Volume Rectangular Prisms

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Lesson


Notes

Formula for the Volume of a Rectangular Prism

Questions

Find the Volume of the following rectangular prisms

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Rectangular Prism for Question 1
Link to Youtube Video Solving Question Number 1


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Rectangular Prism for Question 2
Link to Youtube Video Solving Question Number 2


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Rectangular Prism for Question 3
Link to Youtube Video Solving Question Number 3


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Rectangular Prism for Question 4



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Rectangular Prism for Question 5



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Rectangular Prism for Question 6



Challenge Problems

\(\textbf{7)}\) A fish tank has a width of 48 inches, a length of 36 inches, and a height of 24 inches. It is filled with water until it is 1 foot deep. You place a decorative stone in the tank, it raises the water level 2 inches. What is the volume of the decorative stone?




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\(\bullet\text{ Geometry Homepage}\)
\(\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\text{All the Best Topics…}\)
\(\bullet\text{ Rectangular Prisms- Surface Area}\)
\(\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\)Thumbnail of a Rectangular Prism\(SA=lw+wh+lh…\)
\(\bullet\text{ Distance Formula 3D}\)
\(\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,d=\sqrt{(x_2-x_1)^2+(y_2-y_1)^2+(z_2-z_1)^2}\)
\(\bullet\text{ Diagonal of a Prism}\)
\(\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\)Thumbnail of a Rectangular Prism With a Diagonal Through It\(d=\sqrt{l^2+w^2+h^2}…\)
\(\bullet\text{ Cylinders- Volume and Surface Area}\)
\(\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\)Thumbnail of a Cylinder\(V=\pi r^2h\,\,\,SA=2\pi r^2+2 \pi rh…\)
\(\bullet\text{ Pyramids- Volume and Surface Area}\)
\(\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\)Thumbnail of a Pyramid\(V=\frac{1}{3}Bh\,\,\,SA=B+\frac{pl}{2}…\)
\(\bullet\text{ Cones- Volume and Surface Area}\)
\(\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\)Thumbnail of a Cone\(V=\frac{1}{3}\pi r^2 h\,\,\,SA=\pi r^2+\pi r l…\)
\(\bullet\text{ Spheres- Volume and Surface Area}\)
\(\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\)Thumbnail of a Sphere\(V=\frac{4}{3}\pi r^3 \,\,\,SA=4 \pi r^2…\)
\(\bullet\text{ Similar figures}\)
\(\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\text{Similarity ratio } a:b, \text{Area ratio } a^2:b^2, \text{Volume ratio } a^3:b^3\)
\(\bullet\text{ Nets of Polyhedra}\)
\(\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\)Thumbnail of a Net of a Polyhedra


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