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Volume is an essential concept in students' learning of three-dimensional or solid geometry.
In this unit, students develop viable strategies for visualizing and enumerating cubes in 3-D arrays, and then apply these strategies to determine the volume of various rectangular containers. They then extend their thinking to nonrectangular containers such as pyramids, cylinders, and cones. I've found this every year that I have taught Investigations. If they are having problems in multiplication, then in geometry they will be the star. If they're having problems with division then in fractions they will be the star.