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WALT:
Volume of Cuboids
Find the volume of cuboids

Level 4
WILF:
Is the answer to: Is the answer to: Is the answer to:

Each small cube has a Work out the volume Work out the volume of
volume of 1cm3 find the the prism.
volume of the whole cuboid.

Level 5 Level 6 Level 7

Keywords

Area Cross section Cylinder

Prism Volume
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Starter:
Volume of Cuboids
How many small cubes are in each of these cubes / cuboids?
a b c d

4 cubes 8 cubes 6 cubes 12 cubes

e f g h

16 cubes 27 cubes 45 cubes 64 cubes

Other than counting the number of cubes, is there a mathematical way to

work out the number of cubes in each cube / cuboid?

Is it quicker than counting?

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Volume of Cuboids
How many small cubes are inside this larger cuboid?

Is there a quicker way to work out the number

of cubes?
3 cubes

4x3x5= 60 cubes

s
be
cu

4 cubes
5

How many small cubes are inside this larger cuboid?

7x4x6= 168 cubes

4 cubes

s
be
cu
6

7 cubes
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Volume:
Volume of Cuboids
Volume is the amount of 3–dimensional space an object occupies.

Units of volume – mm3, cm3, m3 etc.

A volume of 1cm3 is a cube of size 1cm by 1cm by 1cm

1cm

1cm
1c

Work out the volume of these cuboids if each small cube has a volume of 1cm 3.

4x2x3=
24cm3 6x2x6=

5x5x5= 72cm3

125cm3
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Volume:
Volume of Cuboids
How can we work out the volume of a cuboid?

Volume of a cuboid = Length x width x height

V=lxwxh
Height (h)

(l)
th
ng
Le

Width (w)
Work out the volumes of these cuboids.

6 x 10 x 4 =
240cm3
3x4x3=
36cm3
4cm

3cm
m

3cm
6c

10cm 4cm
Exercise 1:
1 Work out the volume of these cuboids if each small cube has a volume of 1cm 3
a b c d

6cm3 16cm3 18cm3 12cm3

2 Work out the volume of these cuboids.

a b c d

3cm 60cm3 4cm 160cm3

2cm 8cm 8cm 120cm3 4m 112m3
5cm 10cm 5cm 4m
3cm 7m
3 Work out the volume of these cubes.
a b c
3cm 27cm3
4cm 64cm 216cm
3 3
6cm

Boxes of tea are packed into cartons. 576cm3 60,480 cm3

A box of tea measures 8cm by 6cm by 12cm.

36cm
12cm
Box

A carton measures 56cm by 30cm by 36cm. Carton

6cm
The carton is completely filled with boxes, 8cm
0 cm
Work out the number of boxes that will fill one carton. 60,480 ÷ 57656cm
= 105 boxes
3
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Volume
CHALLENGE:
of Cuboids
Can you work out the missing length of this cuboid?

84 ÷ 7 ÷ 3 =
4cm

Volume = 84cm3
3cm

cm
?
7cm
EXTENSION:
1 Work out the missing lengths on these cuboids.
a b c d

30cm3
6cm 540cm3
3cm 24cm 3 ?cm 4cm 264cm3 ?cm
6cm
?cm 3cm ?cm 15cm
4cm 2cm
2cm 5cm 11cm 6cm

2 Work out the missing lengths on these cubes.

a b c d
8cm3
64cm3
125cm3
1000cm3

2cm 4cm 5cm 10cm

What is the smallest cube that you can 10cm

put in the box so that you cannot fit another Box
that’s the same into it?
m
12cm 8c
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WALT:
Volume of Cuboids
Find the volume of cuboids

Level 4
WILF:
Is the answer to: Is the answer to: Is the answer to:

Each small cube has a Work out the volume Work out the volume of
volume of 1cm3 find the the prism.
volume of the whole cuboid.

Level 5 Level 6 Level 7

Keywords

Area Cross section Cylinder

Prism Volume