Defining Volume
True or False. Volume is the amount of space that an object takes up.
True.
True or False. A cube has six square faces.
True
What is the formula for finding the volume of a rectangular prism?
Volume = length x width x height
How do you find the height if the volume, length, and width are given to you.
Divide the volume by the product of length x width OR multiply length x width and then guess-multiply for the height until you get the volume OR multiply length x width and divide it by the volume
Volume is measured in A. Lines B. Squares C. Cubic units
C
True or False. Feet Squared is one of the ways to label Volume.
False.
I made a tower in the shape of a rectangular prism out of blocks. The length was 8 in, width was 2 in, and height was 4 in. What was the volume of the figure?
64 cubic inches
Volume = 64 cubic inches, length = 4 inches, width = 4 inches, height = ?
Height = 4 inch
The formula for volume of a irregular rectangular prism is:
Cut and volume = length x width x height
A figure is made out of sugar cubes. If the figure is made of 12 rows, with 10 sugar cubes in each row, how many sugar cubes are there altogether?
120 sugar cubes
The school garden has a length was 9 ft, width was 9 ft, and height was 10 ft. What was the volume of the figure?
810 cubic feet
Volume = 32 cubic feet, width = 8 feet, height = 4 feet, length = ?
length = 1 feet
Centimeters x centimeters x centimeters = ?
cubic centimeters, or centimeters cubed
A sculpture is made out of boxes. If the figure is made of 30 rows, with 6 boxes in each row, how many boxes are there altogether?
180 boxes
A box is 9 inches by 10 inches by 8 inches. What is the volume of the box?
720 cubic inches
Volume = 80 cubic feet, length = 10 feet, width = 2 feet, height = ?
height = 4 feet
True or False. You can find the volume of an irregular figure by using length x width x height
False. You would have to count the cubes, or add up the volumes of the different figures.
A cube has a length of 4 and a width of 5. The cube was 20 layers high. What is the volume of this figure.
400 cubic units
A window is 25 inches by 20 inches by 10 inches. What is the volume of the box?
4,500 cubic inches
Double!! Volume = 1,000 cubic cm, length = 10 cm, width = 20 cm, height = ?
height = 5 cm