T.I.P.S.

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Example

  • Jaime’s dad sells baseballs online. When he orders them, they come in a bucket. When he sells them, he puts them in boxes with dividers shaped like cubes to separate the baseballs. Then he puts 3 of those boxes in a case for shipping purposes. How many cubic units of baseballs can he put in one case?
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    5.6 Geometry and measurement. The student applies mathematical process standards to understand, recognize, and quantify volume. The student is expected to:
     
    (B) determine the volume of a rectangular prism with whole number side lengths in problems related to the number of layers times the number of unit cubes in the area of the base

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