πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Aiden fills a planter box with soil. The box is 5 inches long, 2 inches wide, and 9 inches tall. How many cubic inches of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
2A box has a bottom with an area of 42 square centimeters and is 10 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
3Aiden packs 1-inch cubes into a box that is 2 inches long, 3 inches wide, and 2 inches tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
4Omar fills a planter box with soil. The box is 10 inches long, 4 inches wide, and 12 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 5 feet deep. How many cubic feet of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
6The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 14 square centimeters. The tank is 12 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
7Leo's toy chest is 7 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
8The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 24 square feet. The tank is 7 feet tall. How many cubic feet of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
9A box has a bottom with an area of 30 square feet and is 11 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
10The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 108 square inches. The tank is 3 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
11The back of a moving truck is 8 feet long, 5 feet wide, and 5 feet tall. How much space is inside, in cubic feet?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
12The back of a moving truck is 5 meters long, 11 meters wide, and 9 meters tall. How much space is inside, in cubic meters?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 90 cubic inches
- 2. 420 cubic centimeters
- 3. 12 cubes
- 4. 480 cubic inches
- 5. 175 cubic feet
- 6. 168 cubic centimeters
- 7. 112 cubic feet
- 8. 168 cubic feet
- 9. 330 cubic feet
- 10. 324 cubic inches
- 11. 200 cubic feet
- 12. 495 cubic meters
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