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Building the Stage for the School Play

Grade 5 composite volume practice: students add the volumes of two rectangular prisms to find the volume of stages and props for a school play.

Grade 5MathInteractive · Printable

Aligned to5.MD.C.5.c

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  • Single worksheet
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  • 1 Common Core standard
  • Printable answer key
  • 12 questions
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Details

Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 5
Subject
Math
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students find the volume of a solid made of two rectangular prisms by adding the two volumes.
  • Students use V = l × w × h and V = B × h to find the volume of each part of a solid.
  • Students find and explain mistakes in composite volume work.

How to use

Have students sketch each solid as two boxes and label the edge lengths before solving. Discuss the mistake questions as a class.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

5.MD.C.5.c

Find the volume of a solid made of two rectangular prisms by adding their volumes.

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Building the Stage for the School Play

Find the volume of each box, then add.

Find each part, then add

Each solid is made of two boxes that do not overlap. Find the volume of each box. Then add.

1.
The main stage has two parts. Part A is a platform that is 10 feet long, 6 feet wide, and 2 feet tall. Part B is a step in front that is 4 feet long, 2 feet wide, and 1 foot tall.

Part A:   cubic feet
Part B:   cubic feet
Whole stage:   cubic feet

2.
A toy castle prop is made of two wooden blocks. The bottom block is 8 inches long, 6 inches wide, and 3 inches tall. The tower block on top is 2 inches long, 2 inches wide, and 9 inches tall.

Total volume =   cubic inches

3.
The puppet theater has a bottom box that is 5 feet long, 2 feet wide, and 3 feet tall. The top box is 5 feet long, 1 foot wide, and 2 feet tall.

Total volume =   cubic feet

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