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Calculate volumes of rectangular prisms (ACMMG160)

Elaborations
  • investigating volumes of cubes and rectangular prisms and establishing and using the formula V = l × b × h
  • understanding and using cubic units when interpreting and finding volumes of cubes and rectangular prisms
General capabilities
  • Numeracy Numeracy
ScOT terms

Volume (Dimensions),  Cuboids

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In this resource students find the relationship between, length, width (or breadth), height and volume of rectangular prisms, calculate the volume of rectangular prisms and investigate cubic metres

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Use these diagnostic tasks, Volume of prisms (1) and Volume of prisms (2), to assess a student’s understanding of working out the volume of rectangular prisms and a formula for volume.

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This planning resource for Year 7 is for the topic of Volume and surface area. Students become familiar with the concepts of volume and surface area. They understand that volume is the amount of space occupied by a three-dimensional (3D) object and is measured in cubic units.

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