150 cubic centimeters
- 5. 54 cubic inches
- 6. 60 cubic inches
- 7. 54 cubes
- 8. 80 cubic meters
- 9. 12 cubic feet
- 10. 90 cubic centimeters
- 11. 60 cubic meters
- 12. 18 cubes
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