5.MD.C.3: Volume: counting unit cubes that fill a solid

Recognize volume as an attribute of solid figures and understand concepts of volume measurement.Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, as adopted in the Massachusetts Curriculum Framework for Mathematics (2017), Grade 5.

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How ColorMyMath teaches it

Lengths, areas and volumes are built from the same dots, one more direction each time. Measuring means laying real units end to end with no gaps.

Every page is free and open — nothing to install, no account, and it works on a phone or a classroom board. Every number has its own color: 1 red, 2 orange, 3 yellow, 4 green, 5 blue, 6 purple, 7 brown, 8 pink, 9 cyan, and a number is that many colored dots.

Where it sits in the curriculum

• Step 74Geometry: Volume as polynomial growth — cubes of 1 to 10

More Grade 5 standards in Measurement and Data

• 5.MD.A.1Convert between sizes of unit in one system, in several steps
• 5.MD.B.2Line plots of fractions; share the total out equally
• 5.MD.C.4Measure volume by counting unit cubes in cubic cm, in., ft. and made-up units
• 5.MD.C.5Volume by multiplying length x width x height

ColorMyMath · getridoftheteacher.com · every number has its own color, and a number is that many colored dots. Matching a game to a standard is a judgement call; the official text is at doe.mass.edu.