Free Grade 3 Volume of Cylinders Lessons
Free Grade 3 lessons for Volume of Cylinders: 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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- RememberIdentify volume of cylinders
Identify volume of cylinders accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
- UnderstandExplain volume of cylinders
Explain volume of cylinders accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
- ApplyCalculate volume of cylinders
Calculate volume of cylinders accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
- AnalyseCompare volume of cylinders
Compare volume of cylinders accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
Prerequisites
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How Volume of Cylinders 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 × 7 cm.[1]
- 2.Find the volume of a cuboid 9 cm × 6 cm × 5 cm.[1]
- 3.Find the volume of a cuboid 6 cm × 8 cm × 4 cm.[1]
- 4.Find the volume of a cuboid 4 cm × 7 cm × 9 cm.[1]
- 5.Find the volume of a cuboid 5 cm × 5 cm × 3 cm.[2]
- 6.Find the volume of a cuboid 2 cm × 10 cm × 3 cm.[2]
- 7.Find the volume of a cuboid 2 cm × 4 cm × 4 cm.[2]
- 8.Find the volume of a cuboid 3 cm × 2 cm × 4 cm.[2]
- 9.Find the surface area of a cuboid 2 cm × 10 cm × 9 cm.[3]
- 10.Find the surface area of a cuboid 7 cm × 2 cm × 9 cm.[3]
- 11.Find the surface area of a cuboid 3 cm × 10 cm × 4 cm.[3]
- 12.Find the surface area of a cuboid 7 cm × 7 cm × 5 cm.[3]
Show answers and working
1. 224 cm³
Volume = length × width × height. 8 × 4 × 7 = 224 cm³.
2. 270 cm³
Volume = length × width × height. 9 × 6 × 5 = 270 cm³.
3. 192 cm³
Volume = length × width × height. 6 × 8 × 4 = 192 cm³.
4. 252 cm³
Volume = length × width × height. 4 × 7 × 9 = 252 cm³.
5. 75 cm³
Volume = length × width × height. 5 × 5 × 3 = 75 cm³.
6. 60 cm³
Volume = length × width × height. 2 × 10 × 3 = 60 cm³.
7. 32 cm³
Volume = length × width × height. 2 × 4 × 4 = 32 cm³.
8. 24 cm³
Volume = length × width × height. 3 × 2 × 4 = 24 cm³.
9. 256 cm²
Three pairs of faces: 20, 90, 18. 2 × (20 + 90 + 18) = 256 cm².
10. 190 cm²
Three pairs of faces: 14, 18, 63. 2 × (14 + 18 + 63) = 190 cm².
11. 164 cm²
Three pairs of faces: 30, 40, 12. 2 × (30 + 40 + 12) = 164 cm².
12. 238 cm²
Three pairs of faces: 49, 35, 35. 2 × (49 + 35 + 35) = 238 cm².
Worked examples
Find the volume of a cuboid 9 cm × 9 cm × 8 cm.
- Volume = length × width × height.
- 9 × 9 × 8 = 648 cm³.
- Answer: 648 cm³
Find the volume of a cuboid 6 cm × 3 cm × 7 cm.
- Volume = length × width × height.
- 6 × 3 × 7 = 126 cm³.
- Answer: 126 cm³
Find the surface area of a cuboid 4 cm × 10 cm × 8 cm.
- Three pairs of faces: 40, 80, 32.
- 2 × (40 + 80 + 32) = 304 cm².
- Answer: 304 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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- What should a learner already know before this?
- Start with Volume of Prisms, Surface Area, Perimeter and Area. Each one has its own free lesson, worksheet and quiz.
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- Move on to Volume of Spheres, Angles, 2D Shapes, Perimeter and Area, which build directly on this idea.
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