πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Zoe's toy chest is 7 inches long, 6 inches wide, and 2 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
2The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 44 square meters. The tank is 7 meters tall. How many cubic meters of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
3A sandbox is 10 feet long, 5 feet wide, and 10 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
4The back of a moving truck is 8 feet long, 5 feet wide, and 12 feet tall. How much space is inside, in cubic feet?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
5A fish tank is 12 inches long, 6 inches wide, and 9 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
6A planter has a bottom with an area of 30 square feet. It is filled with soil 12 feet deep. How many cubic feet of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
7Omar stacks 9 layers of 1-centimeter cubes in a box. Each layer covers 64 square centimeters. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
8Sam stacks 9 layers of 1-centimeter cubes in a box. Each layer covers 24 square centimeters. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
9A fish tank is 8 centimeters long, 3 centimeters wide, and 10 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
10The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 64 square feet. The tank is 7 feet tall. How many cubic feet of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
11A fish tank is 7 inches long, 7 inches wide, and 10 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
12Omar packs 1-centimeter cubes into a box that is 12 centimeters long, 8 centimeters wide, and 9 centimeters tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 84 cubic inches
- 2. 308 cubic meters
- 3. 500 cubic feet
- 4. 480 cubic feet
- 5. 648 cubic inches
- 6. 360 cubic feet
- 7. 576 cubic centimeters
- 8. 216 cubic centimeters
- 9. 240 cubic centimeters
- 10. 448 cubic feet
- 11. 490 cubic inches
- 12. 864 cubes
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