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 56 square inches. The tank is 5 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
2A planter has a bottom with an area of 50 square feet. It is filled with soil 7 feet deep. How many cubic feet of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
3A block of ice is 6 centimeters long, 5 centimeters wide, and 7 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
4A planter has a bottom with an area of 27 square feet. It is filled with soil 6 feet deep. How many cubic feet of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
5A box has a bottom with an area of 40 square feet and is 5 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
6Lily's toy chest is 4 feet long, 5 feet wide, and 7 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
7Sam's toy chest is 11 inches long, 10 inches wide, and 5 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
8The back of a moving truck is 4 meters long, 5 meters wide, and 10 meters tall. How much space is inside, in cubic meters?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
9The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 32 square inches. The tank is 3 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
10Lily's toy chest is 5 inches long, 6 inches wide, and 7 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
11Omar fills a planter box with soil. The box is 4 inches long, 5 inches wide, and 10 inches tall. How many cubic inches of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
12Aiden fills a planter box with soil. The box is 3 inches long, 9 inches wide, and 9 inches tall. How many cubic inches of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 280 cubic inches
- 2. 350 cubic feet
- 3. 210 cubic centimeters
- 4. 162 cubic feet
- 5. 200 cubic feet
- 6. 140 cubic feet
- 7. 550 cubic inches
- 8. 200 cubic meters
- 9. 96 cubic inches
- 10. 210 cubic inches
- 11. 200 cubic inches
- 12. 243 cubic inches
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