Instructions
part 1: understanding volume
1. what is volume, and how is it measured?
the amount of space inside a three-dimensional shape, measured in cubic units.
2. look at the images above. how are the fish food box and the shipping box similar? how are they different?
they are both measured in cubic units, they are both three dimensional shapes and for differences one has more measurement while the other has less, and one has more volume while the other doesn’t.
part 2: pack it up!
1. just by looking at the images, what would be your guess of how many fish food boxes can fit into the shipping box? how did you determine that? there is no right or wrong answer.
i think that there will be 40 fish food packets in the big box.
2. determine how many actual fish food boxes fit in the shipping box. show your work.
part 3: the space inside!
1. find the volume of the shipping box using the two methods and show your work:
a. packing cubes
b. using the volume formula
2. explain how both methods provide the same measurement of volume for the shipping box.