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5th Grade Unit 2 Common Assessment
5.MD.5
1.
Boxes of cookies are stacked in the pile as shown below. Select the two expressions for volume that
could be used to find the total number of boxes.
a.
b.
c.
d.
2x2x5
2x3
3x5x2
6x5
2.
5.MD.4
Vanessa stacked snap cubes to form the shape shown below. How many snap cubes were used to
create this shape?
a. 24 snap cubes
b. 15 snap cubes
c. 27 snap cubes
d. 12 snap cubes
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3.
5.MD.3
The rectangular prism below was built in a video game. Antonio found the bottom layer of the rectangular
prism to contain 24 blocks. So, he multiplied 24 x 4 to find the volume of the rectangular prism. Lourdes
found the volume by multiplying 8 x 3 x 3.
Antonio’s Solution:
Lourdes’ Solution:
24 x 4 = 96 blocks
8 x 3 x 3 = 96 blocks
Who correctly found the total volume of the rectangular prism? Defend your answer.
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4.
5.MD.4 & 5.MD.5
The task of the video game requires the user to construct a building using the following rectangular
prisms. The user can use as many rectangular prisms as they choose and stack any way. The only
requirements are at least two different types of rectangular prisms must be used and the building must
have a composite volume between 100 units3 and 150 units3.
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Bobby said that Prism B & Prism C meet the requirements. Ann said that Prism A, Prism C & Prism D meet
the requirements. Whose building met the requirements?
5.
5.NBT.2
Marta made an error while finding the product of 84.15 × 10. Marta thinks she can add a zero to the end of her
answer to solve the problem.
If I just add a zero to
the end of the
problem the answer
will be correct.
84.15 x 10 = 84.150
In your own words, explain Marta’s misunderstanding. Explain what she should do to get the correct
answer and include the correct answer in your response.
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6.
5.MD.3
Which unit is best to use when finding the volume of water in an Olympic-sized
rectangular swimming pool?
a.
Cubic millimeters
b.
Cubic meters
c.
Square inches
d.
Miles
5.MD.5
7.
If this box is packed with unit cubes without gaps or overlaps, which three expressions can be used
to find the volume of the box?
Circle the three correct expressions.
a. 5 x 3 x 4
b. 12 x 5
c. 5 + 3 + 4
d. 12 + 12 + 12 + 12
e. 15 + 15 + 15 + 15
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5. MD.3, 5.MD.4, 5.MD.5
The right rectangular prism represented below is partially filled with 1-inch cubes with no gaps and
no overlaps.
What is the volume of the prism and who solved the problem correctly?
Jonathon
Jonathon used the formula b x h to find the
volume of the right rectangular prism. He says
that 14 x 8 = 112 cubic units is the correct
solution to the problem.
Rebecca
Rebecca used l x w x h to find the volume of the
right rectangular prism. She says that 14 x 3 x 8 =
336 cubic units is the correct solution to the
problem.
Who is correct, Jonathon or Rebecca? Justify your response.
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9. Popcorn comes in three different sized boxes.
9a. Show 2 different strategies for finding the volume of Box A in the space provided below.
Strategy #1
Strategy # 2
9b. To get the most popcorn, should you purchase box A, box B or box C? Use equations to justify.
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5.MD.5
10.
A cereal box has a height of 32 centimeters. It has a base with an area of 160 square centimeters.
Show your work.
What is the volume, in cubic centimeters of the cereal box? _______________
11. Kipton's Scale
5.NBT.2
A. Kipton has a digital scale. He puts a marshmallow on the scale and it reads 7.2 grams. How much
would you expect 10 marshmallows to weigh? How do you know?
B. Kipton takes the marshmallows off the scale. He puts 10 jellybeans on the scale and it reads 12.0
grams. How much would you expect 1 jellybean to weigh?
C. Kipton takes the jellybeans off the scale and puts on 10 brand-new pink erasers. The scale reads
312.4 grams. Kipton says that 1,000 pink erasers would weigh 3,124 grams? Is his answer
reasonable? How do you know?
A.
B.
C.
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12.
5.MD.5
The volume of one section of a large box is 14 cubic feet. The other section of the same large box is 62
cubic feet. What is the total volume of the large box?
a. 76 feet
b. 868 feet
c. 76 cubic feet
d. 868 cubic feet
13.
5.MD.4
What is the volume of the figure below? _____________________________
Key:
14.
= 1 cubic unit
5.MD.3
n cubes are needed to fill container A so it is equal to the volume of container B.
______ cubes need to be added to container A so it equals the volume of container B.
Container A
Container B
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