Perimeter, Area or Volume

Volume is

• the distance around a shape

• the amount of space filling a two-dimensional shape

• the amount of space occupying a three-dimensional object

• the fourth-dimension

Tags

CCSS.5.MD.C.3A

CCSS.5.MD.C.3B

CCSS.5.MD.C.4

Perimeter is

• the distance around a shape

• the amount of space taken up by a two-dimensional shape

• the amount of space occupied by a three-dimensional object

• the fourth-dimension

Area is

• the distance around an object

• the amount of space taken up by a two-dimensional shape

• the space occupied by a three-dimensional object

• the fourth-dimension

If I wanted to put a fence around my swimming pool, I would need to know....

• the area of the pool

• the perimeter of the pool

• the volume of the pool

• how much chlorine is in the pool

Leaves are falling! I want to buy a pool cover that will keep the leaves out of the water when we are not swimming. To get a pool cover that is the right size, I need to find the

• perimeter of the pool

• the number of cookouts that we'll have this summer

• the area of the pool

• the volume of the pool

My pool has a length of 20 meters. Its width is 10 meters.

What is the perimeter of my pool?

• 30 meters.

• 60 meters

• 30 square meters

• 60 square meters

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CCSS.4.MD.A.3

My pool has a length of 20 meters and a width of 10 meters. What is the area of the pool?

• 60 meters

• 200 meters

• 20 square meters

• 200 square meters

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CCSS.4.MD.A.3

CCSS.3.MD.C.7B

You could find the volume of which of the following?

• The blood inside of your body

• a thousands cube

• a giant boulder

• a snail shell

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CCSS.5.MD.C.3A

CCSS.5.MD.C.3B

CCSS.5.MD.C.4

I want to fill my swimming pool with lime jello. If the length is 20 meters, the width is 10 meters, and the depth is 6 meters, how many cubic meters of lime jello do I need to make?

• 1200 meters

• 1200 square meters

• 1200 cubic meters

• 1200 boxes of lime jello

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CCSS.5.MD.C.5B

CCSS.6.G.A.2

Determine whether you would need to find the perimeter, area, or volume in the following situation.

Mrs. Farmer is sewing a quilt. She wants to add a ribbon around the edges of the quilt.

• Perimeter

• Area

• Volume