Measuring the World · Measurement
Volume of Prisms
Understanding three dimensional space by calculating the capacity of cuboids and right prisms.
Key Questions
- 1How does the area of a 2D cross section relate to the volume of a 3D prism?
- 2Why does doubling the height of a container double its volume, but doubling all dimensions increase it much more?
- 3How can we estimate the volume of an irregular 3D object?
National Curriculum Attainment Targets
KS3: Mathematics - Geometry and Measures
Year: Year 7
Subject: Mathematics
Unit: Measuring the World
Period: Measurement
Suggested Methodologies
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