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Describe the units used to measure volume

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Describe the units used to measure volume

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Volume is 3D and is measured in 3D units.
  2. Volume is measured in the cubes of common length measures.

Keywords

  • Volume - The amount of 3-dimensional space something takes up is called its volume.

  • Cubic centimetre - A cubic centimetre is volume that is made by a cube that is 1 centimetre on each edge.

  • Cubic metre - A cubic metre is volume that is made by a cube that is 1 metre on each edge.

Common misconception

Pupils may record different volumes for objects if they measure with inconsistent units (for example: different sized cubes).

Encourage pupils to compare the volume of the same object measured with two different units. Discuss what you notice and draw out the importance for a consistent unit of measure.

Base 10 blocks are a useful representation to help pupils visualise the dimensions of cubic centimetres and metres.
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6 Questions

Q1.
How many faces does a cuboid have?
Correct Answer: 6, six
Q2.
What is the name of the 3D shape with 6 square faces?
Correct Answer: cube
Q3.
Which of these is a standard unit of measure?
Correct answer: centimetres
hands
Correct answer: kilograms
cubes
Q4.
True or false: objects with different masses always have different volume.
True
Correct answer: False
Q5.
What is 16 × 5 =
Correct Answer: 80, eighty
Q6.
What is 38 × 9 =
Correct Answer: 342

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6 Questions

Q1.
Which of these images show a cubic centimetre?
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Correct Answer: An image in a quiz
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Q2.
Each cube in the image above is one cubic centimetre. What is the correct way to write the volume of this shape?
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6 cubes
6 cm
6 cm
6 cm$$^2$$
Correct answer: 6 cm$$^3$$
Q3.
Each cube in the image above is one cubic centimetre. What is the volume of this shape? cm$$^3$$
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Correct Answer: 36, thirty six
Q4.
Each cube in the image above is one cubic centimetre. What is the volume of this shape? cm$$^3$$
An image in a quiz
Correct Answer: 28, twenty eight
Q5.
What might you measure in cubic metres?
Correct answer: The volume of the corridor in school.
The volume of your school tray.
Correct answer: The volume of a lorry.
The volume of a lunch box.
Q6.
How many cubic centimetres are equivalent to one cubic metre?
Correct Answer: 1,000,000, 1000000, 1 000 000, one million, a million