πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Zoe packs 1-inch cubes into a box that is 11 inches long, 12 inches wide, and 8 inches tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
2A box has a bottom with an area of 80 square inches and is 9 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
3The back of a moving truck is 2 feet long, 5 feet wide, and 3 feet tall. How much space is inside, in cubic feet?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
4A box has a bottom with an area of 81 square centimeters and is 9 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
5A box has a bottom with an area of 84 square feet and is 3 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
6Priya stacks 4 layers of 1-centimeter cubes in a box. Each layer covers 56 square centimeters. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
7A planter has a bottom with an area of 80 square feet. It is filled with soil 12 feet deep. How many cubic feet of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
8A fish tank is 4 inches long, 5 inches wide, and 11 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
9A block of ice is 4 centimeters long, 5 centimeters wide, and 11 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
10Leo's toy chest is 12 inches long, 3 inches wide, and 6 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
11Lily fills a planter box with soil. The box is 12 inches long, 10 inches wide, and 5 inches tall. How many cubic inches of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
12The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 108 square centimeters. The tank is 10 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 1056 cubes
- 2. 720 cubic inches
- 3. 30 cubic feet
- 4. 729 cubic centimeters
- 5. 252 cubic feet
- 6. 224 cubic centimeters
- 7. 960 cubic feet
- 8. 220 cubic inches
- 9. 220 cubic centimeters
- 10. 216 cubic inches
- 11. 600 cubic inches
- 12. 1080 cubic centimeters
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