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- Year 5
Explain how to calculate the volume of a cuboid and a cube
I can explain how to calculate the volume of a cuboid and a cube.
- Year 5
Explain how to calculate the volume of a cuboid and a cube
I can explain how to calculate the volume of a cuboid and a cube.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- A cube is a special cuboid where the faces are all square and all the edges are the same length.
Keywords
Cubic centimetre - A cubic centimetre is volume that is made by a cube that is 1 centimetre on each edge.
Cubic metre - A cubic metre is volume that is made by a cube that is 1 metre on each edge.
Cube number - A cube number is the product of three repeated whole numbers.
Common misconception
Pupils find the incorrect volume of a cuboid or cube by only counting what they can see. This may be the faces or whole cubes that are forward facing.
Encourage pupils to create the cuboids or cubes for themselves as well as show pupils how the cuboids or cubes are constructed as layers of rows and columns.
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The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What might you measure in cubic centimetres?
Q2.Each cube in the image above is one cubic centimetre. What is the volume of this shape? cm$$^3$$

Q3.Each cube in the image above is one cubic centimetre. What is the volume of this shape? cm$$^3$$

Q4.What is 12 × 6 =
Q5.17 × 9 =
Q6.23 × 7 =
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Tick all of the shapes which are cuboids.




Q2.How can you describe the number of cubes in this cuboid?

Q3.Complete the expression which would calculate the volume of this shape. 3 × 3 ×

Q4.Which of these expressions give the volume of this shape?

Q5.What is the volume of this shape? cm$$^3$$
