VOLUME FORMULA

Don't forget the threeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

To find the volume of a rectangular prism, use this formula...

OR this formula...

Here's how you find the length, width and height.

What is the volume of this gift box?

Great thinking!

Now it's your turn!

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Click here to learn!

Click here to practice!

Click here to play!

NICE WORK TODAY!

Measurement Conversion

Bliizblop and his friends are here today to explain how to convert customary measurements.

But first, what does it mean to "convert" something in math?

Here is a conversion chart that may come in handy when you are making dinner tonight.

How many pints are in a quart?

How many quarts are in a gallon?

How many cups are in a gallon?

Conversion charts like the one above are useful when you are doing everyday tasks like making a double batch of brownies, weighing vegetables at the grocery store, or cutting fabric.

This fun video will help you understand conversion when it comes to capacity... like in the kitchen chart above.

Turn up your speakers when The Cup Fills Up!

For this week's lesson, we will stick with the Customary System of measurement.

There are three categories of measurement: length, weight and capacity. 

Awesome!

You can use the handy dandy conversion charts in your math notebook to help you convert measurements like ounces to pounds...

or inches, feet, yards and miles!

If there are 3 feet in 1 yard, then how many feet are in 3 yards?

3 x 3 = 9

There are 9 feet in 3 yards!

Get it?

Here are a few games and resources to help you practice customary conversions.

 Find the Best Estimate

Measurement Mania

IXL

Compare and Convert

 Measurement Conversion Fans

Stay tuned for next weeks lesson...

Metric Conversions!

Please make sure your notebook is up to date before our next lesson!

Here is the Quick Check.
If you did not complete it in class, please send your answers to me before Friday!

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Now I'm off to eat 1 pint of chocolate mint ice cream with 8 ounces of whipped cream on top.

And a cherry.

Line Plots

This week we learned a new way to represent data...

on a line plot!

First off, what is a line plot?

This video will explain how to create a simple line plot.

Aha!

To create a line plot with data, just follow the steps below...

 

 

 Here's another example...

Now you're getting the hang of it.

 

 

Behold this week's Quick Check! 

 If you did not complete it in class, please send me a picture of your line plot by Friday.

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Thanks!

Measuring the Universe

Here is a cool movie to show your students when learning about measurement, or even statistics!

Starting as an empty white room, Roman Ondak’s Measuring the Universe at Tate St. Ives has grown through the contribution of around 90,000 participants to a constellation of black marks.

For more information about Roman Ondák and Measuring the Universe, visit MoMA.