Class 5 · 20 games

Class 5 surface area and volume, as pictures to move

How much a solid holds, and how much it takes to wrap it. Here is what Class 5 practises in surface area and volume, and the games that do it.

Skills in Class 5 surface area and volume

  • Nets of a cube, and views of a stack
  • Volume of a cuboid, counted in layers

The games

Played as fill in the steps, place the tiles, sort and match, find every one, predict, then slide.

  • Folding a cube
  • Cubes in a small box
  • A small stack from every side
  • Layer by layer
  • What the stack hides
  • Working back to the height
  • Which flat shapes make a cube
  • Faces of a small stack
  • How many layers hold all the cubes
  • Fold it in your head
  • Layers from the cubes in one layer

Volume is how many unit cubes fill it

Fill a box layer by layer. One layer holds length times breadth cubes, and there are as many layers as the height. Volume is measured in cubic units, like cm³.

4 × 3 × 2 = 24 unit cubes

Surface area and volume, explained with pictures

Questions parents ask

What surface area and volume does Class 5 cover?
In Tivumo, Class 5 surface area and volume covers: nets of a cube, and views of a stack; volume of a cuboid, counted in layers.
How many Class 5 surface area and volume games are there?
20 games, played as fill in the steps, place the tiles, sort and match, find every one, predict, then slide.
Is it free?
Yes. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases, and it works offline after the first visit.

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