Find the Volume of Cubes and Rectangular Prisms Using Formulas

Find the volume of the figure.

• 6

• 8

• 12

• 18

Each side of this ice cube measures 2 inches. What is the volume of the ice cube?

• 6 cubic inches

• 8 cubic inches

• 12 cubic inches

• 8 square inches

The box shown has a volume of 8 cubic inches. If it is a cube, how long does each side measure?

• 2 inches

• 2 square inches

• 2 cubic inches

• 4 cubic inches

Jake made a rectangular prism using unit cubes as shown. How can Jake find the volume of his prism?

• He can add the length, height, and width to get a volume of 9 cubic inches.

• He can multiply the length, height, and width to get a volume of 24 cubic inches.

• He can multiply the length and height to get a volume of 12 cubic inches.

• He can multiply the length and width to get a volume of 8 cubic inches.

14 cubic units fit in one layer of a box. The box holds 3 layers. What is the volume of the box?

• 42 u³

• 84 u³

• 80 u³

• 94 u³

How many 1-inch cubes are needed to fill a box that is 15 inches long, 3 inches wide, and 9 inches high?

A cereal box is 12cm tall.  The area of the base is 7cm.  What is the volume?

• 84 cm²

• 84 cm³

• 83 cm

• 84

Kyle’s math teacher, Mrs. Hales, gives him 48 unit cubes and tells him to make as many different rectangular prisms as he can using all of the cubes. Mrs. Hales then tells Kyle to write an equation showing that the volume, V, of each of his prisms is equal to l × w × h. Which of the following CANNOT be one of Kyle’s correct prisms and equations?

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Find the volume of a rectangular prism with a width of 6 m, a length of 2 m and a height of 4 m.

• 12 cubic m.

• 18 cubic m.

• 48 cubic m.

• 56 cubic m.

Length = ?

• 72 in

• 12 in

• 48 in

• 264 in