Learning about volume
Introduction and recap
If you added another layer to the blocks what would the new volume be?
Video
Watch the following video about volume. See if you can remember how to work out the volume of a prism!
How many dimensions does a prism have?
What are the three measurements you need to determine the volume of a prism?[br]
Name two units of measurement you might use?
Which number would you need to put next to these measurements to indicate that they are cubic?
Answer the following questions
Here is a Rubic's cube shape, what is the volume of this shape?
What was the sum you used to find out the volume? Express in words. i.e. Height x length.....ect
Now change the height to 6, length to 4 and layers to 2. What is your new volume? Show the sum you used to find this out.
Now get creative and explore by changing each slider. See if you can work out the volume for each shape you create.
What is the volume of the shape above? Write this out as a sum using only numbers.
Lets imagine these squares represent cm cubes, write down the sum using cm, don't forget to show that they are cubed...
Using the formula provided, what is the volume? Express as V=....
Use the sliders to change and experiment with width, length and height.
Once you have finished