Year 10 Interactive Maths - Second Edition

Volume

Volume of a Solid or Prism

A solid with parallel sides is called a prism.  For example, solids such as a cube or cylinder are prisms.

Recall:

The volumes of the following solids are often required to solve real world problems involving quantity, capacity, mass and strength of materials including liquids.

Volume of a Cube

Example 34

Find the volume of a cube of side-length 5.2 cm.

Solution:

Key Terms

volume, cubic units, prism, volume of a solid

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