A Micr o-lesson on

Volumes of Solid
Figures

Prepared by: amelia a. colorado

Objectives:
At the end of this micro lesson, you
(students) will be able to:
 Solve for the volumes of any solid
figures.
 Determine what formula you are going to
use in every problems you have to solve.
 T he Smar test
Friend I ever had
 Once upon a time in a faraway land
called Minitopia there lived a bear named
Michael. Michael is a happy bear!

Woohooo! I
love to do
this!
 He loves to eat honey! And he has
a friend named Johnny.

Hi
Johnny!
Hello
Michael!
 One day Johnny found Michael wearing
a sad look in his face.
You look sad.
What's your My Honey is gone!
problem? And I'm afraid I
can’t get another
jar of honey!
Johnny told Michael not to worry because he
knew a secret place where there are lot’s of
honey!
With no waste of time they started to go to the
secret place.
After sometime, they reached the secret place. However,

Are you the owner of this

place? I heard that you
What are have lot’s of honey. Can I
you doing in ask for some?
my place?
What makes
you think I’ll
give you my
honey!
You must have
also heard that
you need to give
something in
exchange for my
honey
 From a good bear like
So what do you, I only want you to
you want give me 2 pieces of
then? bread in exchange for
my delicious and
yummy honey.

Do we have
a deal?
Michael gave 2 pieces of bread to the owner of the secret place
and…

Yahoo! Now I can

have all the
honey I want!

Hep,hep,hep. I’ll only

allow you to use one
container for the
honey you want to
get.
Choose wisely
among these
six containers
 What container am I
going to choose?
Johnny do you have
If you want to get lot’s of an idea?
honey, you need to
choose the container
that has the biggest
volume! (click this)
 Thanks Johnny! You’re really the smartest
friend I ever had! Now I know how to find the
volumes of different solid figures

Now I know
what container I
have to choose!
 The volume of any solid, liquid, plasma, vacuum
or theoretical object is how much three-
dimensional space it occupies, often quantified
numerically.

 Volume is commonly presented in units such as

mL or cm3 (milliliters or cubic centimeters).

 Volumes of some simple shapes can be

computed by just multiplying it’s base area with its
height.

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 The volume of a cylinder is found by
multiplying the area of one end of the
cylinder by its height.
Or as a formula:
r = 2m h = 2m
V= Пr^2h
where:
π is Pi, approximately 3.142
r is the radius of the circular end of the
cylinder
h height of the cylinder

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 The volume of a cube is found by
multiplying the length of any edge by itself
twice. So if the length of an edge is 4, the
volume is 4 x 4 x 4 = 64
Or as a formula:
V = s^3 where:
s is the length of any edge of the cube

(The base and sides of a cube is a square)

s = 3m
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Solution for the volume of the cylindrical
container:
The base of a
r = 2m h = 2m cylinder is a
circle.
Since r = 1m and h =1m then, using the formula
for finding the volume of the cylinder we have:
V= Пr^2h (Пr^2 is just the area of it’s base)
= ( 3.142) (2m)^2(2m)
= 25.12 m^3

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Solution for finding the volume of the cubical
container:

s = 3m
Since the sides (s) of this container is 3m then,
V = s^3
= (3m)^3
= 27 m^3

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 The volume of a sphere is found by
using the formula:
V = 4/3 (Пr^3)
(
Where r is the radius of the sphere

r = 1.5 m

Using the formula of a sphere, the volume

of this spherical container is:
V = 4/3 (3.142)(1.5m)^3
= 14.14 m^3
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 The volume V of any cone with radius
r and height h is equal to one-third the
product of the height and the area of the
base.

Formula: V = (1/3)(PI)r^2h
where
r = radius of it’s base
h = height of the cone

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 To compute for the volume of the conical
container, we have to use the formula for
finding the volume of a cone which is:
V = (1/3)(PI)r^2h
= (1/3)(3.142)(2.5m^2)(4m)
= 26.18 m^3
Examples of cones:

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 In geometry, a square pyramid is a
pyramid having a square base.

The formula to find the volume of a

square pyramid is:
V = Bh/3
where
B = area of the base (square)
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 For us to solve for the volume of the of
the container with a square pyramid shape,
we have to use the formula for finding the
volume of a square pyramid:
V = Bh/3
= s^2(h)/3
= (3m^2)(6m)/3
= 18 m^3 s = 2m ; h = 3m

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Hey mister monkey! You can’t fool
me anymore ‘coz I already know
how to solve for the volumes of
your containers and I know which
one has the largest volume!

I’m going to
choose the cubical
container!
 You really deserve this amount of
honey! You’re not only a good bear !
you’re also a smart one!

HONEY hey smart one! click

me.
References:

http://www.ohiorc.org/orc_documents/orc/RichPro
blems/Discovery-Volumes_Experimentally.pdf

http://www.gifs.net/image/Animals/Bears_and_Pan
das/Bear_face/4720

http://www.mathguide.com/lessons/Volume.html

http://www.math.com/school/subject3/lessons/S3U
4L4DP.html
Thank you!

Bye ! ‘Til next time