Volume of Rectangular Prisms

find the volume

100

How many cubes fit in a prism that measures 3 by 4 by 1?

12 units³

200

What is the volume of a prism that measures 3 by 6 by 2?

36 units³

300

What is the volume of a rectangular prism with measurements of 3 by 5 by 6?

90 units³

400

What is the volume of cube made with 6 identical cubes, each cube has 2 inch edges.

48 in³

500

Each edge of a cube is 5 millimeters long. What is the volume in cubic millimeters?

155 mm³

Vocabulary

100

the amount of space, measured in cubic units, that an object or substance occupies. It must be stacked with no overlaps or gaps.

What is Volume

200

a figure having 3 dimensions

What is a solid figure

300

measurement in length, width and thickness (height)

dimensions

400

A solid bounded by 6 equal squares

What is a Cube

500

A cube whose sides are 1 unit long

What is a Unit Cube

volume with base only

100

A box has a volume of 36 in³. The length is 6 inches and the width is 3 inches. What is the height? (Hint multiply then divide)

What is 2 inches

200

A pencil box has a volume of 100 in³. The length is 10 inches and the width is 2 inches. What is the height? (Hint multiply then divide)

What is 5 inches

300

A Christmas package is a big square and has a volume of 1,728 in³. The length is 12 inches and the width is 12 inches. What is the height? (Hint multiply then divide)

What is 12 inches and it could be: a computer, a tv, or ____

400

A rectangular prism has a volume of 144 m³. The width is 2 m, height is 6 m. What is the length? (Hint multiply then divide)

12 m

500

A box has a length of of 12 centimeters, a width of 10 centimeters, and a height of 6 centimeters. A second box has a length of 60 centimeters and a width of 2 centimeters. Both boxes have the same volume. What is the height of the second box?

What is 6 centimeters?

volume of rectangular prisms

100

Find the Volume of a rectangle with a length of 4 cm, a width of 2 cm, and a height of 3 cm.

24 cm³

200

Find the volume of a cube with sides 3 in.

27 in³

300

Find the volume of a cube with sides 4 in.

64 in³

400

Find the volume of a rectangular prism with a length of 2 cm, a width of 6 cm, and a height of 5 cm.

60 cm³

500

Find the volume of a rectangular prism with  a length 3 in, a width of 7 in, and a height of 5 in.

105 in³

volume in expressions

100

What expression could be used for the rectangular prism with a dimension of length 3, width 2 and height 3?

3 x (2 x 3)

200

Using the following expression what is the volume of the composite figure in cubic inches? (6 x 3) x 2 + (2 x 3) x 8

118 cubic inches

300

A rectangular prism has dimensions of 4 inches by 3 inches and we need to find the 3rd dimension. The total volume is 96 cubic inches. What expression could we use?

96 / (4 x 3)

400

Mrs. Z wrote the expression (3 x 10) x 4 to represent the volume of a prism, in cubic units. What expression could also be used to determine the volume of the prism?

3 x (10 x 4)

500

Ms. Caliento wrote the expression (4 x 4) x 4 to represent the volume of a prism. What other expression could she use?

4 x (4 x 4 )