What is Volume??

Mr Markin Has given us five questions to answer to make sure we know them.


1) What is Volume?

The amount of 3-dimensional space something takes up.

Imagine how much water could be in it.

Also called Capacity.


For this example the volume is 10 × 4 × 5 = 200 units3

2) What units for Volume

Units of volume include:
• Metric: cubic centimeters (cm3), cubic meters (m3), liters
• US Standard: fluid ounce, cubic inch, cubic foot, pints, gallons

3) How can we workout the volume of a cube or a cuboid?

so to work out the volume we need to know 3 measurements. 

 

Look at this shape.

There are 3 different measurements:

Length,   Width,   Height

The volume is found using the formula:

Volume = Length × Width ×  Height

Which is usually shortened to:

V = l × w × h

Or more simply:

V = lwh

In Any Order

It doesn't really matter which one is length, width or height, so long as you multiply all three together.

4) What is a prisim?