Volume

The volume of Rectangular Prism

Lesson Goals

• Students will be able to define volume of a rectangluar prism.

• Students will be able to find the volume of a rectangular prism in a real-world application.

What is Volume?

Volume is the amount of space in a certain 3D object.

Example: Is the amount of space the popcorn takes up within the popcorn bag.

Multiple Choice

Volume is the amount of space an object takes up.

• True
• False

Multiple Choice

What is the formula to finding the volume of a rectangular prism?

• Add up all the given values, then divide by 3.
• Multiply length and width by height, and then divide by 3.
• Add only length, width and height to get the volume.
• Multiply the length and the width, and the height to get the volume.

Multiple Choice

What is the volume of this prism?

• 2 cubic in
• 12 cubic in
• 13 cubic in

Multiple Choice

• 24 cubic units
• 28 cubic units
• 12 cubic units
• 20 cubic units

Multiple Choice

What is the volume of this rectangular prism?

• 26 cubic units
• 24 cubic units
• 24 square units
• 26 square units

Multiple Choice

What is the volume of this prism?

• 20 cubic feet
• 8 cubic feet
• 40 cubic feet

Multiple Choice

What is the volume of this rectangular prism?

• 60 cubic centimeters
• 15 cubic centimeters
• 20 cubic centimeters
• 6 cubic centimeters

Multiple Choice

What is the volume of this rectangular prism?

• 2 cm³

• 5 cm³

• 40 cm³

• 15 cm³

Multiple Choice

What is the volume of this prism ?

• 3/8 in²

• 1/8 in ³

• 1/16 in ³

• 3/16 in ³

Multiple Choice

What is the volume of the image shown?

• 3/8 in ³

• 3/8 in ²

• 1 3/8 in ³

• 1 3/8 in ³

Multiple Choice

What is the volume of the cereal box?

• 23 in³
• 97 in³
• 132 in³
• 288 in³

Multiple Choice

A garden box has a base with an area of 48 sq cm. The height of the garden box is 6 cm. What is the volume of the garden box?

• 300 cm³

• 54 cm³

• 8 cm³

• 288 cm³

Multiple Choice

Ms. Fleener's fish tank has a bottom area of 102 square centimeters. If the height of the fish tank is 12 centimeters, how many cubic centimeters of water does the fish tank hold?

• 114 cubic centimeters

• 1,020 cubic centimeters

• 900 cubic centimeters

• 1,224 cubic centimeters

Multiple Choice

Maria wants to fill the rectangular prism with chocolate, what is the volume of Maria's figure?

• The volume of Maria's figure is 150ft³
• The volume of Maria's figure is 168ft³
• The volume of Maria's figure is 220ft³
• The volume of Maria's figure is 200ft³

Multiple Choice

Kyle has a box that is 5 inches wide, 7 inches long, and a volume of 210 cubic inches. What is the height of the box?

• 2 in

• 198 in³

• 7,350 in³

• 6 in

Multiple Choice

The laundry basket is 10 feet tall. It is 2 feet wide. The volume is 160 cubic feet. How long is the laundry basket? 

• 20 ft. 
• 8 ft.
• 172 ft. 
• 160 ft

Multiple Choice

Sam is using this box to pack books.  He needs to know the volume so he can figure out how many books to pack.
Which expression below would Sam use to find the volume of the box?

• 3 + 4 + 5
• 3 + 4 x 5
• 3 x 4 + 5
• 3 x 4 x 5

Multiple Choice

A suitcase has a dimension of 4 x 6 x 7 feet. If the clothing that goes inside of it has a total volume of 160 cubic feet, will there be enough room to fit all of the clothing?

• Yes, there will be 8 cubic feet left

• Yes, there will be 168 cubic feet left

• No, there will not be enough room in the suitcase

• Yes, the clothing is the same volume as the suitcase