Name: _____________________________________

Volume of Rectangular Prisms with Fractional Parts

Standard 6.G.2

The rectangular prisms below are made up of small cubes.

Each cube is (
long) by (
wide) by (
high).

Find the volume of each rectangular prism. Use the dimensions listed above for each small cube.
(Reminder: the edge of each small cube is
)
First: Find the volume of a single cube: V =
1. Count the cubes or

2.

3.

4.

Length: _______________

Length: _______________

Length: _______________

Length: _______________

Width: _______________

Width: _______________

Width: _______________

Width: _______________

Height: _______________

Height: _______________

Height: _______________

Height: _______________

Find the volume.

Show your work.

Find the volume.

Show your work.

Find the volume.

Show your work.

Find the volume.

Show your work.

use the formula.

5. What is the same about each problem 1 through 4? ____________________________________________________

6. What is different about each problem 1 through 4? ____________________________________________________
7. What pattern do you notice that might help you find the volume of each prism in problems 1 through 4?

8. How would you find the volume of the next prism, if it followed the same pattern?
(

long) by (

wide) by (

high) = _________________________ cm3

9. How would you find the volume of any prism if the only dimension that changed was the height from the prisms
show above?

The rectangular prisms below are made up of small cubes.

Each cube is (
long) by (
wide) by (
high).

Find the dimensions of each rectangular prism. Use the dimensions listed above. (Reminder: the edge of
each small cube is
.) Then, find the volume.
10.

11.

12.

13.

Length: _______________

Length: _______________

Length: _______________

Length: _______________

Width: _______________

Width: _______________

Width: _______________

Width: _______________

Height: _______________

Height: _______________

Height: _______________

Height: _______________

Find the volume.

Show your work.

Find the volume.

Show your work.

Find the volume.

Show your work.

Find the volume.

Show your work.

14. Each small cube in this rectangular

prism is

15. What if you doubled every

dimension in the rectangular prism
in problem 14. What would be
the volume of the new prism?

Find the volume of the

rectangular prism.
Show your work.

Is your answer two times

the volume of
problem 14? ________
Why or why not?