πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A planter has a bottom with an area of 24 square feet. It is filled with soil 2 feet deep. How many cubic feet of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
2A planter has a bottom with an area of 40 square meters. It is filled with soil 2 meters deep. How many cubic meters of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
3Aiden fills a planter box with soil. The box is 5 feet long, 7 feet wide, and 3 feet tall. How many cubic feet of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
4A box has a bottom with an area of 96 square feet and is 4 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
5Maya stacks 8 layers of 1-inch cubes in a box. Each layer covers 108 square inches. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
6Sam's toy chest is 7 inches long, 9 inches wide, and 9 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
7The back of a moving truck is 10 feet long, 9 feet wide, and 7 feet tall. How much space is inside, in cubic feet?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
8Sam stacks 3 layers of 1-inch cubes in a box. Each layer covers 14 square inches. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
9Leo fills a planter box with soil. The box is 7 feet long, 12 feet wide, and 8 feet tall. How many cubic feet of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
10Omar packs 1-inch cubes into a box that is 12 inches long, 5 inches wide, and 4 inches tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
11A block of ice is 8 centimeters long, 5 centimeters wide, and 4 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
12A planter has a bottom with an area of 6 square feet. It is filled with soil 2 feet deep. How many cubic feet of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 48 cubic feet
- 2. 80 cubic meters
- 3. 105 cubic feet
- 4. 384 cubic feet
- 5. 864 cubic inches
- 6. 567 cubic inches
- 7. 630 cubic feet
- 8. 42 cubic inches
- 9. 672 cubic feet
- 10. 240 cubes
- 11. 160 cubic centimeters
- 12. 12 cubic feet
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