πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A crate is 4 centimeters long, 8 centimeters wide, and 6 centimeters tall. How many small cubes, 2 centimeters on each side, fill it with no gaps?
Answer: ______________ small cubes
2A set of steps is built from two blocks. What is the total volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
3A set of steps is built from two blocks. What is the total volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
4One fish tank is 2 by 2 by 5 centimeters. Another is 5 by 6 by 2 centimeters. How many more cubic centimeters of water does the bigger one hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
5A crate is 9 centimeters long, 9 centimeters wide, and 3 centimeters tall. How many small cubes, 3 centimeters on each side, fill it with no gaps?
Answer: ______________ small cubes
6One fish tank is 4 by 6 by 3 inches. Another is 12 by 6 by 9 inches. How many more cubic inches of water does the bigger one hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
7A crate is 8 centimeters long, 8 centimeters wide, and 2 centimeters tall. How many small cubes, 2 centimeters on each side, fill it with no gaps?
Answer: ______________ small cubes
8A crate is 6 inches long, 4 inches wide, and 4 inches tall. How many small cubes, 2 inches on each side, fill it with no gaps?
Answer: ______________ small cubes
9A crate is 9 centimeters long, 12 centimeters wide, and 9 centimeters tall. How many small cubes, 3 centimeters on each side, fill it with no gaps?
Answer: ______________ small cubes
10A bookshelf is made of two boxes side by side. What is the total volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
11Leo glues two boxes together to make a robot. What is the total volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
12A set of steps is built from two blocks. What is the total volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 24 small cubes
- 2. 264 cubic feet
- 3. 48 cubic centimeters
- 4. 40 cubic centimeters
- 5. 9 small cubes
- 6. 576 cubic inches
- 7. 16 small cubes
- 8. 12 small cubes
- 9. 36 small cubes
- 10. 160 cubic centimeters
- 11. 265 cubic feet
- 12. 128 cubic feet
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