Surface Area and Volume · Measurement

Volume of Right Prisms

Developing the formula for volume by understanding layers of area.

Key Questions

  1. 1How can we think of volume as an 'accumulation' of 2D area layers?
  2. 2Why is volume measured in cubic units while area is measured in square units?
  3. 3How does the volume of a triangular prism relate to the volume of a rectangular prism with the same base and height?

Ontario Curriculum Expectations

ON: Spatial Sense - Grade 7
Grade: Grade 7
Subject: Mathematics
Unit: Surface Area and Volume
Period: Measurement

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