πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Aiden packs 1-centimeter cubes into a box that is 12 centimeters long, 5 centimeters wide, and 7 centimeters tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
2A planter has a bottom with an area of 33 square meters. It is filled with soil 9 meters deep. How many cubic meters of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
3The back of a moving truck is 9 feet long, 11 feet wide, and 5 feet tall. How much space is inside, in cubic feet?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
4A fish tank is 6 inches long, 11 inches wide, and 12 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
5A box has a bottom with an area of 15 square feet and is 10 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
6A sandbox is 3 feet long, 6 feet wide, and 2 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
7A box has a bottom with an area of 144 square feet and is 8 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
8A box has a bottom with an area of 30 square inches and is 11 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
9Maya packs 1-centimeter cubes into a box that is 9 centimeters long, 7 centimeters wide, and 6 centimeters tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
10A block of ice is 10 centimeters long, 4 centimeters wide, and 6 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
11Omar fills a planter box with soil. The box is 6 feet long, 9 feet wide, and 11 feet tall. How many cubic feet of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
12Omar packs 1-centimeter cubes into a box that is 3 centimeters long, 9 centimeters wide, and 4 centimeters tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 420 cubes
- 2. 297 cubic meters
- 3. 495 cubic feet
- 4. 792 cubic inches
- 5. 150 cubic feet
- 6. 36 cubic feet
- 7. 1152 cubic feet
- 8. 330 cubic inches
- 9. 378 cubes
- 10. 240 cubic centimeters
- 11. 594 cubic feet
- 12. 108 cubes
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