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Unit 8 - Lesson 7 - Grade 5: Illustrative Mathematics

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Grade 5 Unit 8
Lesson 7: Estimating the Volume of the World’s Largest Wagon
CC BY 2021 Illustrative Mathematics
Grade 5 Unit 8
Lesson 7: Estimating the Volume of the World’s Largest Wagon
CC BY 2021 Illustrative Mathematics
Lesson: Estimating the Volume of the World’s Largest Wagon

Notice and Wonder: Radio Flyer (Warm Up)

1.

What do you notice?

2.

What do you wonder?

Anatomy of an Estimate

3.

What measurements would you take of the wagon to accurately estimate its volume?

4.

What units would you use to measure the wagon? Explain your reasoning.

5.

Record an estimate for the volume of the wagon that is:

6.

What can you use in the picture to refine your estimate?

Estimating the Size of the Radio Flyer

7.

Use the picture of the wagon to make a better estimate of the length, width, and height of the wagon bed.

Make sure to:
  • explain how you estimated each measurement
  • include how accurate you think each estimate is


Cool Down: The Volume of the Wagon
8.

If the Radio Flyer wagon is 27 feet long 13 feet wide and 2 feet deep, what is the volume of the wagon?