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5.MD.3.a (Mathematics)


Standard Identifier: 5.MD.3.a
Content Area: Mathematics
Grade: 5
Domain: Measurement and Data

Cluster:
Geometric measurement: understand concepts of volume and relate volume to multiplication and to addition.

Standard:
Recognize volume as an attribute of solid figures and understand concepts of volume measurement. A cube with side length 1 unit, called a “unit cube,” is said to have “one cubic unit” of volume, and can be used to measure volume.

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