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Finding Volume with Unit Cubes | How to Find Volume

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Finding Volume with Unit Cubes | How to Find Volume
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Summary

How to find the volume of a rectangular prism -- counting unit cubes or multiplying length x width x height. Mr. J builds it with cubes.

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Discussion questions

Volume is the number of unit cubes that fill a solid, measured in cubic units.

  1. What does volume measure?
  2. Why is volume given in cubic units?
  3. How does length x width x height give volume?

Quick work-a-long

Words to know: volume, cubic units, length, width, height

  • Find the volume of a 3-by-4-by-2 box.
  • How many unit cubes fill a 2-by-2-by-5 prism?