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5.MD.5.b (Mathematics)


Standard Identifier: 5.MD.5.b
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:
Relate volume to the operations of multiplication and addition and solve real-world and mathematical problems involving volume. Apply the formulas V = l × w × h and V = b × h for rectangular prisms to find volumes of right rectangular prisms with whole-number edge lengths in the context of solving real-world and mathematical problems.

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