πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Zoe packs 1-inch cubes into a box that is 6 inches long, 12 inches wide, and 5 inches tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
2Aiden's toy chest is 9 inches long, 9 inches wide, and 5 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
3The back of a moving truck is 11 feet long, 9 feet wide, and 2 feet tall. How much space is inside, in cubic feet?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
4The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 22 square inches. The tank is 12 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
5Priya fills a planter box with soil. The box is 10 inches long, 11 inches wide, and 8 inches tall. How many cubic inches of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
6Lily fills a planter box with soil. The box is 11 inches long, 4 inches wide, and 6 inches tall. How many cubic inches of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
7Maya fills a planter box with soil. The box is 12 feet long, 7 feet wide, and 11 feet tall. How many cubic feet of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
8The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 88 square inches. The tank is 12 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
9Maya's toy chest is 7 inches long, 5 inches wide, and 3 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
10A planter has a bottom with an area of 70 square meters. It is filled with soil 4 meters deep. How many cubic meters of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
11A box has a bottom with an area of 44 square feet and is 4 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
12Lily packs 1-centimeter cubes into a box that is 3 centimeters long, 5 centimeters wide, and 9 centimeters tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 360 cubes
- 2. 405 cubic inches
- 3. 198 cubic feet
- 4. 264 cubic inches
- 5. 880 cubic inches
- 6. 264 cubic inches
- 7. 924 cubic feet
- 8. 1056 cubic inches
- 9. 105 cubic inches
- 10. 280 cubic meters
- 11. 176 cubic feet
- 12. 135 cubes
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