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Mathematics
Quarter 4 - Module 2
Visualizing the Volume of a Cube
and Rectangular Prism
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Mathematics – Grade 5
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Quarter 4 – Module 2: Visualizing Volume of a Cube
and Rectangular Prism
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Mathematics
Quarter 4 - Module 2
Visualizing the Volume of a Cube
and Rectangular Prism
M5ME-IVc-77
M5ME-IVc-78
M5ME-IVd-80
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 What I Need to Know

This module provides varied activities that will help you learn about Visualizing the Volume
of a Cube and Rectangular Prism, Naming the Appropriate Unit of Measure used for Measuring
the Volume of Cube and a Rectangular Prism and Converting cu. Cm to cu. M and Vice Versa;
cu. mL to L and Vice Versa.
At the end of this module, you are expected to:
• visualize the volume of a cube and rectangular prism;
• name the appropriate unit of measure used for measuring the volume of cube and
rectangular prism;
• convert cu. Cm to cu. M and vice versa; cu. mL to L and vice versa.

What I Know

A. Direction: Count the cubic units to find the volume of each rectangular
prism.

1. V =
2. V =

B. Direction: Write the best unit measure for the following:

1. water in an aquarium
2. a box of milk
3. wooden alphabet block
4. a bag of cement
5. gasoline in a container

C. Direction: Fill in the blanks to complete the equivalent measures.

1. 198 cm3= dm3

2. 1286 dm3= m3
3. 25 cm3= mm3
4. 320 mL= cL
5. 4900 mL= L

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 What’s In

A. Direction: Write the perimeter of the following figure. Count the square units in each
figure.

1. 2. 3.

PERIMETER=___________________ PERIMETER=___________________ PERIMETER=___________________

4. 5.

PERIMETER= PERIMETER=

B. Direction: Read and solve.

The square bedroom of Mica is 6.5 meters on one side.

a. What is the area of the bedroom?

C. Direction: Write the correct answer.

1. 2 x 1000 =
4. 8.2 x 1000 =
2. 4 x 1000 =
5. 5000 ÷ 1000 =
3. 3.5 x 1000 =

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 What’s New

Directions: Read and analyze the problem.

The Barangay officials distributed boxes of canned goods to the homes of fire
victims. The boxes were placed in a container van. There are 8 layers of 5
boxes in each 4 rows. How many boxes are there in all? What is the volume of
the container van using the boxes?

Did you get the answer to this problem?

To learn how to solve problems like this, continue reading the module. Enjoy learning!

What is It

Visualizing the Volume of a Cube and a Rectangular

When we are asked to find an amount that will occupy space and not just a surface,
we are being introduced to another application of measurement which is volume.

The Figure below is a 3 x 3 x 3 cube that can be manipulated so that

each face of the cube will have the same design.

1 cm

This is a 1 cubic cm box

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 Height
Height

width width
Length Length
A rectangular prism is a solid figure that has 6 faces that are all rectangles.
Opposite faces are congruent and parallel. A cube is a solid figure that has six
faces that are all squares. All faces are congruent and parallel.

To get the volume of a cube, multiply the three sides of a cube.

V= s x s x s (V=s3)
To get the volume of a rectangular prism, multiply the length, the width and the
height.
V= l x w x h

Example 1:

If each small cube is a cubic unit, how many cubic units are in the figure? How
many cubic units are there in one row? How many rows are there? How many cubic units are
there in all? How many layers are there?

We have,
Cubes per row =3
Number of rows = 3
Number of layers = 3

Count the number of cubes in the figure.

V= s x s x s (V=s3)
= 3 x 3 x 3 = 27 cubic units

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Example 2:

A box is 5 cm long, 4 cm wide and 2 cm tall. What is the volume?

Let us visualize the problem.

2 cm height

5 cm length 4 cm width

How many small cubes are in each layer?

Count the cubic units to find its volume.
Multiply the length, the width and the height.
V=lxwxh
= 5 cm x 4 cm x 2 cm
V= 40 cm3

Example 3:
How many brown boxes will fit into the white storage bin?

