πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A fish tank is 5 inches long, 12 inches wide, and 10 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
2Aiden packs 1-centimeter cubes into a box that is 11 centimeters long, 7 centimeters wide, and 7 centimeters tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
3Maya's toy chest is 10 feet long, 8 feet wide, and 9 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
4A fish tank is 11 inches long, 6 inches wide, and 7 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
5The back of a moving truck is 7 feet long, 7 feet wide, and 11 feet tall. How much space is inside, in cubic feet?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
6A block of ice is 12 centimeters long, 9 centimeters wide, and 2 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
7The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 63 square feet. The tank is 7 feet tall. How many cubic feet of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
8A fish tank is 10 centimeters long, 9 centimeters wide, and 11 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
9A fish tank is 8 inches long, 4 inches wide, and 11 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
10Leo fills a planter box with soil. The box is 9 feet long, 7 feet wide, and 8 feet tall. How many cubic feet of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
11A box has a bottom with an area of 12 square centimeters and is 10 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
12The back of a moving truck is 6 meters long, 8 meters wide, and 5 meters tall. How much space is inside, in cubic meters?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 600 cubic inches
- 2. 539 cubes
- 3. 720 cubic feet
- 4. 462 cubic inches
- 5. 539 cubic feet
- 6. 216 cubic centimeters
- 7. 441 cubic feet
- 8. 990 cubic centimeters
- 9. 352 cubic inches
- 10. 504 cubic feet
- 11. 120 cubic centimeters
- 12. 240 cubic meters
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