Volume

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This interactive applet demonstrates volume as the number of unit cubes needed to fill a rectangular solid. The learner sees an animation and answers questions about the capacity of a box. The student can then ask for other problems where just the 3D dimensions are given and the volume is requested.

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Contributed by: Annenberg Foundation, Publisher

Math TopicGeometry, Measurement, Mathematical Practices, Mathematical Processes, Basic Operations

Grade Level5

Resource TypeActivity, Interactive Media

Additional Information
- AudienceLearner
- LanguageEnglish (USA)
- Education Topic
- Interdisciplinary Connection
- Professional DevelopmentNo
- ContributorAnnenberg Foundation, Publisher
- Publication Date2011
- Rights(c) Annenberg Foundation 2011
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- AccessFree access
Standards
- Common Core State Standards for Mathematics
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- Standards for Mathematical Practice[K-12]
- Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.[K-12]
- Reason abstractly and quantitatively.[K-12]
- Measurement and Data[K - 5]
- Geometric measurement: understand concepts of volume and relate volume to multiplication and to addition.[5]
- 4. Measure volumes by counting unit cubes, using cubic cm, cubic in, cubic ft, and improvised units.[5]
- 5. Relate volume to the operations of multiplication and addition and solve real world and mathematical problems involving volume.[5]
- a. Find the volume of a right rectangular prism with whole-number side lengths by packing it with unit cubes, and show that the volume is the same as would be found by multiplying the edge lengths, equivalently by multiplying the height by the area of the base. Represent threefold whole-number products as volumes, e.g., to represent the associative property of multiplication.[5]
- b. Apply the formulas V = l × w × h and V = b × h for rectangular prisms to find volumes of right rectangular prisms with whole-number edge lengths in the context of solving real world and mathematical problems.[5]

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Volume

Common Core State Standards for Mathematics