πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Aiden packs 1-centimeter cubes into a box that is 5 centimeters long, 3 centimeters wide, and 4 centimeters tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
2A block of ice is 6 centimeters long, 2 centimeters wide, and 2 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
3The back of a moving truck is 6 feet long, 3 feet wide, and 2 feet tall. How much space is inside, in cubic feet?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
4A fish tank is 3 inches long, 6 inches wide, and 3 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
5Omar's toy chest is 3 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
6Zoe fills a planter box with soil. The box is 6 inches long, 2 inches wide, and 3 inches tall. How many cubic inches of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
7A block of ice is 4 centimeters long, 3 centimeters wide, and 3 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
8A sandbox is 3 feet long, 3 feet wide, and 5 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
9Zoe packs 1-inch cubes into a box that is 6 inches long, 4 inches wide, and 3 inches tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
10A fish tank is 2 centimeters long, 2 centimeters wide, and 3 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
11Zoe packs 1-inch cubes into a box that is 4 inches long, 4 inches wide, and 6 inches tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
12Sam fills a planter box with soil. The box is 6 feet long, 5 feet wide, and 3 feet tall. How many cubic feet of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 60 cubes
- 2. 24 cubic centimeters
- 3. 36 cubic feet
- 4. 54 cubic inches
- 5. 48 cubic feet
- 6. 36 cubic inches
- 7. 36 cubic centimeters
- 8. 45 cubic feet
- 9. 72 cubes
- 10. 12 cubic centimeters
- 11. 96 cubes
- 12. 90 cubic feet
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