Blocks in boxes

Blocks in boxes

Pencil and paper
Overview
Using this Resource
Connecting to the Curriculum
Marking Student Responses
This task is about working out volume.
a)


 
 

How many small blocks of the size shown will fill the large box?
 
  (A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)		 4
8
12
16
None of these. The answer is __________
 
b)
 
  How many small blocks of the size shown will fill the large box?
 
  (A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)		 8
16
20
24
None of these. The answer is __________
Task administration: 
This task can be completed with pencil and paper.
Level:
3
Curriculum info: 
Maths, Geometry and Measurement, Measurement
Keywords: 
volume, cuboids
Description of task: 
Students answer two multiple-choice questions about the number of smaller blocks that fit into larger cuboid containers.
Learning Progression Frameworks
This resource can provide evidence of learning associated with
Measurement sense, set 5
within the Mathematics Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Read more about the Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Answers/responses: 
  

Y6 (07/1997)

Y7 (07/1997)
a) B easy easy
b) A moderate easy