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Volume

Counting cubes, drawing solids, and finding the volume of cuboids and of the water in a tank.

8 topics33 episodes14 min in all

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Contents

  1. 1 Volume of solid figures in cubic units 2 episodes · 1 min

    Counting the unit cubes in a solid, the hidden ones too. Topic page ›

    1. 1.1 Counting unit cubes in six solids 0:39
    2. 1.2 Counting the cubes of six taller solids 0:41
  2. 2 Drawing cubes and cuboids on isometric grids 1 episode · 1 min

    Copying cubes and cuboids onto dot paper so that they look solid. Topic page ›

    1. 2.1 Copying cuboids onto isometric dot paper 0:31
  3. 3 Drawing different views of solids on square grids 4 episodes · 1 min

    Drawing what a solid looks like from the top, from the front and from the side. Topic page ›

    1. 3.1 Three views of a row of columns 0:17
    2. 3.2 Three views of a slab with one cube on top 0:17
    3. 3.3 Three views of a row with a cube in front 0:17
    4. 3.4 Three views of a U-shaped solid 0:18
  4. 4 Measuring volume in cubic centimetres (cm³) and cubic metres (m³) 2 episodes · 1 min

    Volume in cubic centimetres and cubic metres, counted in 1-cm and 1-m cubes. Topic page ›

    1. 4.1 Counting 1-cm cubes in six solids 0:43
    2. 4.2 Cuboids built from 1-m cubes 0:26
  5. 5 Finding the volume of a cuboid or cube 6 episodes · 2 min

    The volume of a cuboid or a cube as length × width × height, and problems that use it. Topic page ›

    1. 5.1 Volumes of three cuboids and a cube 0:26
    2. 5.2 Volumes of three cuboids in cubic metres 0:43
    3. 5.3 A cube with twice the volume of a cuboid 0:15
    4. 5.4 Five identical cubes as big as a cuboid 0:20
    5. 5.5 A block cut into three, two pieces stacked 0:21
    6. 5.6 Space in a box not taken up by cubes 0:19
  6. 6 Volume of liquid in cubic centimetres (cm³) and cubic metres (m³) 5 episodes · 2 min

    Changing between litres, millilitres and cubic centimetres, and finding the water in a tank. Topic page ›

    1. 6.1 Litres and millilitres in cubic centimetres 0:30
    2. 6.2 Cubic centimetres in litres or millilitres 0:22
    3. 6.3 Cubic centimetres in litres and millilitres 0:26
    4. 6.4 Water in two glass tanks 0:36
    5. 6.5 Water in a storage pool 0:17
  7. 7 Word problems 10 episodes · 3 min

    Word problems about water in a tank: how much is in it, how much more fills it, and how much flows out. Topic page ›

    1. 7.1 Water in a fish tank 0:18
    2. 7.2 Water in a tank, and how much more fills it 0:30
    3. 7.3 Capacity of a tank with a square base 0:24
    4. 7.4 Water added until the tank is half full 0:16
    5. 7.5 More water to fill a quarter-full tank 0:19
    6. 7.6 The capacity of one jug 0:23
    7. 7.7 Water let out of a tank 0:20
    8. 7.8 Water left after filling a cube tank 0:15
    9. 7.9 Cups filled from a third of a tank 0:19
    10. 7.10 Water that spilled over 0:23
  8. 8 Thinking questions 3 episodes · 1 min

    Puzzles: cuboids made from 18 cubes, a pile of cubes that grows, and clay under some cubes. Topic page ›

    1. 8.1 Four cuboids from 18 unit cubes 0:30
    2. 8.2 A pile of cubes that grows in a corner 0:33
    3. 8.3 Clay under a quarter of cubes 0:19