πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A box has a bottom with an area of 40 square centimeters and is 11 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
2Maya's toy chest is 8 feet long, 8 feet wide, and 9 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
3The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 45 square meters. The tank is 8 meters tall. How many cubic meters of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
4A planter has a bottom with an area of 27 square feet. It is filled with soil 9 feet deep. How many cubic feet of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
5The back of a moving truck is 11 meters long, 10 meters wide, and 4 meters tall. How much space is inside, in cubic meters?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
6The back of a moving truck is 8 feet long, 5 feet wide, and 7 feet tall. How much space is inside, in cubic feet?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
7A box has a bottom with an area of 40 square inches and is 7 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
8A block of ice is 5 centimeters long, 11 centimeters wide, and 4 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
9Lily stacks 3 layers of 1-centimeter cubes in a box. Each layer covers 44 square centimeters. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
10Priya stacks 2 layers of 1-centimeter cubes in a box. Each layer covers 32 square centimeters. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
11A box has a bottom with an area of 15 square centimeters and is 7 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
12A planter has a bottom with an area of 30 square meters. It is filled with soil 11 meters deep. How many cubic meters of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 440 cubic centimeters
- 2. 576 cubic feet
- 3. 360 cubic meters
- 4. 243 cubic feet
- 5. 440 cubic meters
- 6. 280 cubic feet
- 7. 280 cubic inches
- 8. 220 cubic centimeters
- 9. 132 cubic centimeters
- 10. 64 cubic centimeters
- 11. 105 cubic centimeters
- 12. 330 cubic meters
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