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Sugar Cube Packing at the Tea Party

Grade 5 volume worksheet: count the sugar cubes that pack each box and name the volume in cubic units, such as cubic centimeters.

Grade 5MathInteractive · Printable

Aligned to5.MD.C.3.b

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

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students find the volume of a box by counting the unit cubes that pack it with no gaps or overlaps.
  • Students name a volume of n unit cubes as n cubic units, such as cubic centimeters or cubic inches.
  • Students explain why boxes packed with the same number of unit cubes have the same volume.

How to use

Use after introducing unit cubes and cubic units. If you have centimeter cubes, let students build the boxes in Parts 1 and 2 before they answer.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

5.MD.C.3.b

Understand that a solid packed with n unit cubes has a volume of n cubic units.

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Sugar Cube Packing at the Tea Party

A box packed with unit cubes has a volume of that many cubic units.

Part 1: Count the sugar cubes

Each sugar cube is 1 centimeter long, 1 centimeter wide, and 1 centimeter tall, so it has a volume of 1 cubic centimeter. The boxes are packed with no gaps and no overlaps. Some cubes are hidden in the back.

1.
Nora lines up sugar cubes in a row on a tray, with no gaps.

How many sugar cubes are in the row?  
What is the volume of the row?   cubic centimeters

2.
Tomás packs a small gift box with sugar cubes. One cube is hidden in the back, behind the others.

How many sugar cubes fill the box?  
What is the volume of the box?   cubic centimeters

3.
Grace packs this box full of sugar cubes for the tea party.What is the volume of the box?
  • A. 12 cubic centimeters
  • B. 24 cubic centimeters
  • C. 9 cubic centimeters
  • D. 8 cubic centimeters

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