What is the formula for the Area of a rectangle?
Area = Length x Width
What are the two formulas to find Volume?
V = Bh and V = l x w x h
The area of the base of a rectangular prism is 10 square inches. The height is 3 inches. What is the Volume?
V = Bh, 10 inches squared x 3 inches = 30 cubic inches
Length = 2 inches
Width = 3 inches
Height = 4 inches
What is the Volume?
2 x 3 x 4 = 24 cubic inches
What is the volume of this figure?
18 cubic units
What is the area?
12 square feet
What type of units do you use when you find the volume?
Cubic Units
The area of the base of a rectangular prism is 20 square inches. The height is 4 inches. What is the Volume?
20 x 4 = 80 cubic inches
What is the volume of the figure?
20 square mm
What is the Volume of the figure below?
20 cubic units
What is the area of a rectangle that has a length of seven feet and a width of six feet? (Make sure you correctly label your units!)
7 ft x 6 ft = 42 square feet
In your own words, what is the definition of Volume?
The Volume is the amount of space contained inside of a figure.
The area of the base of a rectangular prism is 12 square cm. The height is 7 cm. What is the Volume?
12 x 7 = 84 cubic cm
Length = 10 feet
Width = 3 feet
Height = 5 feet
What is the Volume?
10 x 3 x 5 = 150 cubic feet
What is the Volume?
36 cubic units
What is the area?
18 square inches
Why is volume measured in cubic units? (Explain why we use the number three to describe the units)
Volume is cubic units because there are 3 dimensions; length, width, and height.
The area of the base of a rectangular prism is 15 square feet. The height is 12 feet. What is the Volume?
15 x 12 = 180 cubic feet
Length = 12 inches
Width = 2 inches
Height = 10 inches
What is the Volume?
12 x 2 x 10 = 240 cubic inches
What is the Volume?
48 cubic units
What is the area?
30 square inches
What is the difference between 9 square units and 9 cubic units?
9 square units are two dimensional, with a length and width. The square units are a plane figure.
9 cubic units are three dimensional, with a length, width, and height. The cubic units are a solid figure.
The area of the base of a rectangular prism is 25 square inches. The height is 10 inches. What is the Volume?
25 x 10 = 250 cubic inches
The volume of the figure is 960 cubic millimeters. What is the height?
The height is 12 mm.
What is the Volume?
120 cubic feet