πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1The back of a moving truck is 6 meters long, 9 meters wide, and 9 meters tall. How much space is inside, in cubic meters?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
2A sandbox is 7 feet long, 11 feet wide, and 11 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
3Priya packs 1-centimeter cubes into a box that is 5 centimeters long, 11 centimeters wide, and 5 centimeters tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
4The back of a moving truck is 7 feet long, 9 feet wide, and 5 feet tall. How much space is inside, in cubic feet?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
5Priya's toy chest is 5 feet long, 5 feet wide, and 2 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
6A block of ice is 2 centimeters long, 4 centimeters wide, and 12 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
7A box has a bottom with an area of 25 square inches and is 11 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
8A box has a bottom with an area of 21 square inches and is 8 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
9The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 88 square feet. The tank is 8 feet tall. How many cubic feet of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
10Omar stacks 4 layers of 1-inch cubes in a box. Each layer covers 36 square inches. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
11A planter has a bottom with an area of 72 square meters. It is filled with soil 7 meters deep. How many cubic meters of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
12The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 6 square inches. The tank is 8 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 486 cubic meters
- 2. 847 cubic feet
- 3. 275 cubes
- 4. 315 cubic feet
- 5. 50 cubic feet
- 6. 96 cubic centimeters
- 7. 275 cubic inches
- 8. 168 cubic inches
- 9. 704 cubic feet
- 10. 144 cubic inches
- 11. 504 cubic meters
- 12. 48 cubic inches
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