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Defining Volume
Counting Cubes
Volume Formula
Finding Area
Finding the Missing Side
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True or False. Volume is the amount of space that an object takes up.
True.
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True or False. A cube has six square faces.
True
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What is the formula for finding the volume of a rectangular prism?
Volume = length x width x height
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What is the area of a square that has a length of 3 inches and a width of 7 inches?
21 square inches
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Double! 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
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Volume is measured in A. Lines B. Squares C. Cubic units
C
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For a _____________ figure, it's easier to count cubes to find volume.
Composite or complex
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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
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How do you find the surface area of a rectangle?
multiply the length times the width
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Volume = 4 cubic inches, length = 2 inches, width = 2 inches, height = ?
Height = 1 inch
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The formula for volume of a rectangular prism is:
volume = length x width x height
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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
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What is the volume of the figure? (see slide 4)
2x3x6=36 cubic feet
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What is the area of cube with sides 8 inches long?
64 square inches
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Volume = 12 cubic feet, width = 2 feet, height = 2 feet, length = ?
length = 3 feet
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Centimeters x centimeters x centimeters = ?
cubic centimeters, or centimeters cubed
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Why do we measure volume in cubes?
Because they are 3 dimensional and Volume is a 3-Dimensional space.
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A box is 9 inches by 11 inches by 8 inches. What is the volume of the box?
792 cubic inches
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Bobby used 40 feet of fence to fence in his square back yard. If he used the same amount of fence on each side, what is the area of his backyard?
100 square feet
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Volume = 56 cubic feet, length = 7 feet, width = 2 feet, height = ?
height = 4 feet
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True or False. You can find the volume of a complex figure (one with two different rectangular prisms connected) by using length x width x height
False. You would have to count the cubes, or add up the volumes of the different figures.
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How many cubes make up the figure? (See the board)
40 cubic units
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What is the volume of the figure? (see slide 5)
288 cubic cm
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Find the area of a yard with a width of 17 cm and a length of 21 cm?
357 square centimeters
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Double!! Volume = 300 cubic cm, length = 10 cm, width = 6 cm, height = ?
height = 5 cm