Defining Volume
Counting Cubes
Volume Formula
Volume Formula Part 2
Finding Area
100

True or False. Volume is the amount of space that an object takes up.

True.

100

Find the Volume. A prism has 3 layers of 6 cubes.

18 cu

100

The volume of a box with a base of 3 feet, a height of 4 feet, and a depth of 5 feet.

60 cubic feet

100

A box is 9 inches by 11 inches by 8 inches. What is the volume of the box?

792 cubic inches

100

Solve 3 ft x 2 1/2 ft.

7 1/2 ft. sq.

200

Volume is measured in A. Lines B. Squares C. Cubic units

C

200

See Figure 1.

Composite

200

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?

8x2x4 = 64 cubic inches

200


Aaron is mistaken because we can use area and height, where height is the number of layers, to find the volume.

a. 300 cubic cm

b. 240 cubic cm

200

4 1/2 yd x 5 2/5 yd

24 3/10 yd. sq.

300

The formula for volume of a rectangular prism is:

volume = length x width x height

OR 

volume = area x height

300

A figure is made out of sugar cubes. If the figure is made of 6 rows, with 5 sugar cubes in each row, how many sugar cubes are there altogether?

6x5=30 sugar cubes

300

What is the volume of the figures in figure 3?

L=4cm, w=2cm, h=4cm, V=32 cubic cm

L=4cm, w=3cm, h=3cm, V=36 cubic cm

300


476 cubic feet

300

Sthefany is cutting rectangles out of fabric to make a quilt. If the rectangles are 2 3/5 inches wide and 3 2/3 inches long, what is the area of four such rectangles?

38 2/15 in. sq.

400

True or false: 1 square centimeter is equal to 1 mL of water.

False! 1 cubic centimeter is equal to 1 mL of water.

400
Find the volume of figure 2.

6 cu

400

A rectangular prism has a volume of 350 cubic cm and a base with an area of 25 cm squared. What is the height of the prism?

14 cm

400

The planting box below is made of two sizes of rectangular prisms.  Two of the prisms measure 3 inches by 6 inches by 14 inches.  The other prism measures 15 inches by 5 inches by 10 inches.  What is the total volume of the planting box?

1,254 cubic inches

400

The shaded part of the square below has a length of 3/4 foot and a width of 1/2 foot.  What is the area, in square feet, of the shaded part of the square?


3/8 ft. sq.

500

True or False: Volume has nothing to do with how heavy an object it.

True!

500

19.A food company packages flavor cubes used for making soup. The flavor cubes are packaged in a box that is in the shape of a rectangular prism.

 Each flavor cube has an edge length of 1 centimeter.

 Each box holds exactly 3 layers of flavor cubes with no gaps or spaces.

 Each layer in the box holds 8 flavor cubes.

What is the volume of one box of flavor cubes?

24 cu

500

A rectangular tank with a base area of 36 cubic cm is filled with water and oil to a depth of 9 cm. The oil and water separate into two layers when the oil rises to the top. If the thickness of the water layer is 5cm, what is the volume of the oil layer?

144 cubic cm

500

The diagram shows the dimensions, in cm, of two rectangular prisms joined together. The prisms are exactly the same size and shape. What is the total volume of the compound shape?


960 cubic cm

500

Fred cut a 9 3/4 inch square of construction paper for an art project. He cut a square from the edge of the big square whose side measured 3 1/4 inches. What is the area of the remaining piece?


84 1/2 in. sq.