πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Lily stacks 12 layers of 1-centimeter cubes in a box. Each layer covers 20 square centimeters. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
2A block of ice is 9 centimeters long, 12 centimeters wide, and 3 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
3The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 70 square inches. The tank is 2 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
4Aiden stacks 10 layers of 1-inch cubes in a box. Each layer covers 90 square inches. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
5A box has a bottom with an area of 66 square inches and is 6 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
6A box has a bottom with an area of 56 square feet and is 7 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
7A box has a bottom with an area of 60 square feet and is 9 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
8Aiden's toy chest is 9 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 10 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
9A sandbox is 11 feet long, 8 feet wide, and 2 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
10Lily stacks 3 layers of 1-centimeter cubes in a box. Each layer covers 30 square centimeters. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
11Maya fills a planter box with soil. The box is 8 feet long, 8 feet wide, and 2 feet tall. How many cubic feet of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
12Zoe's toy chest is 3 feet long, 9 feet wide, and 5 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 240 cubic centimeters
- 2. 324 cubic centimeters
- 3. 140 cubic inches
- 4. 900 cubic inches
- 5. 396 cubic inches
- 6. 392 cubic feet
- 7. 540 cubic feet
- 8. 360 cubic feet
- 9. 176 cubic feet
- 10. 90 cubic centimeters
- 11. 128 cubic feet
- 12. 135 cubic feet
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