Tell me about the capacity of the pencil box. The student selects and uses appropriate units and procedures to measure volume. Assessment Task Clarifying Activity Students estimate the volume their mathematics text. They then of design a box that would just hold their mathematics text. They can round each dimension of the box to the nearest inch or centimeter and use the linear measurements to estimate the volume of the box in cubic units.
Students can use models of cubic units to test their estimates.
Estimate the volume of the box that you have constructed that just holds your textbook. Write your estimate on a piece of paper. Write your estimate for the area of the bottom of the box. Check your estimate by covering the bottom of the box. Stop after covering the bottom.