Formulas For Discovering Volume

This Integrating Technology eBook was designed and developed

for Mrs. Thompson's 6th Grade Math Class at Lakeview Middle School

To know the correct amount of chlorine needed in this pool, we need to know how much water it takes to fill it up.
In other words, we need to know the volume of the swimming pool.
What is volume? How can we find volume?
Click to the next page and let's find out!

GPS - M6M3: Students will determine the volume of fundamental solid figures (right rectangular prisms, cylinders, pyramids, and cones).
GPS - M6A3: Students will evaluate algebraic expressions, including those with exponents, and solve simple one-step equations using each of the four basic operations.
PLO: Students will be able to use formulas to determine the volume of a given fundamental solid figure by evaluating algebraic expressions.