πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A box has a bottom with an area of 14 square inches and is 7 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
2The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 144 square centimeters. The tank is 11 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
3Lily packs 1-centimeter cubes into a box that is 3 centimeters long, 8 centimeters wide, and 3 centimeters tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
4Leo fills a planter box with soil. The box is 3 inches long, 5 inches wide, and 3 inches tall. How many cubic inches of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
5A planter has a bottom with an area of 35 square feet. It is filled with soil 12 feet deep. How many cubic feet of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
6Zoe's toy chest is 5 inches long, 5 inches wide, and 11 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
7A box has a bottom with an area of 12 square inches and is 4 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
8Aiden fills a planter box with soil. The box is 3 feet long, 11 feet wide, and 4 feet tall. How many cubic feet of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
9A block of ice is 9 centimeters long, 9 centimeters wide, and 7 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
10A box has a bottom with an area of 24 square inches and is 4 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
11Aiden's toy chest is 3 feet long, 7 feet wide, and 9 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
12A fish tank is 11 centimeters long, 3 centimeters wide, and 8 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 98 cubic inches
- 2. 1584 cubic centimeters
- 3. 72 cubes
- 4. 45 cubic inches
- 5. 420 cubic feet
- 6. 275 cubic inches
- 7. 48 cubic inches
- 8. 132 cubic feet
- 9. 567 cubic centimeters
- 10. 96 cubic inches
- 11. 189 cubic feet
- 12. 264 cubic centimeters
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