πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A box has a bottom with an area of 16 square centimeters and is 9 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
2Priya packs 1-inch cubes into a box that is 4 inches long, 4 inches wide, and 9 inches tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
3Lily stacks 9 layers of 1-centimeter cubes in a box. Each layer covers 84 square centimeters. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
4A box has a bottom with an area of 63 square inches and is 5 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
5A fish tank is 7 centimeters long, 9 centimeters wide, and 3 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
6Sam fills a planter box with soil. The box is 5 feet long, 7 feet wide, and 6 feet tall. How many cubic feet of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
7A sandbox is 3 feet long, 10 feet wide, and 6 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
8Priya packs 1-inch cubes into a box that is 9 inches long, 10 inches wide, and 10 inches tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
9A planter has a bottom with an area of 30 square meters. It is filled with soil 6 meters deep. How many cubic meters of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
10A fish tank is 6 centimeters long, 7 centimeters wide, and 10 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
11A fish tank is 2 centimeters long, 6 centimeters wide, and 7 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
12Sam's toy chest is 11 feet long, 2 feet wide, and 4 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 144 cubic centimeters
- 2. 144 cubes
- 3. 756 cubic centimeters
- 4. 315 cubic inches
- 5. 189 cubic centimeters
- 6. 210 cubic feet
- 7. 180 cubic feet
- 8. 900 cubes
- 9. 180 cubic meters
- 10. 420 cubic centimeters
- 11. 84 cubic centimeters
- 12. 88 cubic feet
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