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Volume Word Problems - Worksheet 3

Grade 5MathVolume Word Problems
Aligned to: 5.MD.C.3

Read each volume problem carefully. Show your work and include the correct units.

1.

Ava has a garden planter that is 4 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 6 feet deep. How many cubic feet of soil can it hold?

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2.

A classroom has a cube-shaped reading nook. Each edge of the cube is 3 feet long. What is the volume of the reading nook in cubic feet?

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3.

A box is 4 inches long, 2 inches wide, and 5 inches tall. How many unit cubes with side length 1 inch would it take to fill the box?

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4.

A swimming pool has a shallow section and a deep section. The shallow section is 4 meters long, 3 meters wide, and 2 meters deep. The deep section is 8 meters long, 5 meters wide, and 5 meters deep. What is the total volume of the pool?

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5.

Box A is 3 inches long, 8 inches wide, and 6 inches tall. Box B is 7 inches long, 5 inches wide, and 5 inches tall. How much greater is the volume of the larger box than the smaller box?

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6.

A fish tank is 3 inches long, 3 inches wide, and 5 inches tall. What is the volume of the fish tank in cubic inches?

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