πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Leo stacks 10 layers of 1-inch cubes in a box. Each layer covers 63 square inches. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
2A box has a bottom with an area of 80 square feet and is 4 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
3A planter has a bottom with an area of 50 square meters. It is filled with soil 2 meters deep. How many cubic meters of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
4The back of a moving truck is 11 feet long, 7 feet wide, and 7 feet tall. How much space is inside, in cubic feet?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
5A fish tank is 10 centimeters long, 6 centimeters wide, and 2 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
6A sandbox is 3 feet long, 11 feet wide, and 3 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
7The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 70 square centimeters. The tank is 8 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
8A block of ice is 6 centimeters long, 7 centimeters wide, and 10 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
9Lily packs 1-inch cubes into a box that is 11 inches long, 7 inches wide, and 8 inches tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
10A box has a bottom with an area of 84 square centimeters and is 12 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
11A box has a bottom with an area of 96 square feet and is 12 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
12A block of ice is 12 centimeters long, 10 centimeters wide, and 8 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 630 cubic inches
- 2. 320 cubic feet
- 3. 100 cubic meters
- 4. 539 cubic feet
- 5. 120 cubic centimeters
- 6. 99 cubic feet
- 7. 560 cubic centimeters
- 8. 420 cubic centimeters
- 9. 616 cubes
- 10. 1008 cubic centimeters
- 11. 1152 cubic feet
- 12. 960 cubic centimeters
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