Year 10
Higher

Finding the Volume of Triangular Prisms

Year 10
Higher

Finding the Volume of Triangular Prisms

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, students will calculate the volume of triangular prisms. We will introduce the appropriate formulae for these calculations and practise determining which measures within a diagram will be appropriate to use in our formulae.

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4 Questions

Q1.
Calculate the volume of the cuboid.
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Correct answer: 160 cm³
44 cm³
52 cm³
90 cm³
Q2.
Calculate the volume of the cube.
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21 mm³
Correct answer: 343 mm³
49 mm³
98 mm³
Q3.
The volume of the cuboid is 70 cm³. Find the missing length.
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Correct answer: 2 cm
4 cm
6 cm
8 cm
Q4.
The volume of a cube is 729 mm³. What is the length of each side?
243 mm
8 mm
81 mm
Correct answer: 9 mm

4 Questions

Q1.
Calculate the volume of the triangular prism.
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Correct answer: 105 cm³
165 cm³
210 cm³
231 cm³
Q2.
Calculate the volume of the triangular prism.
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Correct answer: 1260 m³
2160 m³
2520 m³
2700 m³
Q3.
The volume of the triangular prism is 168 cm³. What is the length labelled y?
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Correct answer: 14 cm
21 cm
3.5 cm
7 cm
Q4.
Calculate the volume of the triangular prism.
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2340 mm³
324 mm³
45 mm³
Correct answer: 450 mm³