Free Grade 3 Introducing Volume of Prisms Quizzes
Free Grade 3 quizzes for Introducing Volume of Prisms: 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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How Introducing Volume of Prisms 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
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- 1.Find the volume of a cuboid 3 cm × 9 cm × 5 cm.[1]
- 2.Find the volume of a cuboid 8 cm × 10 cm × 8 cm.[1]
- 3.Find the volume of a cuboid 4 cm × 7 cm × 2 cm.[1]
- 4.Find the volume of a cuboid 3 cm × 2 cm × 5 cm.[1]
- 5.Find the volume of a cuboid 6 cm × 8 cm × 2 cm.[2]
- 6.Find the volume of a cuboid 4 cm × 7 cm × 4 cm.[2]
- 7.Find the volume of a cuboid 6 cm × 10 cm × 4 cm.[2]
- 8.Find the volume of a cuboid 10 cm × 2 cm × 9 cm.[2]
- 9.Find the surface area of a cuboid 5 cm × 2 cm × 4 cm.[3]
- 10.Find the surface area of a cuboid 2 cm × 8 cm × 7 cm.[3]
- 11.Find the surface area of a cuboid 4 cm × 10 cm × 8 cm.[3]
- 12.Find the surface area of a cuboid 8 cm × 8 cm × 7 cm.[3]
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1. 135 cm³
Volume = length × width × height. 3 × 9 × 5 = 135 cm³.
2. 640 cm³
Volume = length × width × height. 8 × 10 × 8 = 640 cm³.
3. 56 cm³
Volume = length × width × height. 4 × 7 × 2 = 56 cm³.
4. 30 cm³
Volume = length × width × height. 3 × 2 × 5 = 30 cm³.
5. 96 cm³
Volume = length × width × height. 6 × 8 × 2 = 96 cm³.
6. 112 cm³
Volume = length × width × height. 4 × 7 × 4 = 112 cm³.
7. 240 cm³
Volume = length × width × height. 6 × 10 × 4 = 240 cm³.
8. 180 cm³
Volume = length × width × height. 10 × 2 × 9 = 180 cm³.
9. 76 cm²
Three pairs of faces: 10, 8, 20. 2 × (10 + 8 + 20) = 76 cm².
10. 172 cm²
Three pairs of faces: 16, 56, 14. 2 × (16 + 56 + 14) = 172 cm².
11. 304 cm²
Three pairs of faces: 40, 80, 32. 2 × (40 + 80 + 32) = 304 cm².
12. 352 cm²
Three pairs of faces: 64, 56, 56. 2 × (64 + 56 + 56) = 352 cm².
Worked examples
Find the volume of a cuboid 7 cm × 7 cm × 3 cm.
- Volume = length × width × height.
- 7 × 7 × 3 = 147 cm³.
- Answer: 147 cm³
Find the volume of a cuboid 3 cm × 10 cm × 4 cm.
- Volume = length × width × height.
- 3 × 10 × 4 = 120 cm³.
- Answer: 120 cm³
Find the surface area of a cuboid 7 cm × 10 cm × 2 cm.
- Three pairs of faces: 70, 20, 14.
- 2 × (70 + 20 + 14) = 208 cm².
- Answer: 208 cm²
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Common mistakes
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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 Surface Area. Each one has its own free lesson, worksheet and quiz.
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- Move on to Working with Volume of Prisms, Volume of Prisms in Context, Nets, Surface Area, which build directly on this idea.
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