πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Priya stacks 7 layers of 1-inch cubes in a box. Each layer covers 50 square inches. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
2Sam fills a planter box with soil. The box is 11 inches long, 9 inches wide, and 2 inches tall. How many cubic inches of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
3A box has a bottom with an area of 40 square feet and is 9 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
4Leo stacks 6 layers of 1-inch cubes in a box. Each layer covers 44 square inches. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
5The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 33 square inches. The tank is 9 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
6A sandbox is 2 feet long, 11 feet wide, and 5 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
7The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 110 square inches. The tank is 4 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
8Sam's toy chest is 11 feet long, 8 feet wide, and 6 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
9A sandbox is 2 feet long, 8 feet wide, and 5 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
10Maya packs 1-inch cubes into a box that is 12 inches long, 7 inches wide, and 2 inches tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
11A planter has a bottom with an area of 15 square feet. It is filled with soil 6 feet deep. How many cubic feet of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
12The back of a moving truck is 7 feet long, 10 feet wide, and 8 feet tall. How much space is inside, in cubic feet?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 350 cubic inches
- 2. 198 cubic inches
- 3. 360 cubic feet
- 4. 264 cubic inches
- 5. 297 cubic inches
- 6. 110 cubic feet
- 7. 440 cubic inches
- 8. 528 cubic feet
- 9. 80 cubic feet
- 10. 168 cubes
- 11. 90 cubic feet
- 12. 560 cubic feet
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