Defining Volume
Calculating Volume
Volume
Volume as Layers
Additive Volume
Area, Perimeter, or Volume?
100
True or False: Volume is the space that is taken up in a 3 dimensional object
True.
100
B. 60 cubic inches
100
How many cubes will fit in this prism? 
24 cubes would fit in this prism.
100
Why would filling a box with marbles and filling the same box with cubes be different?
Sample answer:
They are different sizes and shapes. Marbles don't fit together as nicely as cubes.
100
True or False.
Volume is additive.
True
100
You need to buy enough soil to fill a large flower pot.
Area, perimeter, or volume?
Volume
200
Volume is measured in
A. Lines
B. Squared units
C. Cubic units
C
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
The volume of a prism is 60 in3. The length is 10 inches and the width is 3 inches. What is the height?
10 x 3 x ?= 60
30 x ? = 60
The height is 2 inches.
200
How many cubes are in one layer of this rectangular prism? 
2 layer of 16
OR
4 layers of 8
200
How do you find the volume of a composite figure? 
You find the volume of each rectangular prism then add the volume amounts together to get the total.
200
You want to put a fence up around an area for your chickens.
Area, perimeter, or volume?
Perimeter
300
The formula for volume of a rectangle
volume = length x width x height
300
What is the volume of this figure?
6 x 3 x 4 = 72 cm3
300
What is the volume of this prism?
4 x 6 x 3 = 72 units3
300
4 layers of 24
The prism is 4 cubes high and 6 cubes long and 4 cubes wide.
300
What is the volume of this composite prism?
72 in3
300
You need to buy enough fertilizer for your vegetable garden.
Area, perimeter, volume
Area
400
Centimeters x centimeters x centimeters = ?
cubic centimeters, or centimeters cubed, or cm3
400
What is missing?
Length: 3 cm
Height: 7 cm
Width: ?
Total Volume: 189 cm3
9 cm
400
The base of a rectangular prism is 82m2 and the width is 4 m. What is the volume of this prism?
82 x 4 = 328 m3
400
How many layers are in this rectangular prism? 
3 layers of 24
400
What is the volume of this figure?
1431 cm3
400
The measurement needed to calculate the distance you ran if you ran around a track 10 times.
Area, perimeter, or volume
Perimeter
500
Find the volume of a square where the width is half of the length. L= 20 cm
Not possible. A square cannot have a width that is half of its length. All of its sides are equal. A square is also a two dimensional shape and volume is a three dimensional measurement.
500
What is missing?
Length: ?
Width: ?
Height: ?
Total Volume: 125 cm3
5 cm
500
The volume of a rectangular prism is 50 m3. What could the dimensions (length, width, and height) be? There is more than one correct answer!
25 x 2 x 1
5 x 5 x 2
10 x 5 x 1
500
What is the volume of this prism? It has 4 layers of 56 square meters.
224 m3
500
What is the volume of this structure?
414 cm3
500
How much air is in our classroom?
Area, perimeter, or volume?
Volume