πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Sam's toy chest is 5 feet long, 6 feet wide, and 7 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
2A fish tank is 12 inches long, 7 inches wide, and 12 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
3The back of a moving truck is 9 meters long, 12 meters wide, and 7 meters tall. How much space is inside, in cubic meters?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
4A planter has a bottom with an area of 18 square feet. It is filled with soil 7 feet deep. How many cubic feet of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
5A block of ice is 8 centimeters long, 3 centimeters wide, and 6 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
6Omar packs 1-inch cubes into a box that is 8 inches long, 12 inches wide, and 11 inches tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
7Sam packs 1-centimeter cubes into a box that is 7 centimeters long, 8 centimeters wide, and 2 centimeters tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
8The back of a moving truck is 10 meters long, 5 meters wide, and 7 meters tall. How much space is inside, in cubic meters?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
9A sandbox is 12 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 9 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
10Aiden stacks 7 layers of 1-centimeter cubes in a box. Each layer covers 12 square centimeters. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
11A block of ice is 2 centimeters long, 11 centimeters wide, and 8 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
12A sandbox is 9 feet long, 10 feet wide, and 5 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 210 cubic feet
- 2. 1008 cubic inches
- 3. 756 cubic meters
- 4. 126 cubic feet
- 5. 144 cubic centimeters
- 6. 1056 cubes
- 7. 112 cubes
- 8. 350 cubic meters
- 9. 432 cubic feet
- 10. 84 cubic centimeters
- 11. 176 cubic centimeters
- 12. 450 cubic feet
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