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Space Station Cargo: One Cube, One Cubic Unit

Grade 5 unit cube practice on a space station. Students learn that a cube with 1-unit edges has a volume of exactly 1 cubic unit.

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  • 1 Common Core standard
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  • 11 questions
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Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 5
Subject
Math
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students explain that a cube with edges 1 unit long has a volume of 1 cubic unit.
  • Students tell unit cubes apart from other boxes by checking that every edge is 1 unit long.
  • Students name the volume of unit cubes measured in centimeters, inches, feet, and meters.

How to use

Show a real centimeter or inch cube before starting. Have students check every edge length before they decide if a box is a unit cube, then discuss the last problem together.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

5.MD.C.3.a

Understand that a unit cube has one cubic unit of volume.

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Space Station Cargo: One Cube, One Cubic Unit

Learn why a cube with 1-unit edges has a volume of exactly 1 cubic unit.

Meet the cargo cube

Every cargo cube on the space station is a unit cube. Each edge is 1 foot long.

1 unit1 unit1 unit
This is one cargo cube. In the picture, 1 unit means 1 foot.
1.
Commander Ruiz writes the volume on the side of each cargo cube. What should she write?
  • A. 1 foot
  • B. 6 square feet
  • C. 1 cubic foot
  • D. 1 square foot
2.
Circle every sentence that is true about one cargo cube.

Each of its 12 edges is 1 foot long.Its volume is 6 cubic feet because it has 6 faces.Each face is a square with an area of 1 square foot.It fills exactly 1 cubic foot of space.Its volume is 12 cubic feet because it has 12 edges.

3.
Chef Bao has a block of space cheese shaped like a unit cube. Each edge is 1 inch long. He cuts the block into 2 equal halves.

What was the volume of the whole block before Chef Bao cut it?   cubic inch
What is the volume of each half?   cubic inch

Unit cube or not?

A unit cube is a cube with every edge exactly 1 unit long. Check every edge before you decide.

4.
Pilot Kofi finds this storage rod. He says the whole rod is a unit cube because it is 1 unit wide and 1 unit tall.3 units1 unit1 unitIs Kofi right?
  • A. Yes, because two of its edges are 1 unit long.
  • B. No. The rod is 3 units long, so not every edge is 1 unit. Its volume is 3 cubic units.
  • C. No, because its volume is 5 cubic units.
  • D. Yes, because it is made of unit cubes.
5.
Sort each box on the space station. Is it a unit cube?
Seed box: 1 centimeter long, 1 centimeter wide, 1 centimeter tallBattery box: 1 inch long, 1 inch wide, 2 inches tallAir tank: 1 meter long, 1 meter wide, 1 meter tallTool chest: 2 feet long, 2 feet wide, 2 feet tallGlove box: 1 foot long, 2 feet wide, 1 foot tallSensor box: 1 inch long, 1 inch wide, 1 inch tall
Unit cubeNot a unit cube
6.
The tool chest is a cube with 2-foot edges. Lena fills the bottom layer with cargo cubes. Each cargo cube is 1 cubic foot.2 units2 units2 units

How many cargo cubes are in the bottom layer?  
How many cargo cubes will fill the whole tool chest?  
What is the volume of the tool chest?   cubic feet

7.
Which of these unit cubes has the greatest volume?
  • A. a unit cube with 1-centimeter edges
  • B. They all have the same volume, because each one is a unit cube.
  • C. a unit cube with 1-inch edges
  • D. a unit cube with 1-meter edges

Think like an astronaut

Use what you know about unit cubes and cubic units.

8.
Match each unit cube to its volume. One volume is not used.
  1. a cube with 1-inch edges
  2. a cube with 1-meter edges
  3. a cube with 1-centimeter edges
  4. a cube with 1-foot edges
  1. A. 1 cubic meter
  2. B. 1 cubic foot
  3. C. 1 square inch
  4. D. 1 cubic centimeter
  5. E. 1 cubic inch
9.
Dr. Patel has two unit cubes. Each one has 1-inch edges. One cube is made of foam, and the other is made of metal. The metal cube is much heavier. Which sentence is true?
  • A. They have the same volume. Each cube takes up 1 cubic inch of space.
  • B. The metal cube has the greater volume, because it is heavier.
  • C. The foam cube has the greater volume, because foam is puffy.
10.
The space station's drinking water tank is shaped like a cube. Its volume is exactly 1 cubic meter.

How long is each edge of the water tank?   meter
What is the area of the bottom face of the tank?   square meter

11.
Pilot Mei says a cargo cube has a volume of 3 cubic feet because 1 + 1 + 1 = 3. Is Mei right? Explain.

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