πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Sam packs 1-inch cubes into a box that is 3 inches long, 10 inches wide, and 5 inches tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
2A planter has a bottom with an area of 20 square feet. It is filled with soil 10 feet deep. How many cubic feet of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
3A block of ice is 12 centimeters long, 7 centimeters wide, and 5 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
4The back of a moving truck is 7 meters long, 9 meters wide, and 8 meters tall. How much space is inside, in cubic meters?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
5Aiden stacks 2 layers of 1-inch cubes in a box. Each layer covers 27 square inches. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
6Priya packs 1-inch cubes into a box that is 2 inches long, 4 inches wide, and 10 inches tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
7Leo's toy chest is 5 inches long, 8 inches wide, and 10 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
8Priya's toy chest is 6 inches long, 3 inches wide, and 6 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
9The back of a moving truck is 2 meters long, 2 meters wide, and 11 meters tall. How much space is inside, in cubic meters?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
10A fish tank is 8 inches long, 9 inches wide, and 10 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
11Omar packs 1-inch cubes into a box that is 3 inches long, 3 inches wide, and 9 inches tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
12A fish tank is 6 inches long, 8 inches wide, and 10 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 150 cubes
- 2. 200 cubic feet
- 3. 420 cubic centimeters
- 4. 504 cubic meters
- 5. 54 cubic inches
- 6. 80 cubes
- 7. 400 cubic inches
- 8. 108 cubic inches
- 9. 44 cubic meters
- 10. 720 cubic inches
- 11. 81 cubes
- 12. 480 cubic inches
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