Unit Cubes and Volume
Rectangular Prisms
Volume Formulas
Cubic Units
Composite Figures
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The amount of space an object takes up.
What is volume?
100
Write an expression and calculate volume:
What is 6 x 3 x 4 = 72 cubic units or
12 x 6 or 18 x 4
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The two formulas for calculating volume.
What are length x width x height and base x height
100
I'd measure this in cubic inches.
What is the volume of a pencil case, a book, a jewelry box, etc...
100
Splitting a composite figure into two rectangular prisms.
What is decompose?
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The 3-dimensions we measure to calculate volume
What is length, width, and height?
200
Write an expression and calculate volume: 
What is 4 x 5 x 8 = 160 cubic units or 20 x 8 or 40 x 4
200
Area
What is length x width or the base of a prism
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I'd measure this in cubic feet.
What is a refrigerator, a moving van, etc...
200
Calculate volume
What is 12 cubic units?
300
We can determine the height by counting this.
What are the number of layers?
300
The area of the base of a box is 12 square inches and the height is 10 inches. Find the volume.
What is 120 cubic inches?
300
12 + 12+ 12 = 36 cubic units
What is the volume of a rectangular prism with a base of 12 cubes and 3 layers?
300
I'd measure this in cubic centimeters.
What is a juice box or dice or ???
300
Avery built a toy castle using two rectangular prisms. The first prism has a length of 5 cm, a width of 4 cm, and a height of 10 cm. The second prism has a length of 3 cm, a width of 4 cm, and a height of 5 cm. The total volume of the toy castle is _____.
What is 260 cubic centimeters?
400
The volume of a cube whose sides are each 1 unit long.
What is one cubic unit?
400
The area of the base of a fish tank is 40 square inches. The height is 15 inches. Find the volume
What is 600 cubic inches?
400
If a box is 36 cubic inches, the dimensions are:
What is 2 x 9 x 2 or 4 x 3 x 2 or 6 x 3 x 2 or 1 x 1 x 36 or ???
400
What is 24 cubic centimeters?
400
Calculate the volume (write an expression) 
What is 5 x 3 x 8 + 5 x 3 x 3 = 165 cubic feet
500
This rectangular prism has 15 cubes in one layer and 7 layers.
What has a volume of 105 cubic units?
500
The area of the base of a planter is 12 square feet. The volume is 60 cubic feet. Find the height.
What is 5 feet?
500
If a small fish tank is 100 cubic inches, it's reasonable that the dimensions are:
What is 5 x 5 x 4 or 25 x 4 (base x height)
500
A storage box has a volume of 48 cubic feet. Its length is 4 feet and its width is 3 feet. The height of the box is _____.
What is 4 feet?
500
Calculate the volume (write an expression)
What is 108 cubic cm?