πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Aiden glues two boxes together to make a robot. What is the total volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
2Zoe glues two boxes together to make a robot. What is the total volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
3Omar glues two boxes together to make a robot. What is the total volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
4A crate is 10 feet long, 6 feet wide, and 2 feet tall. How many small cubes, 2 feet on each side, fill it with no gaps?
Answer: ______________ small cubes
5A bookshelf is made of two boxes side by side. What is the total volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
6A crate is 9 feet long, 9 feet wide, and 9 feet tall. How many small cubes, 3 feet on each side, fill it with no gaps?
Answer: ______________ small cubes
7A crate is 15 feet long, 12 feet wide, and 9 feet tall. How many small cubes, 3 feet on each side, fill it with no gaps?
Answer: ______________ small cubes
8A set of steps is built from two blocks. What is the total volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
9One fish tank is 5 by 4 by 6 centimeters. Another is 9 by 12 by 5 centimeters. How many more cubic centimeters of water does the bigger one hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
10One fish tank is 7 by 3 by 3 meters. Another is 2 by 6 by 5 meters. How many more cubic meters of water does the bigger one hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic meters
11A set of steps is built from two blocks. What is the total volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
12One fish tank is 3 by 4 by 8 feet. Another is 7 by 9 by 8 feet. How many more cubic feet of water does the bigger one hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 162 cubic inches
- 2. 312 cubic feet
- 3. 140 cubic feet
- 4. 15 small cubes
- 5. 288 cubic feet
- 6. 27 small cubes
- 7. 60 small cubes
- 8. 145 cubic feet
- 9. 420 cubic centimeters
- 10. 3 cubic meters
- 11. 156 cubic feet
- 12. 408 cubic feet
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