πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Leo packs 1-centimeter cubes into a box that is 6 centimeters long, 6 centimeters wide, and 7 centimeters tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
2Zoe fills a planter box with soil. The box is 5 inches long, 5 inches wide, and 6 inches tall. How many cubic inches of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
3A sandbox is 12 feet long, 5 feet wide, and 6 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
4A planter has a bottom with an area of 24 square feet. It is filled with soil 9 feet deep. How many cubic feet of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
5Omar packs 1-centimeter cubes into a box that is 9 centimeters long, 4 centimeters wide, and 8 centimeters tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
6A fish tank is 11 inches long, 2 inches wide, and 12 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
7Priya's toy chest is 6 inches long, 4 inches wide, and 12 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
8A box has a bottom with an area of 121 square feet and is 2 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
9The back of a moving truck is 4 meters long, 7 meters wide, and 12 meters tall. How much space is inside, in cubic meters?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
10Aiden stacks 10 layers of 1-inch cubes in a box. Each layer covers 20 square inches. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
11Priya's toy chest is 6 inches long, 3 inches wide, and 10 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
12The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 36 square feet. The tank is 8 feet tall. How many cubic feet of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 252 cubes
- 2. 150 cubic inches
- 3. 360 cubic feet
- 4. 216 cubic feet
- 5. 288 cubes
- 6. 264 cubic inches
- 7. 288 cubic inches
- 8. 242 cubic feet
- 9. 336 cubic meters
- 10. 200 cubic inches
- 11. 180 cubic inches
- 12. 288 cubic feet
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