πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A block of ice is 8 centimeters long, 8 centimeters wide, and 3 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
2A box has a bottom with an area of 110 square feet and is 9 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
3The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 49 square inches. The tank is 10 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
4A fish tank is 8 centimeters long, 3 centimeters wide, and 5 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
5A planter has a bottom with an area of 24 square feet. It is filled with soil 9 feet deep. How many cubic feet of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
6Omar stacks 6 layers of 1-inch cubes in a box. Each layer covers 63 square inches. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
7The back of a moving truck is 3 meters long, 2 meters wide, and 10 meters tall. How much space is inside, in cubic meters?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
8Priya stacks 10 layers of 1-centimeter cubes in a box. Each layer covers 63 square centimeters. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
9Zoe stacks 4 layers of 1-centimeter cubes in a box. Each layer covers 20 square centimeters. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
10A planter has a bottom with an area of 20 square feet. It is filled with soil 7 feet deep. How many cubic feet of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
11A box has a bottom with an area of 60 square inches and is 6 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
12The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 22 square meters. The tank is 11 meters tall. How many cubic meters of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 192 cubic centimeters
- 2. 990 cubic feet
- 3. 490 cubic inches
- 4. 120 cubic centimeters
- 5. 216 cubic feet
- 6. 378 cubic inches
- 7. 60 cubic meters
- 8. 630 cubic centimeters
- 9. 80 cubic centimeters
- 10. 140 cubic feet
- 11. 360 cubic inches
- 12. 242 cubic meters
Practice this lesson online with games that adjust to your child: agarwalmath.com/math/5th-grade/word-volume