Terms and Definitions
What is the amount of space inside a 3-D figure called?
Volume
There are 4 cubes in one layer. There is 1 layer in total. What is the volume ?
4 Cubic Units
2 x 3 x 4
24 cubic units
V= 24 L= 4 W=3 H=?
2 units
A toy box is 4 ft long, 2 ft wide, and 2 ft high. What is it's volume?
16 ft 3
What do we call a cube that measures 1 unit x 1 unit x 1 unit?
Unit Cube
There are 6 cubes in one layer. There are 2 layers in total. What is the volume?
12 Cubic Units
5 x 4 x 3
60 cubic units
V= 40 L=5 W= 4 H=?
2 units
A shipping box measures 6 in x 4 in x 3 in. What is it's volume?
72 in 3
What type of units do we use to measure volume?
Cubic Units
A prism has a base containing 8 unit cubes and is 3 layers tall. What is the volume?
24 Cubic Units
A rectangular prism measures 7 ft x 3 ft x 4 ft
84 ft 3
V= 72 L=6 W=? H=3
4 units
An aquarium measures 8 ft long, 3 ft wide, and 4 ft high. What is the volume?
96 ft 3
What is the formula for finding the volume of a rectangular prism ?
V= Length x Width x Height
A prism is 5 cubes long, 2 cubes wide, and 3 cubes high.
30 cubic units
A rectangular prism measures 8 cm x 6 cm x 5 cm
240 cm 3
V=120 L= 10 W=4 H=?
3 units
A storage container has a base area of 30 square inches and is 6 inches high. What is the volume?
180 in 3
What is the difference between square units and cubic units ?
Square units measure area; Cubic units measure volume.
A prism has 12 cubes in each layer and 4 layers. What is the volume?
48 cubic units
A rectangular prism measures 12 m x 7 m x 5 m
420 m 3
A prism has a volume of 360 cubic units. It's length is 12 units and width is 5 units. What is the height?
Heigh = 6 units
Two rectangular boxes are being compared.
Box A= 8x5x4 Box B= 6x6x5
Box A= 160 cubic units Box B= 180 cubic units Box B has a greater volume