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 32 square centimeters and is 11 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
2The back of a moving truck is 5 meters long, 11 meters wide, and 6 meters tall. How much space is inside, in cubic meters?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
3A planter has a bottom with an area of 24 square feet. It is filled with soil 3 feet deep. How many cubic feet of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
4Priya packs 1-inch cubes into a box that is 12 inches long, 2 inches wide, and 6 inches tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
5Maya's toy chest is 12 inches long, 2 inches wide, and 12 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
6A sandbox is 12 feet long, 11 feet wide, and 4 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
7A fish tank is 9 centimeters long, 2 centimeters wide, and 10 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
8A box has a bottom with an area of 49 square centimeters and is 2 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
9Priya stacks 4 layers of 1-inch cubes in a box. Each layer covers 60 square inches. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
10A block of ice is 11 centimeters long, 8 centimeters wide, and 2 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
11The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 8 square centimeters. The tank is 6 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
12Maya's toy chest is 9 feet long, 10 feet wide, and 7 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 352 cubic centimeters
- 2. 330 cubic meters
- 3. 72 cubic feet
- 4. 144 cubes
- 5. 288 cubic inches
- 6. 528 cubic feet
- 7. 180 cubic centimeters
- 8. 98 cubic centimeters
- 9. 240 cubic inches
- 10. 176 cubic centimeters
- 11. 48 cubic centimeters
- 12. 630 cubic feet
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