Measure Volume with Unit Cubes

Jamie places fifteen 1 inch cubes in the bottom of a box.  She adds 4 more layers of the same number of cubes to completely fill the box.  What is the volume of the box?

• 75 cu in

• 20 cu in

• 60 cu in

• 15 cu in.

Bradley's father bought an above ground pool in the shape of a rectangular prism. The pool measure 12 ft. wide, 16 ft. long, and 4 ft. deep. How much water can the pool hold?

• 768 cubic feet

• 32 cubic feet

• 240 cubic feet

• 136 cubic feet

A child stacks 16 unit cubes without any gaps or overlaps to form a tower. What is the volume of the tower?

• 16 cubic units

• 8 cubic units

• 4 cubic units

• 1 cubic unit

Consider the right rectangular prism. If the right rectangular prism is filled with cubes without any gaps or overlaps, what is the total volume, in cubic units?

• 36 cubic units

• 33 cubic units

• 14 cubic units

• 12 cubic units

Which could be measured using unit cubes?

• the cost of an apple

• the temperature outside

• the time it takes to run a mile

• the volume of a rectangular box

A student stacks unit cubes to make a figure. The figure has a length of 10 inches, a width of 3 inches, and a height of 4 inches.

What is the volume of the figure?

• 120 cubic inches

• 70 cubic inches

• 52 cubic inches

• 34 cubic inches

If 2 more layers of cubes are added to the top of the figure, what will be the new volume of the figure?

• 45 cubic feet

• 54 cubic feet

• 63 cubic feet

• 72 cubic feet

A teacher stacks unit cubes without any gaps or overlaps to create different figures. The table shows the number of unit cubes used to create each figure.

Which figure has the greatest volume?

• Figure 1

• Figure 2

• Figure 3

• Figure 4

Consider the two figures. Which statement is true?

• The volume of Figure 1 is greater than the volume of Figure 2 because 1 × 4 × 2 is greater than 2 × 3 × 1.

• The volume of Figure 1 is less than the volume of Figure 2 because 1 × 4 × 2 is less than 2 × 3 × 2.

• The volume of Figure 2 is greater than the volume of Figure 1 because 2 × 3 × 1 is greater than

  4 × 1 × 3.

• The volume of Figure 2 is the same as the volume of Figure 1 because 2 × 3 × 2 is the same as 1 × 4 × 3.

A student wants to find the volume of a right rectangular prism. If the prism is packed with cubes without any gaps or overlaps, which unit of measure should the student use?

• cubic units

• rectangles

• square units

• units