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 9 feet long, 5 feet wide, and 11 feet tall. How much space is inside, in cubic feet?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
2The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 36 square feet. The tank is 6 feet tall. How many cubic feet of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
3Sam packs 1-inch cubes into a box that is 6 inches long, 6 inches wide, and 8 inches tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
4Maya fills a planter box with soil. The box is 10 feet long, 3 feet wide, and 4 feet tall. How many cubic feet of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
5The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 24 square meters. The tank is 9 meters tall. How many cubic meters of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
6A block of ice is 9 centimeters long, 11 centimeters wide, and 4 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
7The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 16 square feet. The tank is 10 feet tall. How many cubic feet of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
8A sandbox is 6 feet long, 10 feet wide, and 5 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
9A box has a bottom with an area of 42 square meters and is 2 meters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
10Sam packs 1-centimeter cubes into a box that is 4 centimeters long, 6 centimeters wide, and 6 centimeters tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
11A box has a bottom with an area of 54 square inches and is 10 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
12Sam packs 1-centimeter cubes into a box that is 11 centimeters long, 7 centimeters wide, and 9 centimeters tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 495 cubic feet
- 2. 216 cubic feet
- 3. 288 cubes
- 4. 120 cubic feet
- 5. 216 cubic meters
- 6. 396 cubic centimeters
- 7. 160 cubic feet
- 8. 300 cubic feet
- 9. 84 cubic meters
- 10. 144 cubes
- 11. 540 cubic inches
- 12. 693 cubes
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