πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A sandbox is 10 feet long, 11 feet wide, and 2 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
2The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 70 square feet. The tank is 11 feet tall. How many cubic feet of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
3A sandbox is 5 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 12 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
4Zoe packs 1-centimeter cubes into a box that is 3 centimeters long, 6 centimeters wide, and 7 centimeters tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
5A planter has a bottom with an area of 27 square feet. It is filled with soil 4 feet deep. How many cubic feet of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
6A block of ice is 5 centimeters long, 11 centimeters wide, and 5 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
7Sam packs 1-inch cubes into a box that is 10 inches long, 9 inches wide, and 11 inches tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
8A planter has a bottom with an area of 60 square feet. It is filled with soil 4 feet deep. How many cubic feet of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
9Priya stacks 12 layers of 1-centimeter cubes in a box. Each layer covers 55 square centimeters. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
10Zoe stacks 5 layers of 1-centimeter cubes in a box. Each layer covers 28 square centimeters. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
11The back of a moving truck is 4 feet long, 12 feet wide, and 7 feet tall. How much space is inside, in cubic feet?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
12Omar stacks 6 layers of 1-centimeter cubes in a box. Each layer covers 54 square centimeters. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 220 cubic feet
- 2. 770 cubic feet
- 3. 240 cubic feet
- 4. 126 cubes
- 5. 108 cubic feet
- 6. 275 cubic centimeters
- 7. 990 cubes
- 8. 240 cubic feet
- 9. 660 cubic centimeters
- 10. 140 cubic centimeters
- 11. 336 cubic feet
- 12. 324 cubic centimeters
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