Unit Cubes and Volume
Rectangular Prisms
Volume Formulas
Cubic Units
Composite Figures
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The amount of space an object takes up.

What is volume? 

100

Write an expression and calculate volume:

What is 6 x 3 x 4 = 72 cubic units or

12 x 6 or 18 x 4

100

The two formulas for calculating volume.

What are length x width x height and base x height

100

I'd measure this in cubic inches. 

What is the volume of a pencil case, a book, a jewelry box, etc...

100

Splitting a composite figure into two rectangular prisms. 

What is decompose? 

200

The 3-dimensions we measure to calculate volume

What is length, width, and height? 

200

Write an expression and calculate volume: 

What is 4 x 5 x 8 = 160 cubic units or 20 x 8 or 40 x 4

200

Area

What is length x width or the base of a prism

200

I'd measure this in cubic feet. 

What is a refrigerator, a moving van, etc...

200

Calculate volume

What is 12 cubic units? 

300

We can determine the height by counting this. 

What are the number of layers? 

300

The area of the base of a box is 12 square inches and the height is 10 inches. Find the volume. 

What is 120 cubic inches?

300

12 + 12+ 12 = 36 cubic units

What is the volume of a rectangular prism with a base of 12 cubes and 3 layers?

300

I'd measure this in cubic centimeters. 

What is a juice box or dice or ???

300

Avery built a toy castle using two rectangular prisms. The first prism has a length of 5 cm, a width of 4 cm, and a height of 10 cm. The second prism has a length of 3 cm, a width of 4 cm, and a height of 5 cm. The total volume of the toy castle is _____.

What is 260 cubic centimeters?

400

The volume of a cube whose sides are each 1 unit long. 

What is one cubic unit? 
400

The area of the base of a fish tank is 40 square inches. The height is 15 inches. Find the volume

What is 600 cubic inches?

400

If a box is 36 cubic inches, the dimensions are: 

What is 2 x 9 x 2 or 4 x 3 x 2 or 6 x 3 x 2 or 1 x 1 x 36 or ???


400

What is 24 cubic centimeters? 

400

Calculate the volume (write an expression) 

What is 5 x 3 x 8 + 5 x 3 x 3 = 165 cubic feet

500

This rectangular prism has 15 cubes in one layer and 7 layers. 

What has a volume of 105 cubic units?

500

The area of the base of a planter is 12 square feet. The volume is 60 cubic feet. Find the height. 

What is 5 feet? 

500

If a small fish tank is 100 cubic inches, it's reasonable that the dimensions are:

What is 5 x 5 x 4 or 25 x 4 (base x height)

500

A storage box has a volume of 48 cubic feet. Its length is 4 feet and its width is 3 feet. The height of the box is _____.

What is 4 feet? 

500

Calculate the volume (write an expression)

What is 108 cubic cm?

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