πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.C.5
🐠 Volume stories
Volume formulas (l × w × h)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A set of steps is built from two blocks. What is the total volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
2A set of steps is built from two blocks. What is the total volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic inches
3A set of steps is built from two blocks. What is the total volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
4A crate is 4 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 2 feet tall. How many small cubes, 2 feet on each side, fill it with no gaps?
Answer: ______________ small cubes
5One fish tank is 4 by 6 by 4 centimeters. Another is 12 by 6 by 8 centimeters. How many more cubic centimeters of water does the bigger one hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic centimeters
6One fish tank is 2 by 3 by 8 feet. Another is 3 by 11 by 12 feet. How many more cubic feet of water does the bigger one hold?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
7A crate is 8 inches long, 8 inches wide, and 2 inches tall. How many small cubes, 2 inches on each side, fill it with no gaps?
Answer: ______________ small cubes
8A crate is 6 feet long, 12 feet wide, and 6 feet tall. How many small cubes, 3 feet on each side, fill it with no gaps?
Answer: ______________ small cubes
9A crate is 6 inches long, 6 inches wide, and 4 inches tall. How many small cubes, 2 inches on each side, fill it with no gaps?
Answer: ______________ small cubes
10A crate is 9 inches long, 9 inches wide, and 3 inches tall. How many small cubes, 3 inches on each side, fill it with no gaps?
Answer: ______________ small cubes
11A bookshelf is made of two boxes side by side. What is the total volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
12A bookshelf is made of two boxes side by side. What is the total volume?
Answer: ______________ cubic feet
Answer key: Volume stories
- 1. 474 cubic centimeters
- 2. 136 cubic inches
- 3. 160 cubic feet
- 4. 4 small cubes
- 5. 480 cubic centimeters
- 6. 348 cubic feet
- 7. 16 small cubes
- 8. 16 small cubes
- 9. 18 small cubes
- 10. 9 small cubes
- 11. 318 cubic feet
- 12. 192 cubic feet
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