πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Leo packs 1-inch cubes into a box that is 10 inches long, 6 inches wide, and 4 inches tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
2The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 9 square centimeters. The tank is 4 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
3Lily's toy chest is 6 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 9 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
4The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 36 square meters. The tank is 10 meters tall. How many cubic meters of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
5A block of ice is 5 centimeters long, 9 centimeters wide, and 8 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
6Leo stacks 8 layers of 1-inch cubes in a box. Each layer covers 16 square inches. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
7The back of a moving truck is 9 meters long, 7 meters wide, and 7 meters tall. How much space is inside, in cubic meters?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
8Priya stacks 5 layers of 1-inch cubes in a box. Each layer covers 24 square inches. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
9A box has a bottom with an area of 64 square inches and is 2 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
10Sam packs 1-centimeter cubes into a box that is 7 centimeters long, 6 centimeters wide, and 4 centimeters tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
11The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 96 square feet. The tank is 9 feet tall. How many cubic feet of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
12A box has a bottom with an area of 42 square centimeters and is 2 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 240 cubes
- 2. 36 cubic centimeters
- 3. 216 cubic feet
- 4. 360 cubic meters
- 5. 360 cubic centimeters
- 6. 128 cubic inches
- 7. 441 cubic meters
- 8. 120 cubic inches
- 9. 128 cubic inches
- 10. 168 cubes
- 11. 864 cubic feet
- 12. 84 cubic centimeters
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