πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A planter has a bottom with an area of 36 square feet. It is filled with soil 6 feet deep. How many cubic feet of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
2A sandbox is 12 feet long, 2 feet wide, and 5 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
3A fish tank is 8 centimeters long, 3 centimeters wide, and 2 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
4Leo stacks 10 layers of 1-centimeter cubes in a box. Each layer covers 20 square centimeters. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
5The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 90 square centimeters. The tank is 8 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
6A box has a bottom with an area of 45 square inches and is 10 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
7A block of ice is 5 centimeters long, 5 centimeters wide, and 2 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
8A fish tank is 5 inches long, 9 inches wide, and 9 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
9The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 88 square feet. The tank is 3 feet tall. How many cubic feet of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
10A block of ice is 10 centimeters long, 4 centimeters wide, and 10 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
11Lily fills a planter box with soil. The box is 3 feet long, 10 feet wide, and 9 feet tall. How many cubic feet of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
12Aiden fills a planter box with soil. The box is 8 feet long, 2 feet wide, and 7 feet tall. How many cubic feet of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 216 cubic feet
- 2. 120 cubic feet
- 3. 48 cubic centimeters
- 4. 200 cubic centimeters
- 5. 720 cubic centimeters
- 6. 450 cubic inches
- 7. 50 cubic centimeters
- 8. 405 cubic inches
- 9. 264 cubic feet
- 10. 400 cubic centimeters
- 11. 270 cubic feet
- 12. 112 cubic feet
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