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Illustrative Mathematics: 5.md: Breaking Apart Composite Solids HandoutIllustrative Mathematics: 5.md: Breaking Apart Composite Solids Handout
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Illustrative Mathematics
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4th - 7th
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Math
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1230L
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Illustrative Mathematics: 5.md: Breaking Apart Composite Solids

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This exercise helps students understand how volume in figured, even when two or more parts of a prism are not overlapping. There is a teacher view, with a description of the activity and commentary, and a student view, with just the activity.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Additional Tags

decompose prism, right rectangular prism, volume of non-overlapping prisms, volume of solid prism, 5.md.c.5, breaking apart composite solids, ccss.math.content.5.md.c.5.c recognize volume as additive., find volumes of solid figures composed of two non-overlapping right rectangular prisms by adding the volumes of the non-overlapping parts, illustrative mathematics, rectangular prism, right prism

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional|practice

Common Core

5.MD.C.5.c 6.G.A.2 5.MD.C.5.a 5.MD.C.5.b 5.MD.C.3.b 5.MD.C.4 5.MD.C.3.a

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