Free Grade 3 Volume of Prisms Lesson Plans
Free Grade 3 lesson plans for 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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- UnderstandExplain volume of prisms
Explain volume of prisms accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
- ApplyCalculate volume of prisms
Calculate volume of prisms accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
- AnalyseCompare volume of prisms
Compare volume of prisms accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
- EvaluateJustify volume of prisms
Justify volume of prisms accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
Prerequisites
Close these gaps first — each has its own free lesson, worksheet and quiz.
How 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
Easy to hard, 24 marks in total. Try them first, then open the answers.
- 1.Find the volume of a cuboid 2 cm × 10 cm × 7 cm.[1]
- 2.Find the volume of a cuboid 7 cm × 3 cm × 7 cm.[1]
- 3.Find the volume of a cuboid 4 cm × 9 cm × 9 cm.[1]
- 4.Find the volume of a cuboid 8 cm × 2 cm × 4 cm.[1]
- 5.Find the volume of a cuboid 6 cm × 4 cm × 4 cm.[2]
- 6.Find the volume of a cuboid 3 cm × 5 cm × 3 cm.[2]
- 7.Find the volume of a cuboid 4 cm × 9 cm × 3 cm.[2]
- 8.Find the volume of a cuboid 10 cm × 8 cm × 2 cm.[2]
- 9.Find the surface area of a cuboid 3 cm × 9 cm × 4 cm.[3]
- 10.Find the surface area of a cuboid 9 cm × 8 cm × 8 cm.[3]
- 11.Find the surface area of a cuboid 10 cm × 2 cm × 8 cm.[3]
- 12.Find the surface area of a cuboid 7 cm × 4 cm × 4 cm.[3]
Show answers and working
1. 140 cm³
Volume = length × width × height. 2 × 10 × 7 = 140 cm³.
2. 147 cm³
Volume = length × width × height. 7 × 3 × 7 = 147 cm³.
3. 324 cm³
Volume = length × width × height. 4 × 9 × 9 = 324 cm³.
4. 64 cm³
Volume = length × width × height. 8 × 2 × 4 = 64 cm³.
5. 96 cm³
Volume = length × width × height. 6 × 4 × 4 = 96 cm³.
6. 45 cm³
Volume = length × width × height. 3 × 5 × 3 = 45 cm³.
7. 108 cm³
Volume = length × width × height. 4 × 9 × 3 = 108 cm³.
8. 160 cm³
Volume = length × width × height. 10 × 8 × 2 = 160 cm³.
9. 150 cm²
Three pairs of faces: 27, 36, 12. 2 × (27 + 36 + 12) = 150 cm².
10. 416 cm²
Three pairs of faces: 72, 64, 72. 2 × (72 + 64 + 72) = 416 cm².
11. 232 cm²
Three pairs of faces: 20, 16, 80. 2 × (20 + 16 + 80) = 232 cm².
12. 144 cm²
Three pairs of faces: 28, 16, 28. 2 × (28 + 16 + 28) = 144 cm².
Worked examples
Find the volume of a cuboid 4 cm × 4 cm × 6 cm.
- Volume = length × width × height.
- 4 × 4 × 6 = 96 cm³.
- Answer: 96 cm³
Find the volume of a cuboid 2 cm × 2 cm × 5 cm.
- Volume = length × width × height.
- 2 × 2 × 5 = 20 cm³.
- Answer: 20 cm³
Find the surface area of a cuboid 6 cm × 3 cm × 9 cm.
- Three pairs of faces: 18, 27, 54.
- 2 × (18 + 27 + 54) = 198 cm².
- Answer: 198 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 Surface Area, Nets, Perimeter and Area. Each one has its own free lesson, worksheet and quiz.
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- Move on to Volume of Cylinders, Volume of Spheres, Angles, 2D Shapes, which build directly on this idea.
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