πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A sandbox is 11 feet long, 8 feet wide, and 9 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
2The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 84 square inches. The tank is 12 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
3Maya packs 1-inch cubes into a box that is 5 inches long, 4 inches wide, and 5 inches tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
4A block of ice is 5 centimeters long, 2 centimeters wide, and 3 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
5Leo fills a planter box with soil. The box is 2 inches long, 2 inches wide, and 8 inches tall. How many cubic inches of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
6The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 24 square meters. The tank is 4 meters tall. How many cubic meters of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
7A box has a bottom with an area of 9 square inches and is 5 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
8The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 33 square inches. The tank is 3 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
9A box has a bottom with an area of 33 square centimeters and is 5 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
10A box has a bottom with an area of 12 square centimeters and is 6 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
11Leo stacks 7 layers of 1-centimeter cubes in a box. Each layer covers 24 square centimeters. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
12Leo's toy chest is 5 feet long, 2 feet wide, and 6 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 792 cubic feet
- 2. 1008 cubic inches
- 3. 100 cubes
- 4. 30 cubic centimeters
- 5. 32 cubic inches
- 6. 96 cubic meters
- 7. 45 cubic inches
- 8. 99 cubic inches
- 9. 165 cubic centimeters
- 10. 72 cubic centimeters
- 11. 168 cubic centimeters
- 12. 60 cubic feet
Practice this lesson online with games that adjust to your child: agarwalmath.com/math/5th-grade/word-volume