Number and Operations in Base Ten

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Lesson 10
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A composite figure is shown at the right. Centimeter cubes were

used to build the figure. Find the volume.
Six cubes were used to make the base layer.
Four cubes were used to make the two top layers.
Add the number of cubes for the base and the top.
6 + 4 = 10
So, a total of 10 cubes were used to build the figure.
The volume is 10 cubic centimeters.

Practice
Refer to the composite figure at the right.
1. How many cubes are needed to build the bottom layer?

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2. How many cubes are needed to build the top two layers?

3. Use addition to add the bottom and top layers.

4. What is the volume of the composite figure?

cubic centimeters
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Problem Solving
Jared built the composite figure at the right using
centimeter cubes.
5. Separate the figure into prisms. Make a drawing of each
prism used to build the composite figure.

6. How many cubes did it take Jared to build the figure?

7. What is the volume of this figure?

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cubic centimeters

Find the Error Gabriele built a composite figure

using 12 cubes for the bottom layer and 10 cubes for the top layer.
She said that the volume of the composite figure was 12 10, or
120 cubic centimeters. Find and correct her error.

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Vocabulary Check

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9. A composite figure is made up of two or more

figures.

10. The composite figure was built using

centimeter cubes. What is the volume
of the composite figure shown?
V=

cubic centimeters

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