πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Leo's toy chest is 3 inches long, 2 inches wide, and 2 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
2The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 28 square feet. The tank is 3 feet tall. How many cubic feet of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
3The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 28 square feet. The tank is 5 feet tall. How many cubic feet of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
4Omar stacks 4 layers of 1-centimeter cubes in a box. Each layer covers 33 square centimeters. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
5Zoe stacks 10 layers of 1-inch cubes in a box. Each layer covers 12 square inches. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
6The back of a moving truck is 8 meters long, 11 meters wide, and 10 meters tall. How much space is inside, in cubic meters?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
7The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 20 square feet. The tank is 10 feet tall. How many cubic feet of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
8A box has a bottom with an area of 64 square centimeters and is 7 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
9A sandbox is 4 feet long, 6 feet wide, and 3 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
10Maya stacks 5 layers of 1-centimeter cubes in a box. Each layer covers 44 square centimeters. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
11Sam fills a planter box with soil. The box is 3 feet long, 3 feet wide, and 4 feet tall. How many cubic feet of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
12The back of a moving truck is 12 feet long, 10 feet wide, and 12 feet tall. How much space is inside, in cubic feet?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 12 cubic inches
- 2. 84 cubic feet
- 3. 140 cubic feet
- 4. 132 cubic centimeters
- 5. 120 cubic inches
- 6. 880 cubic meters
- 7. 200 cubic feet
- 8. 448 cubic centimeters
- 9. 72 cubic feet
- 10. 220 cubic centimeters
- 11. 36 cubic feet
- 12. 1440 cubic feet
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