You can find the volume of a box by filling it with identical items,

then counting them.

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What would you say is the volume of this carton?

Volume is the amount of space inside of an object.

If Area is 2D, then Volume is 3D.

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 What would you say is the volume of this carton?

Why does it use the word “about”?

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Are donuts and sugar cubes

the best way to measure volume?

What would the Home Depot employee say if you ordered

something with a volume of 230 donuts?

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Volume is expressed with the formula WxLxH.

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 Extension: How many
different rectangular prisms
can you make from b)?

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Can you order these shapes from least to greatest volume?

a) b) c) d)

e) f)

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ACTIVITY TIME!

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