Lesson: Volumes of Pyramids Mathematics

Students will be able to

• recall the formula for the volume of a pyramid,
• find the volume of a pyramid with known side lengths (where the height of the pyramid can be calculated) when the pyramid base is one of the following:
  • a triangle,
  • a quadrilateral,
  • a regular polygon with more than 4 sides (pentagon, hexagon, etc.),
  • an arbitrary polygon with a given area,
• calculate a missing length of a pyramid when given its volume,
• use knowledge of the volume of a pyramid to solve problems presented as real-life systems.