Finding Volume
Grade 4•45 minutes•Students will model and solve problems involving the volume of rectangular prisms using unit cubes, arrays, and formulas.
Learning Objective
I can calculate the volume of a rectangular prism using a formula.
Practice Questions
This lesson includes 3 practice questions to reinforce learning.
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1. Explain how unit cubes help you understand what volume measures.
2. A rectangular prism is made of unit cubes. The top layer has 16 cubes, and there are 4 layers. Another rectangular prism has a length of 8 units, a width of 2 units, and a height of 4 units. Do these rectangular prisms have the same volume? Explain your answer.
3. You are designing a rectangular prism that needs to have a volume of 60 cubic units. If you want the length to be 5 units and the width to be 3 units, what will the height need to be? Show your work.
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