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Volume and surface area

Volume of rectangular prisms

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Volume introMeasuring volume with unit cubesMeasuring volume as area times lengthVolume of a rectangular prism Volume of triangular prism & cubeVolume formula intuitionVolume of rectangular prisms reviewConversion between metric units
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Volume of rectangular prisms with unit cubes
7 questions
Volume of rectangular prisms
7 questions

Volume with fractions

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Volume with fractional cubesVolume of a rectangular prism: fractional dimensionsVolume of a rectangular prism: word problem
Practice
Volume with cubes with fraction lengths
4 questions
Volume with fractions
4 questions
Volume by multiplying area of base times height
4 questions
Volume word problems: fractions & decimals
4 questions

Quiz 1

Identify your areas for growth in these lessons:
Volume of rectangular prisms
Volume with fractions

Surface area

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Intro to nets of polyhedraSurface area using a net: triangular prismSurface area of a box (cuboid)Surface area of a box using netsSurface area using a net: rectangular prismSurface area review
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Nets of polyhedra
4 questions
Surface area using nets
4 questions
Surface area
4 questions
Volume and surface area word problems
4 questions

Quiz 2

Identify your areas for growth in this lesson:
Surface area

Volume of cones, cylinders, and spheres

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Cylinder volume & surface areaVolume of a coneVolume of a sphereVolume formulas review
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Volume of cylinders
4 questions
Volume of cones
4 questions
Volume of spheres
4 questions
Volume of cylinders, spheres, and cones word problems
4 questions

Quiz 3

Identify your areas for growth in this lesson:
Volume of cones, cylinders, and spheres

Solid geometry

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Volume and surface area of cylinders
7 questions
Solid geometry word problems
4 questions

Surface and volume density

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Density word problem: blimp
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Density word problems
4 questions

Quiz 4

Identify your areas for growth in these lessons:
Solid geometry
Surface and volume density

Cross sections of 3D objects

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Slicing a rectangular pyramidWays to cross-section a cubeRotating 2D shapes in 3D
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Cross sections of 3D objects (basic)
4 questions
Cross sections of 3D objects
4 questions
Rotate 2D shapes in 3D
7 questions

Quiz 5

Identify your areas for growth in this lesson:
Cross sections of 3D objects

Koch snowflake fractal

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Koch snowflake fractalArea of Koch snowflake (1 of 2)Area of Koch snowflake (2 of 2)

Heron's formula

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Heron's formulaProof of Heron's formula (1 of 2)Proof of Heron's formula (2 of 2)

Unit test

Test your understanding of Volume and surface area with these 13 questions.

About this unit

Volume and surface area help us measure the size of 3D objects. We’ll start with the volume and surface area of rectangular prisms. From there, we’ll tackle trickier objects, such as cones and spheres.