Grade 5 · Measurement and Data

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.MD.C.5b

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.

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Lessons that teach this standard

• Volume of a Rectangular Prism: Length × Width × Height

  Why the volume of a box is length times width times height, why the units are cubed, and how the base-times-height form works for any prism.