πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 42 square feet. The tank is 6 feet tall. How many cubic feet of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
2A planter has a bottom with an area of 28 square feet. It is filled with soil 8 feet deep. How many cubic feet of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
3A box has a bottom with an area of 22 square inches and is 4 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
4A sandbox is 9 feet long, 12 feet wide, and 3 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
5Leo packs 1-centimeter cubes into a box that is 9 centimeters long, 12 centimeters wide, and 3 centimeters tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
6A block of ice is 3 centimeters long, 3 centimeters wide, and 10 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
7A sandbox is 9 feet long, 8 feet wide, and 12 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
8Aiden fills a planter box with soil. The box is 5 feet long, 6 feet wide, and 9 feet tall. How many cubic feet of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
9The back of a moving truck is 6 feet long, 5 feet wide, and 10 feet tall. How much space is inside, in cubic feet?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
10The back of a moving truck is 10 meters long, 5 meters wide, and 2 meters tall. How much space is inside, in cubic meters?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
11A planter has a bottom with an area of 32 square feet. It is filled with soil 4 feet deep. How many cubic feet of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
12A planter has a bottom with an area of 48 square feet. It is filled with soil 10 feet deep. How many cubic feet of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 252 cubic feet
- 2. 224 cubic feet
- 3. 88 cubic inches
- 4. 324 cubic feet
- 5. 324 cubes
- 6. 90 cubic centimeters
- 7. 864 cubic feet
- 8. 270 cubic feet
- 9. 300 cubic feet
- 10. 100 cubic meters
- 11. 128 cubic feet
- 12. 480 cubic feet
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