5th Grade Measurement Vocabulary

the measure of how much matter is in an object

• mass

• area

• length

• formula

the measure of how much liquid a container can hold

• mass

• volume

• capacity

• width

a measure of distance

• length

• width

• formula

• perimeter

the space that a 2-D shape covers or occupies; measured in square units

• width

• perimeter

• capacity

• area

a 3-D shape that has 6 faces that are all rectangles

• unit cube

• rectangular prism

• perimeter

• volume

a math rule that uses letters to represent amounts; the amounts can changed

• formula

• volume

• length

• metric system

a measure of something from side to side

• height

• volume

• perimeter

• width

the measure of the distance around a 2-D shape

• area

• length

• volume

• perimeter

a measurement system used in the United States; includes feet, inches, pound, gallons, etc.

• capactiy

• customary system

• rectangular prism

• units of length

a measure of volume equal to the volume of a unit cube (what we measure volume in)

• cubic unit

• area

• length

• width