Volume

sort and practice

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Sort Activity:

1. Students will need to cut and

glue the prisms, determine
their dimensions, and then
calculate the volume.
2. The Sort requires students to
know both volume formulas:
Length x Width x Height and
Area of the Base x Height.

Volume of a Prism:

1. This is a higher level activity

that requires students to use a
variety of strategies. In the
first column, they have to
count or calculate the number
of cubes in the prism. In the
second column, they have to
count or calculate how many
more cubes are needed to fill
the prism.
2. Allow students to struggle
through this! It will build
understanding.
 Sort it Out!
Length: 6 units
Width: 4 units 48 cubic units
Height: 4 units

Area of the Base:

96 cubic units 8 square units
Height: 6 units

Length: 4 units
Width: 5 units 60 cubic units
Height: 3 units

Length: 3 units
48 cubic units Width: 4 units
Height: 4 units

Area of the Base:

96 cubic units 32 square units
Height: 3 units

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prism dimensions volume of the

entire prism

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Volume of a Prism
number of cubes inside how many more are
prism needed to fill the prism?
the prism:

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 answer key

Volume of a Prism
number of cubes inside how many more are needed
prism to fill the prism?
the prism:

31 cubic units 104 more cubes are

needed

68 cubic units 252 more cubes are

needed

41 cubic units 175 more cubes are

needed

52 cubic units 188 more cubes are

needed

14 cubic units 22 more cubes are needed

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