Volume resources

Students answer questions about mixing quantities of powder and water to make a spray for rose bushes.

In this practical task students need to weigh books, take measurements of length, convert these as required, and calculate volume and dimensions for a cover.

Students calculate the surface area and volume of a pyramid.

Students use a cross-section diagram of a canal to calculate area and volume.

Students use a diagram of, and information about oranges packed in a cylinder to calculate height, area and volume.

Students calculate the volume and surface area of a cuboid box.

Students calculate perimeter, area and the surfaced area of a box of chocolate.

Students calculate the height of two cylinders given the radius, and identify a correct general statement about the relationship between radius and height for a given volume.

For this NEMP task students perform a range of tasks involving symmetry, shape and angle identification, and reflection.

Students enlarge a shape made of cubes and explore the relationship between the scale factor and volume.

Students calculate volumes of composite shapes, showing their working.

Students convert millilitres to litres and vice versa when working out quantities of bottles and glasses of fizzy drink for a party.

In this practical task, students use their understanding of the link between capacity and volume to make cardboard containers that hold 250ml and 500ml of water.

This practical task requires students to construct a one metre newspaper roll, use it to estimate the dimensions of a room, then calculate the volume of that room.

This task is about using rates in ml/minute to work out how much water has dripped from four taps.

Students calculate the volume of three different cuboid-shaped fish tanks given the height, length and width.

Task: Measure 100mL of water into three different pieces of equipment. Weigh the result and calculate the precision of using that piece of equipment. Assessment focus: measuring and evaluating the accuracy of equipment.

Task: Use displacement to measure volume. Assessment focus: displacement.

Students calculate the number of 2cm blocks fit into a given 3-dimensional block model, and answer questions about one face, and volume of the block model.

Students calculate the number of 3-dimensional shapes that fit into larger 3-dimensional shapes.

Students calculate the volume of 3-dimensional shapes made up from cubes.

Students complete statements which explore the relationship between scale factor enlargements and length, area, and volume of 2 and 3 dimensional shapes.

Students calculate increases in length, area, and volume, and relate this to the scale factor for an enlargement.

Students answer two multiple-choice questions about the number of smaller blocks that fit into larger cuboid containers.

Students answer four multiple-choice questions about volume and surface area.