Sunday, March 1, 2015

Volume

Volume [vol-yoom]
Noun
Volume is the amount of space/capacity a solid (3D) figure occupies. A way to think about volume is if you were to pour water in a box, the amount of water needed to fill that box is its volume. See the equations below to find the volume of each solid figure.

cube = a 3 
rectangular prism = a b c 
irregular prism = b h 
cylinder = b h = pi r 2 h 
pyramid = (1/3) b h 
cone = (1/3) b h = 1/3 pi r 2 h 
sphere = (4/3) pi r 3 ellipsoid = (4/3) pi r1 r2 r3  

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