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# Volume of rectangular prisms review

Review the basics of volume and try some practice problems.

## What is volume?

Volume is the amount of 3-dimensional space an object occupies. Volume is measured in cubic units.
For example, the rectangular prism below has a volume of 18 cubic units because it is made up of 18 unit cubes.
A rectangular prism made up of unit cubes. The front face shows 9 cubes: 3 rows and 3 columns. The top face of the cube shows 6 cubes: 2 rows and 3 columns. The right-hand side face shows 6 cubes: 3 rows and 2 columns.

## Finding volume of a rectangular prism

To find the volume of a rectangular prism, we multiply the length of the prism by the width of the prism by the height of the prism.
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### Example 1:

A rectangular prism made up of unit cubes. The front face of the rectangular prism shows 9 cubes: 3 rows and 3 columns. The top face of the cube shows 6 cubes: 2 rows and 3 columns. The right-hand side face shows 6 cubes: 3 rows and 2 columns. The length of the rectangular prism is 3 units. The width of the rectangular prism is 2 units. The height of the rectangular prism is 3 units.
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empty space, equals, 3, times, 2, times, 3
empty space, equals, 18, start text, space, c, u, b, i, c, space, u, n, i, t, s, end text

### Example 2:

A rectangular prism with a length of 6 centimeters, a width of 5 centimeters, and a height of 7 centimeters.
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empty space, equals, 6, times, 5, times, 7
empty space, equals, 210, start text, space, c, u, b, i, c, space, u, n, i, t, s, end text

## Practice set 1: Finding volume by multiplying

Problem 1A
What is the volume of the rectangular prism?
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A rectangular prism with a length of 7 centimeters, a width of 4 centimeters, and a height of 2 centimeters.

Want to try more problems like this? Check out this exercise: Volume 1

## Practice set 2: Finding volume with unit cubes

Problem 2A
Unit cube:
A cube has a visible front, right hand side, and top faces.
What is the volume of the rectangular prism?
A rectangular prism made up of unit cubes. The front face of the rectangular prism shows 12 cubes: 3 rows and 4 columns. The top face of the cube shows 8 cubes: 2 rows and 4 columns. The right-hand side face shows 6 cubes: 3 rows and 2 columns.
unit cubes

Want to try more problems like this? Check out these exercises:
Volume with unit cubes 1
Volume formula intuition

## Practice set 3: Challenge items

Problem 3A
The figure below is made up of 2 rectangular prisms.
What is the volume of this figure?
A figure made up of two rectangular prisms. The first rectangular prism has a base that measures 6 centimeters length by 7 centimeters width, and has a height of 1 centimeter. The second rectangular prism sits next to the first rectangular prism. It has a base that measures 3 centimeters length by 7 centimeters width and has a height of 4 centimeters.
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Want to try more problems like this? Check out these exercises:
Decompose figures to find volume
Volume word problems

## Want to join the conversation?

• Got it twice already idc
• how do you find volume with cubes
• you take base one and mulitiply it by the number its beside. then multiply by the height
• It was a breeze who else agrees.
• well, its different for others. we are all at different levels. <3
• What if the width is not given.
• You must know, or be able to figure out the length, width, and height of s shape in the units you are using in order to calculate the approximate Volume of a rectangular solid.
If the width is not given, and no way is provided to discover the width, the volume cannot be calculated.
• i multiplied but i got it wrong
• try checking your work before you press the check button
• There should be like a bell when you finish
• for real tho
• STAY HOME AND STAY SAFE and i also got some right and some wrong