πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A planter has a bottom with an area of 24 square feet. It is filled with soil 10 feet deep. How many cubic feet of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
2The back of a moving truck is 7 meters long, 12 meters wide, and 7 meters tall. How much space is inside, in cubic meters?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
3A planter has a bottom with an area of 99 square feet. It is filled with soil 5 feet deep. How many cubic feet of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
4Sam stacks 7 layers of 1-inch cubes in a box. Each layer covers 24 square inches. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
5The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 54 square inches. The tank is 11 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
6The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 30 square inches. The tank is 6 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
7A box has a bottom with an area of 55 square inches and is 3 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
8Sam's toy chest is 7 feet long, 3 feet wide, and 11 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
9The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 60 square feet. The tank is 5 feet tall. How many cubic feet of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
10A planter has a bottom with an area of 120 square meters. It is filled with soil 6 meters deep. How many cubic meters of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
11A box has a bottom with an area of 144 square centimeters and is 9 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
12A block of ice is 10 centimeters long, 3 centimeters wide, and 9 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 240 cubic feet
- 2. 588 cubic meters
- 3. 495 cubic feet
- 4. 168 cubic inches
- 5. 594 cubic inches
- 6. 180 cubic inches
- 7. 165 cubic inches
- 8. 231 cubic feet
- 9. 300 cubic feet
- 10. 720 cubic meters
- 11. 1296 cubic centimeters
- 12. 270 cubic centimeters
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