4cm

5cm
9cm²
5cm

4.5cm

2.5cm
 Discuss…
What’s the same and what’s different??
The volume of a solid is the amount of space occupied by the solid.
The greater the volume of a solid the more space it takes up.
The volume of a solid is the number of unit cubes that the solid can be
divided into.

2 units
1 unit

1 unit
1 unit

4 units
24 unit cubes
3 units
altogether
This cuboid is made up of centimetre cubes
(cm³). What is its volume?

12 cm³
What is the volume of this cuboid?

5 cm

2 cm
10 cm

100 cm³
What is the volume of this cuboid?
2m

3m

6m

36 m³
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 Answers

1)5 x 2 x 7 = 70 cm3
2)3 x 2 x 8 = 48 cm3
3)5 x 6 x 2 = 60 cm3 Extension question:
4)2 x 2 x 6 = 24 cm3 54 ÷ (9 x 2)
5)5 x 2 x 3 = 30 cm3 = 54 ÷ 18
6)2 x 7 x 4 = 56 cm3 = 3cm
7)7 x 7 x 2 = 98 cm3
8)2 x 4 x 5 = 40 cm3
9)2 x 9 x 2 = 36 cm3
Josh is having a birthday party! He wants to make boxes of
sweets to give to his guests.

He starts with a square piece of paper that measures 20cm

x 20cm. How big should the squares be that he cuts out of
the corners to maximise the volume of the box?
Record your results
in the table
provided.

Don’t forget your

units of
measurements!
 Extension questions

1. What if the square you cut out doesn’t

have to use whole number measurements
(e.g. 2.4cm)? Would this change your
answer?

2. What if you started from a 10cm x 20cm

rectangle instead? What would the
biggest volume be?
 Surface areas of cubes and cuboids

What is surface area? width

Think about finding the

area of a square or height
rectangle…
Area = height x width

What about if we phrase surface area differently…

The area of the surface

 Surface areas of cubes and cuboids

The area of the surface

How could we find the
surface area of a cuboid
W using the height, width
L and length?
How many faces does a
H
cuboid have? 6

So we could add together the areas of all 6 faces!

 Back

Left Top

W
Surface area = L
Right
Front
Front (Length x Height) + H
Back (Length x Height) +
Left (Height x Width) +
Right (Height x Width) + Bottom
Top (Length x Width) +
Bottom (Length x Width)

By adding the area of all of the faces, we can find the

surface area of the whole cuboid.
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 Answers

38cm² 168cm²

62cm² 68cm²
A cube is cut out
of a larger cube
and stuck into
the corner, as
shown. What is
the surface area
of the resulting
shape?

All lengths are in

centimetres
HINT: There are
15 faces!
Total Surface Area

= 115cm²
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 Starter
Calculate the areas of the following shapes

3cm
4cm
5cm
4cm

3cm
5cm

6cm
 Starter
Calculate the areas of the following shapes

3cm 15cm²
4cm 16cm²
5cm
4cm

3cm
5cm
15cm²
28.26cm²
6cm
Cross Section – The shape of the slice

Prism – A shape that has the same cross

section all the way through
A prism is a 3-D shape which has the same
cross-section throughout its height.

Cuboid Triangular Pentagonal

prism prism
Identify the prisms
Volume of a prism
= area of cross-section x vertical height

Cross-section

Vertical height
 Volume of a prism
= area of cross-section x vertical height

Example: Find the volume of this prism

25 x 7 = 175 cm³
25 cm2
7 cm
 Volume of a prism
= area of cross-section x vertical height

Example: Find the volume of this prism

Area of cross-section = ½ x 6 x 3
= 9 cm² 3 cm
10 cm
Volume = 9 x 10 = 90 cm³ 6 cm
 Checkpoint

100mm³

72cm³

2 90cm³
120m³ 5cm

5m

6m
250cm³
 Volume of Prisms

Thoughts and crosses

Calculate the volumes of 4 of the

prisms, either vertically, horizontally or
diagonally
 The area of the surface
How could we find the
surface area of a
S triangular prism using the
H height, width, depth and
slant height?
D
W How many faces does a
triangular prism have? 5

So we could add together the areas of all 5 faces!

 Back

Left Right
S
Surface area = H
Front
Front (Width x Height ÷ 2) +
D
Back (Width x Height ÷ 2) +
Left (Height x Depth) + W
Bottom
Right (Slant x Depth) +
Bottom (Width x Depth)

By adding the area of all of the faces, we can find the

surface area of the whole triangular prism.
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 Answers

36cm² 240cm²

352cm² 372cm²
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 Starter

Calculate the areas and circumferences of these circles to 1 d.p.

Q1 Q2 Q3

7 cm 2.5 cm
8 cm

Q4 Q5 Q6
3 cm

4.5
2 cm cm
 Answers

Q1 A = 38.5 cm², C = 22.0 cm

Q2 A = 19.6 cm², C = 15.7 cm
Q3 A = 50.3 cm², C = 25.1 cm

Q4 A = 12.6 cm², C = 12.6 cm

Q5 A = 28.3 cm², C = 18.8 cm
Q6 A = 15.9 cm², C = 14.1 cm
 Volume of a prism = area of cross section x length

Calculate the volume of this cylinder. Give your answer to 1 d.p.

Area of cross-section = π x 12²

= 452.389… cm²
Volume = 452.389… x 20
= 9047.8 cm³

Calculate the volume of this cylinder. Give your answer to 3 s.f.

Area of cross-section = π x 5²
= 78.539… cm²
Volume = 78.539… x 12
= 943 cm³
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 Answers

150.80cm³ 150.80cm³ 2.27cm

18.85cm³ 192.42cm³ 2.90cm

192.42cm³ 1194.59cm³ 5.27cm

1194.59cm³ 18.85cm³ 5.57cm

 Circumference = πd
Height (h)

πd

Surface area of curved part of cylinder = πdh

 Area of top circle = πr²

Surface area of curved part of cylinder = πdh

Area of bottom circle = πr²

Surface area of cylinder = 2πr² + πdh

Calculate the total surface
area of the cylinder, giving
your answer to 1 d.p.:
Top = π x 2² = 12.566… cm²
4cm
Curved = π x 4 x 6 = 75.398… cm²

Bottom = π x 2² = 12.566… cm²

Total = 12.566… + 75.398… + 12.566…

6cm
= 100.5 cm²
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192 cm² 10995.6 cm²
 Answers

175.93cm² 175.93cm² 19.06cm

186.92cm² 186.92cm² 28.92cm

43.98cm² 43.98cm² 111.75cm

633.03cm² 633.03cm² 63.90cm

Plenary
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