πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Aiden stacks 12 layers of 1-centimeter cubes in a box. Each layer covers 36 square centimeters. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
2A sandbox is 10 feet long, 12 feet wide, and 5 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
3Priya packs 1-inch cubes into a box that is 10 inches long, 6 inches wide, and 9 inches tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
4Sam's toy chest is 10 inches long, 9 inches wide, and 11 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
5Maya stacks 10 layers of 1-inch cubes in a box. Each layer covers 18 square inches. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
6The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 10 square feet. The tank is 3 feet tall. How many cubic feet of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
7A sandbox is 3 feet long, 6 feet wide, and 9 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
8A box has a bottom with an area of 54 square inches and is 12 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
9The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 84 square feet. The tank is 8 feet tall. How many cubic feet of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
10A box has a bottom with an area of 16 square feet and is 4 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
11The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 44 square feet. The tank is 11 feet tall. How many cubic feet of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
12The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 54 square centimeters. The tank is 2 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 432 cubic centimeters
- 2. 600 cubic feet
- 3. 540 cubes
- 4. 990 cubic inches
- 5. 180 cubic inches
- 6. 30 cubic feet
- 7. 162 cubic feet
- 8. 648 cubic inches
- 9. 672 cubic feet
- 10. 64 cubic feet
- 11. 484 cubic feet
- 12. 108 cubic centimeters
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