Volume and Surface Area of

Tuesday 16 April 2024

Cubes and Cuboids

Starter
1. Calculate the areas of the following rectangles.

10 cm2 2 cm 28 cm2 5 mm 30 mm2

4 cm
5 cm
7 cm 6 mm

2. Calculate the missing side lengths.

5cm
cm

49 m2 7mm 4 mm
24 mm2
40 cm 2
8 cm

7m
6 mm
mm
3. Write out the first 5 square numbers and first 5 cubed numbers
 Volume and Surface Area of
Tuesday 16 April 2024
Cubes and Cuboids

Lesson
Objectives:

Developing
students will be
able to calculate
area of rectangles.

Secure students
will be able to
calculate the
surface area of
cubes and
cuboids.

Excelling students
will be able to
calculate the
surface area of
compound shapes
made up of
cuboids.
Keywords
Surface area, height, width, length, depth, total, cube, cuboid
 Volume and Surface Area of
Tuesday 16 April 2024
Cubes and Cuboids

Lesson Think – Pair – Share

Objectives:

Developing What’s the same and what’s different??

students will be
able to calculate
area of rectangles.

Secure students
will be able to
calculate the
surface area of
cubes and
cuboids.

Excelling students
will be able to
calculate the
surface area of
compound shapes
made up of
cuboids.
Keywords
Surface area, height, width, length, depth, total, cube, cuboid
 Volume and Surface Area of
Tuesday 16 April 2024
Cubes and Cuboids

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 altogether
3 units
 Volume and Surface Area of
Tuesday 16 April 2024
Cubes and Cuboids

Lesson This cuboid is made up of centimetre cubes

Objectives:
(cm³). What is its volume?
Developing
students will be
able to calculate
area of rectangles.

Secure students
will be able to
calculate the
surface area of
cubes and
cuboids.

Excelling students
will be able to
calculate the
surface area of
compound shapes
12 cm³
made up of
cuboids.
Keywords
Surface area, height, width, length, depth, total, cube, cuboid
 Volume and Surface Area of
Tuesday 16 April 2024
Cubes and Cuboids

Lesson What is the volume of this cuboid?

Objectives:

Developing
students will be
able to calculate
area of rectangles.
5 cm
Secure students
will be able to
calculate the
surface area of
cubes and
cuboids. 2 cm
10 cm
Excelling students
will be able to
calculate the
surface area of
compound shapes
100 cm³
made up of
cuboids.
Keywords
Surface area, height, width, length, depth, total, cube, cuboid
 Volume and Surface Area of
Tuesday 16 April 2024
Cubes and Cuboids

Lesson What is the volume of this cuboid?

Objectives:

Developing 2m
students will be
able to calculate
area of rectangles.

Secure students
will be able to
calculate the 3m
surface area of
cubes and
cuboids.

Excelling students
will be able to
6m
calculate the

36 m³
surface area of
compound shapes
made up of
cuboids.
Keywords
Surface area, height, width, length, depth, total, cube, cuboid
 Volume and Surface Area of
Tuesday 16 April 2024
Cubes and Cuboids

Lesson
Objectives:

Developing
students will be
able to calculate How confident do you feel with this topic?
area of rectangles.

Secure students
will be able to
Write red, amber or green in your book!
calculate the
surface area of
cubes and Complete the corresponding activity 
cuboids.

Excelling students
will be able to
calculate the
surface area of
compound shapes
made up of
cuboids.
Keywords
Surface area, height, width, length, depth, total, cube, cuboid
 Volume and Surface Area of
Tuesday 16 April 2024
Cubes and Cuboids

Lesson The surface area of a shape is the total area of all of its
Objectives: faces.
Developing
students will be To calculate the total surface area, work out the areas of
able to calculate
area of rectangles. every face and add them together.
Secure students
will be able to
calculate the
surface area of
cubes and
cuboids.

Excelling students
will be able to
calculate the
surface area of
compound shapes
made up of
cuboids.
Keywords
Surface area, height, width, length, depth, total, cube, cuboid
 Volume and Surface Area of
Tuesday 16 April 2024
Cubes and Cuboids

Lesson Example
Objectives: Calculate the surface area of the cuboid.
Developing
students will be Front: cm2
able to calculate Back: cm2
area of rectangles.
Left: cm2 cm
Secure students
will be able to Right: cm2
calculate the
surface area of
Top: cm2
cubes and
cuboids. Bottom: cm2 +¿ cm
cm

Excelling students Total: cm2

will be able to
calculate the
surface area of
compound shapes
made up of
cuboids.
Keywords
Surface area, height, width, length, depth, total, cube, cuboid
 Volume and Surface Area of
Tuesday 16 April 2024
Cubes and Cuboids

Lesson Example
Objectives: Calculate the surface area of the cuboid.
Developing
students will be Front: cm2
able to calculate Back: cm2
area of rectangles. Left: cm2
Right: cm2 cm
Secure students
will be able to Top: cm2
calculate the
surface area of
Bottom: cm2 +¿
cubes and cm
cuboids. Total: cm2
cm
Excelling students
will be able to
calculate the
surface area of
compound shapes
made up of
cuboids.
Keywords
Surface area, height, width, length, depth, total, cube, cuboid
 Volume and Surface Area of
Tuesday 16 April 2024
Cubes and Cuboids

Lesson
Objectives:

Developing
students will be
able to calculate
area of rectangles.

Secure students
will be able to
calculate the
surface area of
cubes and
cuboids.

Excelling students
will be able to
calculate the
surface area of
compound shapes
made up of
cuboids.
Keywords
Surface area, height, width, length, depth, total, cube, cuboid