✩ Volumes of cubes

This cube is 1 cm long, If we put 4 of these

1 cm
1 cm high, and 1 cm wide. cubes together the
We say it has a volume of 1 cm new shape has a
1 cubic centimeter (1 cm3). volume of 4 cm3.
1 cm

These shapes are made of 1 cm3 cubes. What are their volumes?

cm3 cm3 cm3

cm3 cm3 cm3

cm3 cm3 cm3

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7 6

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7

8
1

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5
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✩ Volumes of cubes
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5
6
8 This cube is 1 cm long,
1 cm high, and 1 cm wide.
We say it has a volume of
1 cubic centimeter (1 cm3).
1 cm

1 cm
If we put 4 of these
cubes together the
new shape has a
volume of 4 cm3.
7
8
9
9 1 cm

10

1
11 These shapes are made of 1 cm3 cubes. What are their volumes?
12
13
14
15
16
5
17

2 2
18
19
20 3 cm3 3 cm3 8 cm3
21
22 4
23
24
25
26
27 3
28
29
30
8 4 cm3 4 cm3 5 cm3

0
31
32
33
34
35
0
5
36
37
38
39
40
3 6 cm3 5 cm3 4 cm3
41

7
42

17 1
2

156
0
4
6

To find the volume of some of the shapes on this page, children will need to
visualize how many blocks cannot be seen in the illustrations. For example, in
the third and sixth shapes, there is one block that is not shown.

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