πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Leo stacks 9 layers of 1-centimeter cubes in a box. Each layer covers 90 square centimeters. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
2Lily fills a planter box with soil. The box is 11 feet long, 2 feet wide, and 5 feet tall. How many cubic feet of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
3Omar packs 1-inch cubes into a box that is 6 inches long, 7 inches wide, and 6 inches tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
4The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 50 square centimeters. The tank is 8 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
5A block of ice is 11 centimeters long, 8 centimeters wide, and 4 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
6Maya stacks 7 layers of 1-centimeter cubes in a box. Each layer covers 32 square centimeters. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
7The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 35 square centimeters. The tank is 5 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
8Lily's toy chest is 7 feet long, 6 feet wide, and 9 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
9A box has a bottom with an area of 44 square centimeters and is 3 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
10Lily's toy chest is 9 feet long, 12 feet wide, and 8 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
11The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 33 square centimeters. The tank is 10 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
12Maya stacks 7 layers of 1-centimeter cubes in a box. Each layer covers 15 square centimeters. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 810 cubic centimeters
- 2. 110 cubic feet
- 3. 252 cubes
- 4. 400 cubic centimeters
- 5. 352 cubic centimeters
- 6. 224 cubic centimeters
- 7. 175 cubic centimeters
- 8. 378 cubic feet
- 9. 132 cubic centimeters
- 10. 864 cubic feet
- 11. 330 cubic centimeters
- 12. 105 cubic centimeters
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