📦 Part 1: Understanding Volume

1. What is volume? Circle the best answer:

How heavy something is

How much space inside a 3D shape

How long something is

How hot something is

2. Which unit do we use to measure volume in this lesson?

Centimetres

Unit cubes

Kilograms

Litres

3. Fill in the blanks:

Volume tells us how many _____________ can fit inside a rectangular prism. When we stack cubes in _____________, we can count the total volume.

🔢 Part 2: Counting Unit Cubes

4. Look at this rectangular prism made of unit cubes. Count the cubes you can see and estimate the total volume.

I can see _______ cubes on the front face.

I estimate the total volume is _______ unit cubes.

5. A rectangular prism has:

• Length: 4 unit cubes

• Width: 3 unit cubes

• Height: 2 unit cubes

How many cubes are in one layer? _______

How many layers are there? _______

What is the total volume? _______ unit cubes

🎨 Part 3: Drawing and Visualising

6. Draw a rectangular prism that would have a volume of 12 unit cubes. Show the unit cubes inside.

My prism has:

Length: _______ cubes

Width: _______ cubes

Height: _______ cubes

7. Circle all the ways you could arrange 8 unit cubes into a rectangular prism:

8 × 1 × 1

4 × 2 × 1

2 × 2 × 2

3 × 3 × 1

4 × 1 × 2

🧮 Part 4: Volume Challenges

8. Match each rectangular prism with its volume:

1. Length 5, Width 2, Height 3

2. Length 4, Width 4, Height 1

3. Length 3, Width 3, Height 3

4. Length 6, Width 1, Height 2

A. 12 unit cubes

B. 27 unit cubes

C. 16 unit cubes

D. 30 unit cubes

9. Problem solving: Sarah has a box that is 5 cubes long, 3 cubes wide, and 4 cubes high. How many unit cubes will she need to fill it completely?

Answer: _______ unit cubes

10. Explain in your own words how to find the volume of a rectangular prism using unit cubes:

🌟 Part 5: Real World Connections

11. Which of these real-world objects would you measure the volume of? Check all that apply:

A cardboard box

A swimming pool

The length of a ruler

A storage container

A building block

12. Describe a time when knowing the volume of something would be useful:

Volume with Unit Cubes

Volume with Unit Cubes

📦 Part 1: Understanding Volume

🔢 Part 2: Counting Unit Cubes

🎨 Part 3: Drawing and Visualising

🧮 Part 4: Volume Challenges

🌟 Part 5: Real World Connections

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