Defining Volume
Counting Cubes
Volume Formula
What is the Volume
Finding the Missing Side
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True or False. Volume is the amount of space that an object holds.
True.
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True or False. A cube has six square faces.
True
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What is the formula for finding the volume of a rectangular prism?
Volume = length x width x height
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Slide #2

72 cubic cm

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Double! How do you find the height if the volume, length, and width are given to you.
Divide the volume by the product of length x width OR multiply length x width and then guess-multiply for the height until you get the volume
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What is volume measured in?
Cubic units
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For a _____________ figure, it's easier to count cubes to find volume.
Composite
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I made a tower in the shape of a rectangular prism out of blocks. The length was 8 in, width was 2 in, and height was 4 in. What was the volume of the figure?
8x2x4 = 64 cubic inches
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See Slide 3
120 cubic inches
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Volume = 4 cubic inches, length = 2 inches, width = 2 inches, height = ?
Height = 1 inch
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The formula for volume of a rectangular prism is:
volume = length x width x height

or

volume = base x height

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A figure is made out of sugar cubes. If the figure is made of 6 rows, with 5 sugar cubes in each row, how many sugar cubes are there altogether?
6x5=30 sugar cubes
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What is the volume of the figure with a length of 2 feet, width of 3 feet and height of 6 feet?
2x3x6=36 cubic feet
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See Slide 4
80 cubic cm
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Volume = 12 cubic feet, width = 2 feet, height = 2 feet, length = ?
length = 3 feet
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A 3-d figure with centimeter measurements would be labeled this way when finding the volume.
cubic centimeters, or centimeters cubed
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I made this figure out of blocks. How many cubes did I use to make the figure? (see slide 7)
54 cubic units
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A box is 9 inches by 11 inches by 8 inches. What is the volume of the box?
792 cubic inches
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See Slide 5
3 cubic meters
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Volume = 56 cubic feet, length = 7 feet, width = 2 feet, height = ?
height = 4 feet
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What dimensional figures do you measure volume?
3 dimensional
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How many cubes make up the figure? (See slide 8)
40 cubic units
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What is the volume of the figure? (see slide 5)
288 cubic cm
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See Slide 6
13 cubic meters
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Double!! Volume = 300 cubic cm, length = 10 cm, width = 6 cm, height = ?
height = 5 cm
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