Volume of Irregular Figures

Front

What is the volume of a cube with a side length of 2 units?

Back

The volume is 8 cubic units (Volume = side × side × side = 2 × 2 × 2).

Front

What is the formula to calculate the volume of a rectangular prism?

Back

Volume = length × width × height.

Front

If a figure is made of 5 unit cubes, what is its volume?

Back

The volume is 5 cubic units.

Front

What is the volume of a figure made of 3 layers of 4 unit cubes each?

Back

The volume is 12 cubic units (Volume = layers × cubes per layer = 3 × 4).

Front

How do you find the volume of an irregular figure?

Back

You can find the volume by decomposing it into regular shapes and calculating the volume of each, then adding them together.

Front

If Maria built a figure using half as many cubes as shown in this solid figure with 10 cubes, how many cubes would she use?

Back

Maria would use 5 cubes.

Front

What is the volume of a figure that has a height of 3 units, a width of 2 units, and a length of 1 unit?

Back

The volume is 6 cubic units (Volume = height × width × length = 3 × 2 × 1).

Front

What is the volume of a figure with a base area of 4 square units and a height of 2 units?

Back

The volume is 8 cubic units (Volume = base area × height = 4 × 2).

Front

If a solid figure has a volume of 9 cubic units, what does that mean?

Back

It means the figure can hold 9 unit cubes.

Front

What is the volume of a figure that is 5 units tall and has a base area of 2 square units?

Back

The volume is 10 cubic units (Volume = base area × height = 2 × 5).