πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Omar fills a planter box with soil. The box is 11 feet long, 2 feet wide, and 4 feet tall. How many cubic feet of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
2The back of a moving truck is 3 meters long, 5 meters wide, and 6 meters tall. How much space is inside, in cubic meters?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
3Maya's toy chest is 11 inches long, 11 inches wide, and 4 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
4Lily fills a planter box with soil. The box is 10 inches long, 5 inches wide, and 2 inches tall. How many cubic inches of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
5The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 49 square feet. The tank is 10 feet tall. How many cubic feet of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
6The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 36 square feet. The tank is 10 feet tall. How many cubic feet of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
7Omar stacks 11 layers of 1-centimeter cubes in a box. Each layer covers 88 square centimeters. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
8A box has a bottom with an area of 20 square centimeters and is 7 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
9The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 40 square centimeters. The tank is 9 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
10A box has a bottom with an area of 120 square feet and is 9 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
11A fish tank is 5 centimeters long, 2 centimeters wide, and 11 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
12The back of a moving truck is 6 feet long, 5 feet wide, and 8 feet tall. How much space is inside, in cubic feet?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 88 cubic feet
- 2. 90 cubic meters
- 3. 484 cubic inches
- 4. 100 cubic inches
- 5. 490 cubic feet
- 6. 360 cubic feet
- 7. 968 cubic centimeters
- 8. 140 cubic centimeters
- 9. 360 cubic centimeters
- 10. 1080 cubic feet
- 11. 110 cubic centimeters
- 12. 240 cubic feet
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