Defining Volume
Counting Cubes
Volume Formula
Volume
Part Two
Finding the Missing Side and Word Problems
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True or False. Volume is the amount of space that an object takes up.
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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Marvin has been asked to find the volume of a rectangular prism. What formulas could he use?

a) (l x w) x h

b) l ( x w x h)

c) l + w + h

d) all of the above

A and B

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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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Volume is measured in A. Lines B. Squares C. Cubic units
C
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A figure has 16 cubes on the first layer. How many layers high would this figure need to be to have a volume of 80 cubes?

5 layers

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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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Find the volume. L=32cm W=16cm H=9cm
4,608 cm3
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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
300
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? L= 2ft W=3ft H=6ft

2x3x6=36 cubic feet

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Find the volume. L=6ft W=23ft H=3ft
414 ft3
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Volume = 12 cubic feet, width = 2 feet, height = 2 feet, length = ?
length = 3 feet
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Centimeters x centimeters x centimeters = ?
cubic centimeters, or centimeters cubed
400
Find the volume of this figure. L=12in W=6in H=10in
720 in3
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A box is 9 inches by 11 inches by 8 inches. Inside the box is a book that is 5 inches by 7 inches by 2 inches. How much leftover space is inside the box?

792- 70= 722 cubic inches left over

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4 cube-shaped blocks each have a side length of 5cm. If Tracey stacks them up, what is the volume of the structure? 

First, find the volume of a cube by using the volume formula 5 x 5 x 5 = 125

Then find the volume of 4 cubes by multiplying 125 x 4 = 500

The total volume is 500 cubic cm

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One cereal box has a volume of 462 cubic inches. Another cereal box measures 12 inches tall, 8 inches long, and 3 inches wide. What is the combined volume of the two cereal boxes?

750 cubic inches

500

True or False. You can find the volume of a composite figure by finding the length width and height of the entire figure, and multiplying length x width x height

False. You would have to count the cubes, or add up the volumes of the different figures.

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What is the difference between area and volume?

Each answer will vary.

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How do you measure the volume of two connecting rectangular prisms? Explain.
Cut the shape into two prisms, find the volume of each, and then add the volumes together.
500
Elsa needs to mail a gift to her sister. The box is 23cm long, 32cm wide, and 20 cm high. What is the volume of the box?
4,720 cm3
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Ms. Sieber will put up an image of a composite figure. Fine the volume of the figure. 

(9 x 6 x 3) + (5 x 4 x 3) = 162 + 60 = 222 cubic yds

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