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 49 square feet and is 12 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
2Lily's toy chest is 10 inches long, 11 inches wide, and 8 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
3Omar packs 1-centimeter cubes into a box that is 2 centimeters long, 9 centimeters wide, and 3 centimeters tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
4Maya fills a planter box with soil. The box is 3 inches long, 2 inches wide, and 9 inches tall. How many cubic inches of soil does it hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
5Priya stacks 8 layers of 1-inch cubes in a box. Each layer covers 6 square inches. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
6A box has a bottom with an area of 48 square centimeters and is 10 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
7The back of a moving truck is 12 feet long, 8 feet wide, and 11 feet tall. How much space is inside, in cubic feet?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
8A planter has a bottom with an area of 54 square feet. It is filled with soil 3 feet deep. How many cubic feet of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
9Leo's toy chest is 5 inches long, 10 inches wide, and 6 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
10A fish tank is 8 inches long, 12 inches wide, and 11 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
11A fish tank is 10 centimeters long, 10 centimeters wide, and 4 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
12Omar packs 1-inch cubes into a box that is 9 inches long, 7 inches wide, and 9 inches tall. How many cubes fill the box?
Answer: ______________ cubes
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 588 cubic feet
- 2. 880 cubic inches
- 3. 54 cubes
- 4. 54 cubic inches
- 5. 48 cubic inches
- 6. 480 cubic centimeters
- 7. 1056 cubic feet
- 8. 162 cubic feet
- 9. 300 cubic inches
- 10. 1056 cubic inches
- 11. 400 cubic centimeters
- 12. 567 cubes
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