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 48 square feet. The tank is 4 feet tall. How many cubic feet of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
2The back of a moving truck is 6 feet long, 12 feet wide, and 5 feet tall. How much space is inside, in cubic feet?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
3Omar fills a planter box with soil. The box is 12 feet long, 2 feet wide, and 5 feet tall. How many cubic feet of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
4A block of ice is 11 centimeters long, 2 centimeters wide, and 2 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
5The back of a moving truck is 7 meters long, 12 meters wide, and 4 meters tall. How much space is inside, in cubic meters?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
6A planter has a bottom with an area of 27 square feet. It is filled with soil 10 feet deep. How many cubic feet of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
7The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 20 square feet. The tank is 2 feet tall. How many cubic feet of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
8The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 88 square inches. The tank is 11 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
9Leo packs 1-inch cubes into a box that is 9 inches long, 6 inches wide, and 3 inches tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
10The back of a moving truck is 10 feet long, 6 feet wide, and 12 feet tall. How much space is inside, in cubic feet?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
11A sandbox is 11 feet long, 8 feet wide, and 11 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
12The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 121 square feet. The tank is 11 feet tall. How many cubic feet of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 192 cubic feet
- 2. 360 cubic feet
- 3. 120 cubic feet
- 4. 44 cubic centimeters
- 5. 336 cubic meters
- 6. 270 cubic feet
- 7. 40 cubic feet
- 8. 968 cubic inches
- 9. 162 cubes
- 10. 720 cubic feet
- 11. 968 cubic feet
- 12. 1331 cubic feet
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