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Find the volume of the cuboids.

Volume of a cuboid
You can make them with cubes if it helps.
a)
1 cm 1 cm
1 cm
1 Here is a cuboid made up of cubes.
3 cm

1 cm 1 cm
3 cm 3 cm
1 cm

volume = cm3
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b)

a) What is the volume of the cuboid? 1 cm 1 cm

1 cm
volume = 36 cm3

b) Explain your method for finding the volume.

c) What is the volume of this cuboid?

volume = 40 cm3

1 cm 1 cm
1 cm 3 Calculate the volumes of the cuboids.
a) b)

6 cm
8 cm
5 cm
4 cm 10 cm
6 cm
volume = 36 cm3


d) What is the same and what is different about the cuboids? volume = cm3
volume = 300 cm3
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They have the same volume but one of them has cubes the other one doesn't.
 4 Calculate the volumes of the cubes. b) Draw two different cuboids that have a volume of 24 cm3

a) b)

5 cm
7 mm
3cm
volume = cm
3
volume = mm 3 2cm
125 343 2cm
2cm
4cm

12cm

5 The volume of the cuboid is 60 m3

Find the missing length.
5m

3m 8 Calculate the total volume of the shape.

4 m
2 cm

6 Calculate the volume of the cuboid.

5 cm
6 cm 60
1
m
2
volume = cm3 2 cm
30 cm
1500000
1m 50
8 cm

7 a) Calculate the volumes of the two cuboids.

4 cm volume = 110 cm3

4 cm 2 cm 8 cm
2 cm
2 cm Was there another method you could have used?

cm3 cm3
32 32
What do you notice?
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They are the same volume.