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, 3 centimeters wide, and 4 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
2A block of ice is 10 centimeters long, 4 centimeters wide, and 4 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
3A planter has a bottom with an area of 132 square feet. It is filled with soil 2 feet deep. How many cubic feet of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
4A planter has a bottom with an area of 144 square meters. It is filled with soil 9 meters deep. How many cubic meters of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
5The back of a moving truck is 3 feet long, 10 feet wide, and 9 feet tall. How much space is inside, in cubic feet?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
6The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 42 square feet. The tank is 12 feet tall. How many cubic feet of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
7The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 50 square feet. The tank is 4 feet tall. How many cubic feet of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
8The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 121 square feet. The tank is 6 feet tall. How many cubic feet of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
9A fish tank is 3 inches long, 6 inches wide, and 8 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
10The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 16 square inches. The tank is 11 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
11Sam stacks 9 layers of 1-centimeter cubes in a box. Each layer covers 35 square centimeters. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
12The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 63 square centimeters. The tank is 4 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 96 cubic centimeters
- 2. 160 cubic centimeters
- 3. 264 cubic feet
- 4. 1296 cubic meters
- 5. 270 cubic feet
- 6. 504 cubic feet
- 7. 200 cubic feet
- 8. 726 cubic feet
- 9. 144 cubic inches
- 10. 176 cubic inches
- 11. 315 cubic centimeters
- 12. 252 cubic centimeters
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