πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Lily stacks 3 layers of 1-inch cubes in a box. Each layer covers 45 square inches. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
2A planter has a bottom with an area of 120 square feet. It is filled with soil 9 feet deep. How many cubic feet of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
3Aiden's toy chest is 12 inches long, 9 inches wide, and 5 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
4Lily's toy chest is 9 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 12 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
5A fish tank is 7 inches long, 10 inches wide, and 5 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
6The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 16 square feet. The tank is 11 feet tall. How many cubic feet of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
7A block of ice is 2 centimeters long, 10 centimeters wide, and 11 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
8A box has a bottom with an area of 49 square centimeters and is 6 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
9A box has a bottom with an area of 21 square inches and is 12 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
10Omar fills a planter box with soil. The box is 11 inches long, 2 inches wide, and 3 inches tall. How many cubic inches of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
11A box has a bottom with an area of 66 square feet and is 12 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
12A planter has a bottom with an area of 60 square feet. It is filled with soil 9 feet deep. How many cubic feet of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 135 cubic inches
- 2. 1080 cubic feet
- 3. 540 cubic inches
- 4. 432 cubic feet
- 5. 350 cubic inches
- 6. 176 cubic feet
- 7. 220 cubic centimeters
- 8. 294 cubic centimeters
- 9. 252 cubic inches
- 10. 66 cubic inches
- 11. 792 cubic feet
- 12. 540 cubic feet
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