πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Lily fills a planter box with soil. The box is 8 feet long, 7 feet wide, and 10 feet tall. How many cubic feet of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
2Aiden packs 1-inch cubes into a box that is 9 inches long, 5 inches wide, and 10 inches tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
3A box has a bottom with an area of 54 square inches and is 9 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
4A box has a bottom with an area of 48 square centimeters and is 7 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
5The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 42 square centimeters. The tank is 10 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
6A fish tank is 11 centimeters long, 9 centimeters wide, and 5 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
7A block of ice is 8 centimeters long, 11 centimeters wide, and 8 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
8A box has a bottom with an area of 24 square inches and is 11 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
9A fish tank is 8 inches long, 12 inches wide, and 12 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
10A block of ice is 12 centimeters long, 10 centimeters wide, and 3 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
11The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 22 square inches. The tank is 8 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
12A sandbox is 6 feet long, 5 feet wide, and 12 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 560 cubic feet
- 2. 450 cubes
- 3. 486 cubic inches
- 4. 336 cubic centimeters
- 5. 420 cubic centimeters
- 6. 495 cubic centimeters
- 7. 704 cubic centimeters
- 8. 264 cubic inches
- 9. 1152 cubic inches
- 10. 360 cubic centimeters
- 11. 176 cubic inches
- 12. 360 cubic feet
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