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 84 square meters and is 2 meters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
2A box has a bottom with an area of 48 square feet and is 4 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
3The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 8 square inches. The tank is 12 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
4The back of a moving truck is 5 feet long, 10 feet wide, and 7 feet tall. How much space is inside, in cubic feet?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
5A planter has a bottom with an area of 18 square feet. It is filled with soil 7 feet deep. How many cubic feet of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
6A block of ice is 3 centimeters long, 7 centimeters wide, and 10 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
7A planter has a bottom with an area of 45 square feet. It is filled with soil 6 feet deep. How many cubic feet of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
8A sandbox is 5 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 3 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
9Leo fills a planter box with soil. The box is 5 inches long, 5 inches wide, and 12 inches tall. How many cubic inches of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
10A box has a bottom with an area of 81 square centimeters and is 11 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
11Omar stacks 11 layers of 1-centimeter cubes in a box. Each layer covers 84 square centimeters. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
12Priya packs 1-inch cubes into a box that is 3 inches long, 11 inches wide, and 8 inches tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 168 cubic meters
- 2. 192 cubic feet
- 3. 96 cubic inches
- 4. 350 cubic feet
- 5. 126 cubic feet
- 6. 210 cubic centimeters
- 7. 270 cubic feet
- 8. 60 cubic feet
- 9. 300 cubic inches
- 10. 891 cubic centimeters
- 11. 924 cubic centimeters
- 12. 264 cubes
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