Lesson: Volumes of Rectangular Prisms and Cubes Mathematics • 6th Grade

In this lesson, we will learn how to calculate volumes of rectangular prisms and cubes given their dimensions and solve problems including real-life situations.

Lesson Plan

Students will be able to

identify that the cube is a rectangular prism with equal dimensions,
find the volume of a cube,
solve word problems on the volumes of cubes,
find the edge length of a cube given its volume.

Lesson Video

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Lesson Worksheet

Q1:

Olympic gold medal winner Ian Thorp competes in a pool with required dimensions 25 by 50 by 2 meters. What is the volume of the Olympic-sized pool?

Q2:

A carton of juice is a rectangular prism with height 12 cm. Its base is a square with side length 5 cm. What is the volume of juice that will fill the carton?

Q3:

A rectangular-prism-shaped swimming pool has a base of dimensions 67 m and 32 m and a height of 3 m. Water fills the pool up to a height of 27 cm from the brim of the pool. Find the volume of the water in cubic meters.