Volume

A rectangular prism is shown. Which measure can be found by counting all of the cubes in this prism?

• length

• height

• volume

• surface area

A small cereal box can be packed full with 40 unit cubes. What do the 40 cubes in the box measure?

• the area of the cereal box

• the mass of the cereal box

• the height of the cereal box

• the volume of the cereal box

Andrew has a toy box in the shape of a cube. He wants to know the volume of his toy box. Which method will give Andrew the volume of the box?

• Fill the box with unit cubes and count the number of cubes.

• Cover the top of the box with the unit squares and count the number of squares.

• Cover each face of the box with the unit squares and count the number of squares.

• Put a tape marked in units along the bottom edge of the box and count the number of units.

A student builds some rectangular prisms using cubes that each have a volume of 1 cubic inch. Which rectangular prism has a volume of 12 cubic inches?

• A

• B

• C

• D

What is the volume of the rectangular prism in cubic units?

The right rectangular prism represented below is partially filled with 1-inch cubes with no gaps and no overlaps. What is the volume, in cubic inches, of the rectangular prism?

• 27

• 72

• 81

• 90

Which diagram represents a volume of one cubic unit?

• A

• B

• c

• D

A container in the shape of a cube is shown below. It takes 4 unit cubes to fill the length of the container with no gaps and no overlaps. What is the volume, in cubic units, of the container?

• 64

• 32

• 16

• 8

A cube has a side length of 5 inches. What is the volume, in cubic inches, of the cube?

• 150

• 125

• 75

• 25

A rectangular prism has dimensions of 3 inches by 4 inches by 5 inches. How many 1-inch cubes are needed to fill the prism completely?

• 12

• 60

• 240

• 120