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 9 inches long, 10 inches wide, and 12 inches tall. How many cubic inches of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
2The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 9 square centimeters. The tank is 4 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
3Zoe fills a planter box with soil. The box is 7 inches long, 6 inches wide, and 7 inches tall. How many cubic inches of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
4A sandbox is 2 feet long, 7 feet wide, and 3 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
5A fish tank is 7 centimeters long, 5 centimeters wide, and 12 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
6Leo stacks 3 layers of 1-inch cubes in a box. Each layer covers 20 square inches. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
7The back of a moving truck is 9 meters long, 12 meters wide, and 2 meters tall. How much space is inside, in cubic meters?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
8Priya stacks 5 layers of 1-centimeter cubes in a box. Each layer covers 24 square centimeters. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
9Aiden fills a planter box with soil. The box is 5 inches long, 8 inches wide, and 10 inches tall. How many cubic inches of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
10The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 60 square feet. The tank is 5 feet tall. How many cubic feet of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
11The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 63 square meters. The tank is 5 meters tall. How many cubic meters of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
12The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 56 square feet. The tank is 9 feet tall. How many cubic feet of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 1080 cubic inches
- 2. 36 cubic centimeters
- 3. 294 cubic inches
- 4. 42 cubic feet
- 5. 420 cubic centimeters
- 6. 60 cubic inches
- 7. 216 cubic meters
- 8. 120 cubic centimeters
- 9. 400 cubic inches
- 10. 300 cubic feet
- 11. 315 cubic meters
- 12. 504 cubic feet
Practice this lesson online with games that adjust to your child: agarwalmath.com/math/5th-grade/word-volume