πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Aiden's toy chest is 9 feet long, 6 feet wide, and 5 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
2A planter has a bottom with an area of 108 square meters. It is filled with soil 3 meters deep. How many cubic meters of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
3Aiden fills a planter box with soil. The box is 10 feet long, 11 feet wide, and 9 feet tall. How many cubic feet of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
4The back of a moving truck is 5 meters long, 7 meters wide, and 4 meters tall. How much space is inside, in cubic meters?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
5A box has a bottom with an area of 18 square feet and is 11 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
6The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 30 square feet. The tank is 10 feet tall. How many cubic feet of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
7A sandbox is 6 feet long, 12 feet wide, and 7 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
8Maya stacks 8 layers of 1-inch cubes in a box. Each layer covers 27 square inches. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
9A fish tank is 3 centimeters long, 6 centimeters wide, and 4 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
10A box has a bottom with an area of 28 square feet and is 8 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
11Maya packs 1-inch cubes into a box that is 6 inches long, 12 inches wide, and 9 inches tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
12The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 132 square inches. The tank is 10 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 270 cubic feet
- 2. 324 cubic meters
- 3. 990 cubic feet
- 4. 140 cubic meters
- 5. 198 cubic feet
- 6. 300 cubic feet
- 7. 504 cubic feet
- 8. 216 cubic inches
- 9. 72 cubic centimeters
- 10. 224 cubic feet
- 11. 648 cubes
- 12. 1320 cubic inches
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