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 54 square centimeters and is 11 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
2A sandbox is 11 feet long, 8 feet wide, and 7 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
3Omar stacks 3 layers of 1-centimeter cubes in a box. Each layer covers 30 square centimeters. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
4A planter has a bottom with an area of 54 square feet. It is filled with soil 12 feet deep. How many cubic feet of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
5A block of ice is 5 centimeters long, 9 centimeters wide, and 6 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
6A planter has a bottom with an area of 21 square feet. It is filled with soil 9 feet deep. How many cubic feet of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
7Omar's toy chest is 9 feet long, 8 feet wide, and 12 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
8Priya packs 1-centimeter cubes into a box that is 11 centimeters long, 3 centimeters wide, and 9 centimeters tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
9Sam packs 1-inch cubes into a box that is 2 inches long, 12 inches wide, and 7 inches tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
10The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 40 square meters. The tank is 9 meters tall. How many cubic meters of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
11The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 66 square centimeters. The tank is 9 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
12A box has a bottom with an area of 66 square centimeters and is 12 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 594 cubic centimeters
- 2. 616 cubic feet
- 3. 90 cubic centimeters
- 4. 648 cubic feet
- 5. 270 cubic centimeters
- 6. 189 cubic feet
- 7. 864 cubic feet
- 8. 297 cubes
- 9. 168 cubes
- 10. 360 cubic meters
- 11. 594 cubic centimeters
- 12. 792 cubic centimeters
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