3 m 12 m

8 m 4 m
8m
Solution

1. V= l x w x h
= 24 m x 8 m x 12 m
= 2304 m3

2. V=lxwxh
=8mx4mx3m
= 96 m3

3. Divide 2304 and 96 = 24 brown boxes will fit into the white storage bin.
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Example 4:
The barangay officials distributed boxes of canned goods and
placed them into a container van with 5 layers of 8 boxes in each 4
rows. Let us visualize the problem.

Understand

a. What is asked?
How many boxes are there in all? What is the volume of the container
using boxes?
b. What are the given facts?
5 layers of 8 boxes in each 4 rows
Plan

Strategy: Draw small cubes

Multiply the length, width and height
Volume = l x w x h

Solve
Substitution of the given in the formula.
Simplify the operation
Volume = 5 x 8 x 4
Answer: 160 boxes

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 What’s More

Independent Activity 1

Direction: Count the cubic units to find the volume of each figure.

1) V= 2) V= 3) V=

4) V= 5) V=

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 Independent Assessment 1

Direction: Read analyze and solve.

1. The figure below shows a large cube made from 1 cubic cm.
a. How many small cubes are there
in each layer?

3 blocks high
b. What is the volume of the
4 blocks
rectangular prism? deep
5 blocks wide

Naming the Appropriate Unit of Measure used for Measuring

the Volume of Cube and a Rectangular Prism

What unit of measure will you use in measuring volume?

Volume measures capacity. To measure volume in solid, we use the cube as the unit
of measure. The SI unit of volume is the cube of the SI unit of length, and so it is the cubic
meter (m3) which is used to measure large amount of space occupied. The cubic centimeter
(cm3) and cubic decimeter (dm3) are convenient units of volume. Cubic millimeter is used to
measure small amount of space occupied.
cubic meter (m³) used to measure large amount of space occupied cubic
centimeter (cm³) used to measure small amount of space occupied
cubic liter (L³) used to measure large amount of liquid in a container
cubic milliliter (mL³) used to measure small amount of liquid in a
container

Liquid Solid
cubic millimeter - mL³ cubic meter - m³
Cubic liter - L³ cubic decimeter - dm³

Cubic kiloliter - kL³ cubic centimeter - cm³

Cubic centiliter - cL³

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Example 1:

Can you tell the cubic unit of measure to be used in this figure, in words and in
exponential form?

cubic centimeter (cm3) cubic meter (m3)

Example 2:
What unit of measure will you use to find the volume of the following?
Let us write the best unit of measure for the capacity of the following;

1. shoe box - cm3 4. a pack juice – mL3

2. door – m3 5. gasoline - L3
3. jewelry box – cm3

What’s More

Independent Activity 2

Direction: Tell which cubic unit of measure is appropriate to be used.

Choose the best answer inside the box below.
cm3
dm m3 3
cm m
mL33
L3
mL L kL

1. container van
2. a pack of juice
3. an ice cube before its melt
4. storage room
5. a soap box

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 Independent Assessment 2

Direction: Write the best unit of measure for the following:

Choose the best answer inside the box below.

dm3 cm3 m3 mL L kL

1. water in an aquarium
2. a box of milk
3. water tank
4. classroom
5. table

Converting cu.cm to cu.m and Vise versa cu.cm to L and

Vice versa

When solving problems involving measurement, you have to work on similar units.
When one object is given in meters, the other should be in meters as well. Otherwise, you
need to convert.

Here are the relationships between some units of measurement:

Liquid Solid
1 liter (L) = 100centiliters cL 1 meter (m) = 100 centimeters (cm)
1 liter (L) = 1000 milliliters (mL) 1 meter = 1000 millimeters (mm)
1 kiloliter (kL) = 1000 liters (L) 1 kilometer (km) = 1000 meters (m)

To convert from a larger to a smaller unit of cubic measure, we

multiply.To convert from a smaller to a larger unit of cubic measure, we
divide.

