Find the Volume
Vocabulary
Volume given Base
Volume of Composite Figures
Volume Thinking
100

How many cubes fit in a prism that measures 31 by 4 by 10?

What is 1,240 cubes?

100
the amount of space, measured in cubic units, that an object or substance occupies. I
What is Volume?
100
A box has a volume of 36 cubic inches. The length is 6 inches and the width is 3 inches. What is the height?
What is 2 inches?
100
Two rectangular prisms are sitting on top of each other. One has measurements of 15 inches by 14 inches by 6 inches. The other one has measurements of 5 inches x 25 inches x 6 inches. What is the total volume of the prisms?
What is 2,010 cubic inches?
100
What is the volume of a rectangular prism with a dimension of length 3, width 22 and height 3? How did you solve for it?
3 x 22 x 3 = 198 cubic units
200

What is the volume of a prism that measures 3 by 65 by 20?

3,900 cubes

200
A figure having 3 dimensions.
What is a solid figure?
200
A pencil box has a volume of 100 cubic inches. The length is 10 inches and the width is 2 inches. What is the height?
What is 5 inches?
200
Two rectangular prisms are sitting on top of each other. One has measurements of 8 inches by 4 inches by 3 inches. The other one has measurements of 4 inches x 16 inches x 6 inches. What is the total volume of the prisms?
480 cubic inches
200
Using the following expression what is the volume of the composite figure in cubic inches? (6 x 4 x 2) + (2 x 7 x 8)
160 cubic inches
300

What is the volume of a rectangular prism with measurements of 35 by 52 by 6?

10,920 cubes

300
The way we reference measurement in length, width and height.
Dimensions
300
A Christmas package is a big square and has a volume of 1,728 cubic inches. The length is 12 inches and the width is 12 inches. What is the height?
What is 12 inches?
300
Two rectangular prisms are sitting on top of each other. One has measurements of 30 feet by 12 feet by 6 feet. The other one has measurements of 15 feet x 6 feet x 6 feet. What is the total volume of the prisms?
2700 cubic feet
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 is the last dimension? How did you solve for it?
96 / (4 x 3) = 8 inches
400

What is the volume of cube made with 6 identical cubes, each cube has 5 inch edges.

750 cubic inches

400
A solid bounded by 6 equal squares.
What is a cube?
400
A rectangular prism has a volume of 189 cubic meters. The height is 3 cubic meters. What are the dimensions of the base?
what is l=7 and w=9
400
Two cubes are sitting on top of each other. One has measurements of 12 inches on each side. The other one has measurements of 8 inches. What is the total volume of the cubes?
What is 2,240 cubic inches
400
Mrs. A wrote the expression 3 x 10 x 4 to represent the volume of a prism, in cubic units. What is the volume of this particular prism? If is was measured in inches, what kind of object could Mrs. A be describing?
120 cubic inches and a tissue box
500

Each edge of a cube is 15 millimeters long. What is the volume in cubic millimeters? What about in liters?

3,375 cubic millimeters and 3.375L

500
A cube whose sides are 1 unit long.
What is a unit cube?
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?
500
Two objects are sitting on top of each other. One is a rectangular prism and has measurements of 15 cm by 14 cm by 16 cm. The other one is a cube and has measurements of 14 cm. What is the total volume of the whole object?
6,104 cubic centimeters
500
Mrs. James wrote the expression 2.5cm x 7cm x 7cm to represent the volume of a prism. How many milliliters and liters can the solid hold?
122.5 milliliters and 0.1225L
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