Volume word problems worksheets
Volume of a box is length times width times height. Multiply two sides to get the base layer, then count how many layers tall.
Two grades, each its own sheet. Print one here, or open a grade for examples and teaching notes.
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5th grade Core grade
Grade 5 volume word problems are rectangular prisms in real packaging: aquariums, lunchboxes, storage bins, per 5.MD.C.5. Half the problems list the three dimensions in the story; the other half print a labeled diagram of the prism and the student reads the dimensions off it.
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6th grade
Grade 6 keeps the same length-times-width-times-height reasoning and allows fractional edge lengths, like a side of 6 1/2 inches, per 6.G.A.2. Diagram problems continue, and the numbers are set so the volume still comes out whole.
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