Example 1:

Convert 500 cm3 to m3.

Which is bigger cm3 or m3?
When we change cm3 to m3, is it from a smaller to larger unit or larger unit to smaller unit?
What process will you use?
To change cubic centimeter to cubic meter, we divide by 100 since a cubic meter is larger
than a cubic centimeter.

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 Solution
Since: 1 m = 100 cm
1m x 1m x 1m = 100cm x 100cm x 100cm 1 m3 = 1 000 000 cm3
500 cm3 = m3
500 cm = 0.0005 m3
3

1 000 000

Example 2: Convert 54 liters to milliliters

How will you compare liters to millilitres? Since liters is larger than
milliliters, we multiply by 1000. Using the conversion 1 L = 1000 mL

54 L x 1000 = 54000 mL

Example 3:

Read and analyze the problem.

A truck delivers vegetables weighing 58 000 000 cm3, what is the

volume of the truck in cubic meter (m3)? To liter?

a. What is asked in the problem? What are given?

b. What must we know to be able to change 58 000 000

cm3 to cubic meters and to cubic liter?

c. Which is larger a cubic centimeter or a cubic meter?

d. How many cubic centimeter are there in liter?

Solution: Cubic centimeter to Cubic Meter

To change cubic centimeter to cubic meter, we divide by 100.

Since: 1 m = 100 cm
1m x 1m x 1m = 100cm x 100cm x 100cm
1 m3 = 1 000 000 cm3
58 000 000 cm3 = m3
58 000 000 = 58 m3
1 000 000

Solution: Cubic centimeter to Liter

To change cubic centimeter to liter, we divide by 100.

1cm3 = 0.001 L

58 000 000 x 0.001 = 58 00

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What’s More

Independent Activity 3

Direction: Convert the following volumes to the indicated measurement.

1. 16 cm3 = mm3
2. 85000 dm3 = m3
3. 4 L= cL
4. 5000 mL= L
5. 25000 mm3 = cm3

Independent Assessment 3

Direction: Read analyze and solve the problem.

1. Mother prepared 2000 mL of pineapple juice. How much pineapple juice is
it in liters?

2. A truck has a volume of 60000 cm3, what is its volume in cubic decimeter?

3. A water tank holds 8 000 L of water, how much water can it hold in cL?

4. A gas chamber can contain 438 m3 of gas. How much gas in dm3 is
needed to fill the chamber?

5. Raf bought 250 ml of mineral water. How much is that in liters?

What I Have Learned

Direction: Fill in the blanks. Choose your answer inside the box

1. Volume is the amount of in space figure.

2. Formula for Volume of a Cube .
3. Formula for Volume of a Rectangular Prism .
4. To change cubic decimeter to cubic centimeter, we it by 1000.
5. To change cubic decimeters to cubic meters, we it by 1000.

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 What I Can Do
Direction: Read and solve the following on a separate piece of paper.

1.A rectangular aquarium is 38 cm long, 28 cm wide and 36 cm high is to be filled with

water. How much space will be filled with water?

2. How much salt is needed to fill a pit that is 1100 centimeters, 9 meters wide and 13 meters
long?

Assessment

A. Direction: Determine how many red packages will fit into the white container:

6m

12 m
4m
24 m

8m

24 m

B. Direction: Write the best unit of measure for the following:

Choose the best answer inside the box below.
dm33
cm m
cm33
m3
mL L
mL kL L kL

1). a soap box

2). gasoline in a container
3). an ice cube
4). classroom
5). a book in Math
C. Direction: Fill in the blanks to complete the equivalent measure:
1). 20 000 cm3 = m3
2). cm3 = 53 m3
3). 5000 L = mL
4). cL = 2 L
5). 300 cm3 = m3

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 Additional Activities
Directions: Read analyze and solve the problem.

Raf Arvien has a swimming pool in the backyard of their house that measures 10 m long, 5
m wide and 1 m high. Approximately, how much will he be paying for the water supply of
their swimming pool, if the water costs P27. 25 per cubic meter?

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Answer Key
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