Pool Volume

By Platform Administrator · Submitted Sep 30, 2026

Content Area: Mathematics
Grade: 5

The Town of Milford has recently approved funding for a new town pool at Fino Field. Students will design a pool layout for a town pool to be used and enjoyed by kids at different age levels. The task is to design a pool that meets required volume and perimeter dimensions.

MA Standards

5.MD.C.5.b

Apply the formula V = l × w × h and V = B × h (where B stands for the area of the base) for rectangular prisms to find volumes of right rectangular prisms with whole-number edge lengths in the context of solving real-world and mathematical problems.

5.MD.C.5.c

Recognize volume as additive. Find volumes of solid figures composed of two non-overlapping right rectangular prisms by adding the volumes of the non-overlapping parts, applying this technique to solve real-world problems.

5.NBT.B.5

Fluently multiply multi-digit whole numbers. (Include two-digit x four-digit numbers and, three-digit x three-digit numbers) using the standard algorithm.

Resources

Task Template (PDF) PDF · 233 KB
Task Template (Word) DOCX · 45.4 KB
Rubric DOCX · 227 KB
Student Instructions DOCX · 39.2 KB
Introduction to Volume DOCX · 23.5 KB

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