Volume of Rectangular Prisms

Objective:

Learn to find the volume of a rectangular prism.

In a 3 dimensional figure…

- a face is a flat surface.

- the sides are called lateral faces.

- The edges are the segments formed by the intersecting faces.

- The edges intersect at the vertices.

- 3D figures have length, width, and depth (or height).

Volume of a Rectangular Prism

• The volume of a three dimensional figure is the measure of the space occupied by it.

• It is measured in cubic units such as cubic centimeters (cm3) or cubic inches (in3 ).

• The Volume of a Rectangular Prism

• The volume V of a rectangular prism is the product of the length L, the width W and the height H.

• Formula: V = L × W × H

Example 1:

V = l × w × h

V = 7cm × 4cm × 10cm

V = 280 cm3

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