πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Aiden's toy chest is 8 feet long, 11 feet wide, and 4 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
2Sam fills a planter box with soil. The box is 5 inches long, 12 inches wide, and 7 inches tall. How many cubic inches of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
3A sandbox is 8 feet long, 11 feet wide, and 8 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
4A box has a bottom with an area of 72 square feet and is 6 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
5Priya stacks 7 layers of 1-centimeter cubes in a box. Each layer covers 50 square centimeters. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
6A fish tank is 2 inches long, 4 inches wide, and 3 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
7A sandbox is 8 feet long, 9 feet wide, and 12 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
8A planter has a bottom with an area of 60 square feet. It is filled with soil 8 feet deep. How many cubic feet of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
9A block of ice is 11 centimeters long, 3 centimeters wide, and 7 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
10A box has a bottom with an area of 36 square centimeters and is 12 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
11Omar fills a planter box with soil. The box is 4 inches long, 3 inches wide, and 2 inches tall. How many cubic inches of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
12A sandbox is 7 feet long, 7 feet wide, and 8 feet deep. How many cubic feet of sand fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 352 cubic feet
- 2. 420 cubic inches
- 3. 704 cubic feet
- 4. 432 cubic feet
- 5. 350 cubic centimeters
- 6. 24 cubic inches
- 7. 864 cubic feet
- 8. 480 cubic feet
- 9. 231 cubic centimeters
- 10. 432 cubic centimeters
- 11. 24 cubic inches
- 12. 392 cubic feet
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