Free Grade 3 Introducing Nets Word Problems Lesson Plans
Free Grade 3 lesson plans for Introducing Nets Word Problems: 12 real questions with a full answer key and worked solutions. Volume is how much space a 3D shape takes up. For a cuboid, multiply length × width × height. Surface area is the total area of all faces.
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Prerequisites
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How Introducing Nets Word Problems works
Volume is how much space a 3D shape takes up. For a cuboid, multiply length × width × height. Surface area is the total area of all faces.
12 practice questions
Easy to hard, 24 marks in total. Try them first, then open the answers.
- 1.Find the volume of a cuboid 8 cm × 4 cm × 4 cm.[1]
- 2.Find the volume of a cuboid 8 cm × 2 cm × 6 cm.[1]
- 3.Find the volume of a cuboid 8 cm × 4 cm × 3 cm.[1]
- 4.Find the volume of a cuboid 4 cm × 9 cm × 9 cm.[1]
- 5.Find the volume of a cuboid 3 cm × 7 cm × 10 cm.[2]
- 6.Find the volume of a cuboid 10 cm × 3 cm × 6 cm.[2]
- 7.Find the volume of a cuboid 10 cm × 3 cm × 7 cm.[2]
- 8.Find the volume of a cuboid 8 cm × 8 cm × 4 cm.[2]
- 9.Find the surface area of a cuboid 10 cm × 4 cm × 9 cm.[3]
- 10.Find the surface area of a cuboid 6 cm × 6 cm × 7 cm.[3]
- 11.Find the surface area of a cuboid 8 cm × 3 cm × 3 cm.[3]
- 12.Find the surface area of a cuboid 10 cm × 8 cm × 5 cm.[3]
Show answers and working
1. 128 cm³
Volume = length × width × height. 8 × 4 × 4 = 128 cm³.
2. 96 cm³
Volume = length × width × height. 8 × 2 × 6 = 96 cm³.
3. 96 cm³
Volume = length × width × height. 8 × 4 × 3 = 96 cm³.
4. 324 cm³
Volume = length × width × height. 4 × 9 × 9 = 324 cm³.
5. 210 cm³
Volume = length × width × height. 3 × 7 × 10 = 210 cm³.
6. 180 cm³
Volume = length × width × height. 10 × 3 × 6 = 180 cm³.
7. 210 cm³
Volume = length × width × height. 10 × 3 × 7 = 210 cm³.
8. 256 cm³
Volume = length × width × height. 8 × 8 × 4 = 256 cm³.
9. 332 cm²
Three pairs of faces: 40, 36, 90. 2 × (40 + 36 + 90) = 332 cm².
10. 240 cm²
Three pairs of faces: 36, 42, 42. 2 × (36 + 42 + 42) = 240 cm².
11. 114 cm²
Three pairs of faces: 24, 9, 24. 2 × (24 + 9 + 24) = 114 cm².
12. 340 cm²
Three pairs of faces: 80, 40, 50. 2 × (80 + 40 + 50) = 340 cm².
Worked examples
Find the volume of a cuboid 2 cm × 4 cm × 4 cm.
- Volume = length × width × height.
- 2 × 4 × 4 = 32 cm³.
- Answer: 32 cm³
Find the volume of a cuboid 9 cm × 8 cm × 10 cm.
- Volume = length × width × height.
- 9 × 8 × 10 = 720 cm³.
- Answer: 720 cm³
Find the surface area of a cuboid 2 cm × 9 cm × 7 cm.
- Three pairs of faces: 18, 63, 14.
- 2 × (18 + 63 + 14) = 190 cm².
- Answer: 190 cm²
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Common mistakes
What learners typically get wrong, and how to fix it.
Adds the dimensions instead of multiplying.
Correction: Volume = l × w × h.
Counts only three faces for surface area.
Correction: A cuboid has six faces — three matching pairs.
Teacher tips
- · Build cuboids from cubes before using the formula.
Parent tips
- · Work out how many sugar cubes fit in a box.
Real-life applications
- · Filling a fish tank, wrapping a present.
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- Start with Introducing Nets Techniques, Introducing Nets Essentials, Perimeter and Area. Each one has its own free lesson, worksheet and quiz.
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