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
Volume is measured in
A. Lines
B. Squared units
C. Cubic units
C
What is the formula for the area of a rectangle?
Area = length x width
I made a tower in the shape of a rectangular prism out of blocks. The length was 8 cm, width was 2 cm, and height was 4 cm. What was the volume of the figure?
8x2x4 = 64 cm3
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
Centimeters x centimeters x centimeters = ?
cubic centimeters, or centimeters cubed, or cm3
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 cm by 11 cm by 8 cm. What is the volume of the box?
792 cm3
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?

12 x 6 = 72 cm3