A Detailed Lesson Plan in Mathematics VI

I. Objectives
At the end of the lesson the pupils should be able to;
 Derive a formula for findings the volume of rectangular prism
 Find a volume of rectangular prism
 Write solution in finding volumes of rectangular prisms correctly
 Work cooperatively to achieve best result

II. Subject Matter

A. Topic: Volume of Rectangular Prisms
B. Skills: Finding volume of rectangular prisms
C. References: PELC IV.B1,3
D. Materials: transparent rectangular containers, small cubes, Rubik’s cube,
worksheets, pictures of plane figures, paper, ball pen
E. Value: Cooperation

III. Learning Activities

Teacher’s Activity Pupil’s Activity

A. Preliminary Activity

1. Prayer
Before we start, ______ kindly
lead the prayer.
“Heavenly Father….. Amen.”
2. Greetings
Good morning Class!!
“Good Morning Teacher.”
“Before you take your seat
please pick all the litters and pieces
of papers under your chair and
arrange your chair properly.”

“You may now take your seats.”

3. Checking of Attendance Thank you Teacher.

“Class secretary tell the class
 who are absent today?”

“So how was your foundation (secretary reports)

day?”

“That’s good!”
“It was great teacher Cecille!”
“Have you enjoyed your foundation
day bonding with your team
mates?”

“Of course Teacher! It was a lot of fun!”

“That’s good to know. What
activities have you done during the
foundation day?”

“We played badminton, chess, volleyball and

etc.”
“We enjoy playing with my group mates.”
“Did you had fun?”

“Yes! We had so much fun.”

“Okay that’s good, I’m glad that
you had fun doing those activities.

B. Preparatory Activities
1. Opening Songs

2. Mental Computation Drill: Solving

For Areas of Plane Figures

“Now class before we proceed to

our lesson, were going to have a
group activity. I’ll divide you into
to four groups.”

“I will show some pictures of a

plane figure with a given
dimensions. You will choose to
your group mates who will be the
first student will solve mentally for
the area and write your answer on
 the activity sheet that I give to you
with the proper label. Then I will
show another picture of a plane
figure with given dimensions again
and again until everyone in the
group or column has participated“.
“The groups who give with the
correct answers and label gets 2pts”
“Did you understand grade six?”

“Yes Teacher”

6dm

5dm

10cm

10dm

6dm 8dm

20cm

a. Setting the Standard in Group

Activity.

“Before we start, what are the

standards or rules to follow in
conducting a group activity?”

-cooperate to your group mates.

-do not do anything not related to the activity.
-try your best to give an answer or an idea.
-be responsible

Very good! So, you should

follow those standards!

b. Group Activity
c. Checking of Group Activity
3. Review : Formulas in solving for
the Areas of the following: Square,
Rectangle, Parallelogram,
Trapezoid and Triangle

“I have here some picture of shapes

with a given dimensions, you will
tell to me what is the area of each?”

“Do you understand class?”

“Yes teacher”

Square

triangle

parallelogram

Rectangle

Trapezoid
 4. Motivation

“What do you call this object?”

“It is a Rubik’s cube”
“That’s right! It is a Rubik’s cube.
A Rubik’s cube is 3 x 3 x 3 cube
that can be manipulated so that each
face of cube will have the same
design.”

“Do you know how to play it?

How?”

“Yes teacher”

“How many small cubes does this

Rubik’s cube have?”
(pupils may give an estimate or give exact
answer)
C. Development Activities

1. Presentation

“The number of small cubes that

make up Rubik’s cube is 24”

“Now class I have here a

container.”
“What kind of solid figure is the
container?”
-rectangular prism

“Now I will put a cube. How many

did I put inside the rectangular
container?”
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-3
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( the teacher fill the container with a

small cubes until its upper portion)

“How can you find the number of

cubes in the container without
counting them all?”

-By counting the number in one layer then

multiply in to other horizontal layer.
“How many cubes in all?”
-There are 24 cubes
“When we get the total number of
cubes that the container has, what
have we looked for?”
“We looked for its volume.”
“Very good!”
“What kind of polygon is the base
of the container?”
-square
“What is its dimension?
-length, width and height
“How many cubes fit the length?
The width?” -3
-4

“Can you give the volume of the

rectangular prism by just using the
dimensions (length, width, height?
How?”
“Yes teacher, by multiplying the length, width
and height.”
“What is the formula in finding the
volume of rectangular prism?
-Volume = length x width x height
-V= lwh
“What unit of measurement will
 you use?”
-centimeter/cm
“When you multiply the length and
the width, what does it represent?”
-area of base
“So if the area of the base and the
height are given, how will you right
the formula for the volume of
rectangular prism?”
-V= area of base x height

“Class the area of the base can be

written as B in symbols.”
-V=Bh
“Did you understand grade six?
“Yes Teacher”
“What are the two formulas in
finding the rectangular prism?
-V=Bh
-V= lwh

2. Fixing Skills
Let us do this in pairs.
1. Count the cubic units to find the volume of each.
a.

V= ___________________

b. c.

V=_________________ V= ____________________

2. Find each missing number?

A. l = 3.5m B. l= 9 dm C. V= 375 cu m D.V= 1232 cm3

w = 3.3m w= 8.6 dm l= 31m l = 11cm
h=4m h= 5 dm w= ______ w= 8cm
V= ____ V= ______ h= 3m h= _____
 3. Generalization
How do you solve for the volume of
rectangular prism? What is the
formula used?
-by multiplying length x width x height
-V=lwh
-V=Bh
Very good! 

D. Application

Draw the indicate figure and solve the problem.

1. A Sewing box is 12 cm by 9 cm by 6 cm. what is its volume?

2. How many cubic meters of soil has to be removed for the for the
foundations of a building 52 m long and 35 m wide if the hole is to
be 1.5 m deep?
3. How many jewelry boxes 10 cm by 6 cm by 4 cm can be packed
into a box 50dm long, 4 dm wide and 3 dm high?

IV. Evaluation
A. Complete the table. Find the volume of the following.

Length Width Height Volume

1. 9 dm 8.6 dm 5 dm
2. 1.4 m 1.5 m 1.8 m
3. 40 cm 15 m 24 cm
4. 18.5 cm 9.4 cm 15 cm
5. 5¾m 4½m 7 2/3 m

B. Read and analyze and solve.

1. The volume of a cube is 343 cm3. What is the length of the edge?
2. A wooden block below has a volume of 600cm3. Bert sawed 2 pieces of wood out of
the block. Find the volume of the block that was left.
V. Assignment

Complete the table.

Length 15cm 8.2 dm 5½m 2.3 m

Width 9 cm 4.7 dm 2¼m 6m
Height 7 cm 2.6 dm 4¾m 9m 2.6 m
Volume 756 m 3 17. 94 m3

Prepared by:

Cecille Maye T. Sagmon

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