πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A block of ice is 5 centimeters long, 3 centimeters wide, and 5 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
2Leo packs 1-centimeter cubes into a box that is 2 centimeters long, 5 centimeters wide, and 4 centimeters tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
3The back of a moving truck is 5 meters long, 3 meters wide, and 5 meters tall. How much space is inside, in cubic meters?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
4The back of a moving truck is 2 feet long, 6 feet wide, and 6 feet tall. How much space is inside, in cubic feet?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
5The back of a moving truck is 4 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 2 feet tall. How much space is inside, in cubic feet?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
6A fish tank is 4 centimeters long, 3 centimeters wide, and 3 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
7A sandbox is 3 feet long, 2 feet wide, and 3 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
8A block of ice is 6 centimeters long, 4 centimeters wide, and 3 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
9A fish tank is 2 inches long, 3 inches wide, and 2 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
10Aiden packs 1-centimeter cubes into a box that is 6 centimeters long, 6 centimeters wide, and 3 centimeters tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
11Omar's toy chest is 3 feet long, 2 feet wide, and 4 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
12Sam's toy chest is 4 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 6 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 75 cubic centimeters
- 2. 40 cubes
- 3. 75 cubic meters
- 4. 72 cubic feet
- 5. 32 cubic feet
- 6. 36 cubic centimeters
- 7. 18 cubic feet
- 8. 72 cubic centimeters
- 9. 12 cubic inches
- 10. 108 cubes
- 11. 24 cubic feet
- 12. 96 cubic feet
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