πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A block of ice is 4 centimeters long, 2 centimeters wide, and 11 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
2The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 30 square centimeters. The tank is 4 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
3A box has a bottom with an area of 6 square centimeters and is 3 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
4Omar stacks 6 layers of 1-inch cubes in a box. Each layer covers 99 square inches. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
5The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 22 square inches. The tank is 11 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
6A box has a bottom with an area of 42 square meters and is 11 meters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
7Omar stacks 10 layers of 1-centimeter cubes in a box. Each layer covers 60 square centimeters. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
8The back of a moving truck is 9 meters long, 10 meters wide, and 7 meters tall. How much space is inside, in cubic meters?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
9Leo's toy chest is 11 feet long, 7 feet wide, and 5 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
10A planter has a bottom with an area of 36 square feet. It is filled with soil 12 feet deep. How many cubic feet of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
11A sandbox is 3 feet long, 10 feet wide, and 4 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
12Lily stacks 10 layers of 1-centimeter cubes in a box. Each layer covers 80 square centimeters. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 88 cubic centimeters
- 2. 120 cubic centimeters
- 3. 18 cubic centimeters
- 4. 594 cubic inches
- 5. 242 cubic inches
- 6. 462 cubic meters
- 7. 600 cubic centimeters
- 8. 630 cubic meters
- 9. 385 cubic feet
- 10. 432 cubic feet
- 11. 120 cubic feet
- 12. 800 cubic centimeters
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