True or False: Volume is the amount of space that an object takes up.
True.
What is the area of this rectangle?
3 x 5 = 15 cm2
What is the formula for finding the volume of a rectangular prism?
Volume = length x width x height
or
Volume = Area of base x height
4 x (3 + 7) =
4 x 10 = 40
How do you find the volume of an irregular rectangular prism?
See where you can split the prism and add the volumes together
Volume is measured in
A. Lines
B. Squared units
C. Cubic units
C
Area = length x width
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
(4 x 3) + 7 =
12 + 7 = 19
Write an expression to show how you can calculate volume.
Length x width x height
area of a base x height
The formula for volume of a rectangular prism is:
volume = length x width x height
What is the area of this rectangle?
5 x 8 = 40 cm2
What is the volume of this figure?
6 x 3 x 4 = 72 cm3
Ms. Khan bought plates for a party. Cups come in packs of 12. If she bought 8 packs, how many cups does she have?
96 cups
How many squares would be in one layer of a rectangular prism if the length and width were 12 and 4
48 squares
What is one way to measure a cubic unit?
cubic yards, cubic cm, cubic inches, and cubic inches.
Which ONE of the following demonstrates area?
- a kleenex box
- the top of a desk
- a line
The top of a desk
A box is 9 inches by 11 inches by 2 inches. What is the volume of the box?
198 cubic inches
____ = 30 / (2 + 3)
6
What is the volume of this prism?
4 x 6 x 3 = 72 units3
True or False: Another formula for volume is Area of the base x height.
True
What is the area of this rectangle?
5 x 3 = 15 cm2
What is the volume of this prism? If one layer is 12 cubic units and there are 6 layers?
12 x 6 = 72 units3
Miss Wolf had $23. She Earned $7 more dollars. She donated half the money to the food bank. Write an expression that models the amount of money Miss Wolf donated.
(23 + 7) / 2
What is the volume of this figure if the number sentence is as follows.
3 x 8 x 10
240 cubic units