πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Zoe fills a planter box with soil. The box is 8 inches long, 7 inches wide, and 5 inches tall. How many cubic inches of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
2The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 132 square feet. The tank is 5 feet tall. How many cubic feet of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
3A block of ice is 5 centimeters long, 2 centimeters wide, and 11 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
4The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 9 square feet. The tank is 8 feet tall. How many cubic feet of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
5The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 132 square inches. The tank is 8 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
6Leo fills a planter box with soil. The box is 4 inches long, 6 inches wide, and 2 inches tall. How many cubic inches of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
7The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 18 square inches. The tank is 9 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
8A planter has a bottom with an area of 72 square feet. It is filled with soil 11 feet deep. How many cubic feet of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
9A fish tank is 10 inches long, 4 inches wide, and 5 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
10The back of a moving truck is 12 meters long, 5 meters wide, and 7 meters tall. How much space is inside, in cubic meters?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
11A box has a bottom with an area of 16 square centimeters and is 11 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
12A sandbox is 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 10 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 280 cubic inches
- 2. 660 cubic feet
- 3. 110 cubic centimeters
- 4. 72 cubic feet
- 5. 1056 cubic inches
- 6. 48 cubic inches
- 7. 162 cubic inches
- 8. 792 cubic feet
- 9. 200 cubic inches
- 10. 420 cubic meters
- 11. 176 cubic centimeters
- 12. 320 cubic feet
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