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 45 square centimeters and is 6 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
2A fish tank is 5 inches long, 10 inches wide, and 7 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
3A box has a bottom with an area of 12 square feet and is 4 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
4The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 10 square inches. The tank is 10 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
5A sandbox is 12 feet long, 8 feet wide, and 9 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
6The back of a moving truck is 8 meters long, 10 meters wide, and 7 meters tall. How much space is inside, in cubic meters?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
7Aiden fills a planter box with soil. The box is 4 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 11 feet tall. How many cubic feet of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
8The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 110 square feet. The tank is 4 feet tall. How many cubic feet of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
9Zoe packs 1-centimeter cubes into a box that is 12 centimeters long, 11 centimeters wide, and 6 centimeters tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
10Maya fills a planter box with soil. The box is 5 inches long, 4 inches wide, and 6 inches tall. How many cubic inches of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
11A block of ice is 12 centimeters long, 11 centimeters wide, and 8 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
12A sandbox is 7 feet long, 9 feet wide, and 6 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 270 cubic centimeters
- 2. 350 cubic inches
- 3. 48 cubic feet
- 4. 100 cubic inches
- 5. 864 cubic feet
- 6. 560 cubic meters
- 7. 176 cubic feet
- 8. 440 cubic feet
- 9. 792 cubes
- 10. 120 cubic inches
- 11. 1056 cubic centimeters
- 12. 378 cubic feet
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