Vocabulary
What is area?
The area inside of a 2D shape. A=LxW
Susan has a box for paperclips on her desk. The box is 6 centimeters long, 3 centimeters wide, and 2 centimeters high. What is the volume of the box?
36 cubic centimeters
A rectangular prism is 3 inches high, 9 inches long, and 3 inches wide. What is the volume of the prism?
81 cubic inches
L = 2
W = 2
H = 4
What is the volume?
16 cubic units
What is a product?
The answer to a multiplication problem.
Which way does length go?
Horizontal, measures how long something is.
The base of Jada’s toy box is a rectangle with a length of 4 feet and a width of 3 feet. The height of the toy box is 2 feet. What is the volume of the toy box?
24 cubic feet
The base of a rectangular prism is 8 meters long and 5 meters wide. The height of the prism is 3 meters. What is the volume of the prism?
120 cubic meters
L = 4
W = 5
H = 3
What is the volume?
60 cubic units
What is a quotient?
The answer to a division problem.
Which way does width go?
Diagonal. It measures how thick something is.
What is the volume of a rectangular prism with a length of 4 centimeters, a width of 1 centimeter, and a height of 7 centimeters?
A recipe box is 6 inches long, 3 inches wide, and 4 inches high. What is the volume of the recipe box?
72 cubic inches
L = 2 in
W = 2 in
V = 40 inches cubed
What is the height?
10 inches
What is a factor?
A whole number that multiplies to get a product.
Which way does height go and what does it mean?
It goes vertically and it measures how tall something is.
How much space is taken up by a rectangular tissue box that is 5 inches long, 4 inches wide, and 5 inches high?
100 cubic inches
Esteban buys cereal in a box that is 10 inches high, 7 inches long, and 2 inches wide. What is the volume of the cereal box?
140 cubic inches
L = 4 yd
H = 2 yd
V = 56 cubic yards
What is the width?
7 yards
What is a multiple?
When a product is multiplied by any whole number. (Skip counting!)
What is volume and what is the correct label when measuring it?
Volume is the amount of space inside of a 3D shape. It is measured in cubic units.
The base of Tim’s closet is a rectangle that is 4 feet long and 2 feet wide. The closet is 7 feet high. What is the volume of Tim’s closet?
56 cubic feet
The base of a rectangular crayon box is 8 centimeters long and 4 centimeters wide. The height of the box is 10 centimeters. What is the volume of the crayon box?
320 cubic centimeters
W = 6 ft
H = 2 ft
V = 72 cubic feet
What is the length?
6 feet
Factors= 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, and 36.
Multiplies= 36, 72, 108, 144, 180, 216, 252, 288