Find the Volume
Vocabulary
Volume given Base
Volume of Composite Figures
Volume Thinking
100
How many cubes fit in a prism that measures 31 by 4 by 10?
What is 1,240 cubes?
100

the amount of space, measured in cubic units, that an object or substance occupies.

What is Volume?

100
A box has a volume of 36 cubic inches. The length is 6 inches and the width is 3 inches. What is the height?
What is 2 inches?
100
Two rectangular prisms are sitting on top of each other. One has measurements of 15 inches by 14 inches by 6 inches. The other one has measurements of 5 inches x 25 inches x 6 inches. What is the total volume of the prisms?
What is 2,010 cubic inches?
100
What is the volume of a rectangular prism with a dimension of length 3, width 22 and height 3? How did you solve for it?
3 x 22 x 3 = 198 cubic units
200
What is the volume of a prism that measures 3 by 65 by 20?
3,900 cubes
200
A figure having 3 dimensions.
What is a solid figure?
200
A pencil box has a volume of 100 cubic inches. The length is 10 inches and the width is 2 inches. What is the height?
What is 5 inches?
200
Two rectangular prisms are sitting on top of each other. One has measurements of 8 inches by 4 inches by 3 inches. The other one has measurements of 4 inches x 16 inches x 6 inches. What is the total volume of the prisms?
480 cubic inches
200
Using the following expression what is the volume of the composite figure in cubic inches? (6 x 4 x 2) + (2 x 7 x 8)
160 cubic inches
300
What is the volume of a rectangular prism with measurements of 35 by 52 by 6?
10,920 cubes
300

The way we reference measurement in length, width and height.

Dimensions

300
A Christmas package is a big square and has a volume of 1,728 cubic inches. The length is 12 inches and the width is 12 inches. What is the height?
What is 12 inches?
300
Two rectangular prisms are sitting on top of each other. One has measurements of 30 feet by 12 feet by 6 feet. The other one has measurements of 15 feet x 6 feet x 6 feet. What is the total volume of the prisms?
2700 cubic feet
300
A rectangular prism has dimensions of 4 inches by 3 inches and we need to find the 3rd dimension. The total volume is 96 cubic inches. What is the last dimension? How did you solve for it?
96 / (4 x 3) = 8 inches
400

Using the expression, find the volume of a tissue box:

2in x 14in x 5in

140 cubic inches

400
A solid bounded by 6 equal squares.
What is a cube?
400

A rectangular prism has a volume of 189 cubic meters. The height is 3 cubic meters. What are the possible dimensions of the base?

7m and 9m

400
Two cubes are sitting on top of each other. One has measurements of 12 inches on each side. The other one has measurements of 8 inches. What is the total volume of the cubes?
What is 2,240 cubic inches
400

Mrs. Gore wrote the expression 3 x 10 x 4 to represent the volume of a prism, in cubic units. What is the volume of this particular prism?

120 cubic units

500
Each edge of a cube is 15 millimeters long. What is the volume in cubic millimeters? What about in liters?
3,375 cubic millimeters and 3.375L
500
A cube whose sides are 1 unit long.
What is a unit cube?
500
A box has a length of of 12 centimeters, a width of 10 centimeters, and a height of 6 centimeters. A second box has a length of 60 centimeters and a width of 2 centimeters. Both boxes have the same volume. What is the height of the second box?
What is 6 centimeters?
500
Two objects are sitting on top of each other. One is a rectangular prism and has measurements of 15 cm by 14 cm by 16 cm. The other one is a cube and has measurements of 14 cm. What is the total volume of the whole object?
6,104 cubic centimeters
500
Mrs. Kryger wrote the expression 2.5cm x 7cm x 7cm to represent the volume of a prism. How many milliliters and liters can the solid hold?
122.5 milliliters and 0.1225L