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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Volume of Triangular Prisms: Adjusting Prisms

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will determine the volume of triangular prisms. Click 'challenge me' to answer practice questions and click 'learn more' to watch a video.
eBook
Math Planet

Math Planet: Surface Area and Volume of Pyramids, Prisms, Cylinders, and Cones

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Explanation of surface area and the volume of pyramids, prisms, cylinders, and cones through examples and a video lesson. [1:44]
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Covering and Filling: Surface Area & Volume of Rectangular Prisms

For Teachers 6th - 7th Standards
Students apply their knowledge of surface area and volume to solve some problems for a box company. This instructional activity contains a detailed lesson plan, video explanations, rubrics, group work guidelines, slides containing...
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Fractions and Volume

For Teachers 6th Standards
Creating a conceptual understanding of how to find the volume of rectangular prisms using fractional side lengths.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Prisms and Cylinders Tutorial

For Students 6th - 8th
Compare a prism and a cylinder in order to determine the similarities of calculating the volume.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Prism or Pyramid?

For Teachers 6th Standards
Sixth graders explore the faces, bases, edges, and vertices of prisms and pyramids to help develop the concepts of volume and surface area.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Volume of Rectangular Prisms With Unit Cubes

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Find volume of 3-dimensional figures by counting unit cubes. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Volume Word Problems

For Students 4th - 6th
Find the volume of rectangular prisms to solve word problems. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Volume by Multiplying Area of Base Times Height

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
Find the volume of a rectangular prism by multiplying the area of the base by the height of the figure. Measurements include fractions. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Volume With Cubes With Fraction Lengths

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
Find volume of rectangular prisms by using cubes with fraction side lengths. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Largest Container: Problems Using Volume and Shape

For Students 6th - 8th
This interactive exercise focuses on volume equations, measurement, and problem solving skills to compare the volume of 3D figures constructed from similar amounts of construction materials.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Exploring Volume

For Teachers 6th
Modeling volume with centimeter cubes deepens understanding of the formula for finding volume.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Finding a Formula for the Volume of a Cylinder

For Students 6th - 8th
Use prior knowledge of a rectangular prism to determine the formula of a cylinder. Check for understanding with the assessment at then end of lesson.
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University of Texas

Inside Mathematics: Cubes [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
This task challenges a student to use knowledge of concepts of volume and its attributes to solve problems with rectangular prisms.
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Wolfram Research

Wolfram Math World: Prism

For Students 9th - 10th
This MathWorld site defines many different types of prisms. It gives the formulas for the volume and area of a prism the site has many illustrations [Requires Java.]
Interactive
Calculator Soup

Calculator Soup: Volume Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this online calculator to calculate the volume of geometric solids including a capsule, cone, frustum, cube, cylinder, hemisphere, pyramid, rectangular prism, sphere, and spherical cap.
Study Guide
Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Prisms

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
What is a prism? Find a good definition and several example images, as well as formulas for finding the volume and surface area of a prism given measurements of its base and height.
Handout
Math Open Reference

Math Open Reference: Volume of a Triangular Prism

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Use this interactive tool to find the volume of a triangular prism. Try different figures for the height and the dimensions of the triangular face to see how these affect the volume. An accompanying chart also presents five methods for...
Handout
Math Open Reference

Math Open Reference: Volume of a Triangular Prism

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A complete reference guide to finding the volume of a triangle prism. It provides definitions, examples, and an interactive activity that enhances further explanation. Includes links to related topics.
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Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Mathopolis: Volume and Surface Area of Prisms

For Students 7th - 8th Standards
Practice finding the surface area and volume of some three-dimensional prisms.
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Calculator Soup

Calculator Soup: Rectangular Prism Calculator

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
This site provides an online rectangular prism calculator. Using any three of the six attributes (length, width, height, surface area, volume or diagonal), students can calculate the other three attributes. The calculator allows students...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 6.g Computing Volume Progression 4

For Teachers 6th Standards
The purpose of this fourth task in a series of four is to find the volume of an irregular 3D solid by using Archimedes' Principle. Students must calculate the volume of the displaced water in a rectangular prism tank in order to solve...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 6.g Computing Volume Progression 3

For Teachers 6th Standards
The purpose of this third task in a series of four is to find the height of water in a rectangular prism tank when the volume is known. All units are metric. Aligns with 6.G.A.2.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 6.g Computing Volume Progression 2

For Teachers 6th Standards
The purpose of this second task in a series of four is to find the volume of a rectangular prism when unit cubes are omitted from the drawing. This makes it more abstract. Aligns with 6.G.A.2.

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