πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A block of ice is 5 centimeters long, 9 centimeters wide, and 9 centimeters tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
2Maya's toy chest is 4 feet long, 6 feet wide, and 5 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
3Aiden stacks 9 layers of 1-inch cubes in a box. Each layer covers 144 square inches. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
4A fish tank is 2 centimeters long, 7 centimeters wide, and 6 centimeters tall. How many cubic centimeters of water fill it to the top?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
5A planter has a bottom with an area of 110 square meters. It is filled with soil 4 meters deep. How many cubic meters of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
6A box has a bottom with an area of 36 square feet and is 4 feet tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
7The bottom of a fish tank has an area of 121 square inches. The tank is 10 inches tall. How many cubic inches of water fill it?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
8A planter has a bottom with an area of 84 square feet. It is filled with soil 7 feet deep. How many cubic feet of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
9Zoe's toy chest is 9 inches long, 7 inches wide, and 4 inches tall. What is its volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
10Maya stacks 2 layers of 1-centimeter cubes in a box. Each layer covers 6 square centimeters. What is the volume of the box?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
11A planter has a bottom with an area of 28 square feet. It is filled with soil 8 feet deep. How many cubic feet of soil is that?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
12The back of a moving truck is 7 meters long, 3 meters wide, and 11 meters tall. How much space is inside, in cubic meters?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 405 cubic centimeters
- 2. 120 cubic feet
- 3. 1296 cubic inches
- 4. 84 cubic centimeters
- 5. 440 cubic meters
- 6. 144 cubic feet
- 7. 1210 cubic inches
- 8. 588 cubic feet
- 9. 252 cubic inches
- 10. 12 cubic centimeters
- 11. 224 cubic feet
- 12. 231 cubic meters
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