Counting Unit Cubes
Measure volumes by counting unit cubes using cubic cm, cubic in, cubic ft, and other units
How to tell they’ve got it
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Try this together
If your child sees a 3-D shape built from small cubes in a diagram, can they count how many cubes it contains — even the ones hidden at the back — to find the volume?
Where this sits on the map
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Curriculum alignment
Candidate matches to official curriculum codes — machine-suggested, unreviewed (v0.1).
Show candidate curriculum codes · 3 ACARA · 2 NSW · 3 VIC
Australian Curriculum v9 candidate
choose appropriate metric units when measuring the length, mass and capacity of objects; use smaller units or a combination of units to obtain a more accurate measure
recognise ways of measuring and approximating the perimeter and area of shapes and enclosed spaces, using appropriate formal and informal units
convert between common metric units of length, mass and capacity; choose and use decimal representations of metric measurements relevant to the context of a problem
NSW syllabus codes & stages only
Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only
These are candidate alignments generated by semantic matching — machine-suggested and unreviewed (v0.1), not official or verified mappings. For official curriculum content see australiancurriculum.edu.au, curriculum.nsw.edu.au and f10.vcaa.vic.edu.au. Don’t rely on them for registration or compliance purposes.