Volume Teaching Resources
Explore volume worksheets, games and more teacher-created resources to help your students build their measurement skills!
Aligned with both TEKS and the Common Core math curriculum, resources in this collection have all been designed with your lesson plans — and your students — in mind! Best of all, each digital and printable math resource has been carefully reviewed by a member of our teacher team to ensure it's ready for your classroom!
New to teaching kids to grapple with volume? Read on for a primer from our teacher team!
What Is Volume? A Kid-Friendly Definition
You can't introduce your class to measuring volume without a simple definition they can understand! Here's one from our teacher team:
Volume is a measure of the amount of space that an object occupies in three dimensions.
What Are the Units of Volume?
While liquid volume is typically measured in liquid units such as gallons or quarts, measuring the volume of a 3D object requires different units of volume, such as:
- Cubic inches
- Cubic yards
- Cubic feet
- Cubic centimeters
- Cubic meters
How to Measure the Volume of a Rectangular Prism
One of the first volume measurements that most teachers in the US will introduce is how to find the volume of a rectangular prism such as a box or a cube.
The formula we use to calculate this figure is fairly simple:
- Cube volume = Length x Width x Height
The result will then be represented as a cubed figure. For example, you might see the volume of a box represented as 8 cubic inches or 8 in³.
What Is a Unit Cube and How Is It Used?
A "unit cube" is an object with "one cubic unit" of volume. This specific type of cube has a side length of 1 unit, which makes it useful for measuring the volume of other 3D objects.
To find the volume of an object, students can count how many unit cubes will fit inside it without overlapping.
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Finding Volume of Rectangular Prisms Worksheet
Share our finding volume of rectangular prisms worksheet with students to give them the practice they need in a fun “this” or “that” format.
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Volume Escape Room
“Escape” ordinary volume activities with this engaging volume escape room that will have students solving volume challenges on a quest for a lost civilization.
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5th Grade Geometry Test
Assess your students' skills with quadrilaterals, coordinate grids, and volume of solid figures using a printable 5th Grade Geometry Test.
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Volume Poster
Display our volume poster in your classroom to give students an easy reference for the volume formula and related vocabulary.
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Volume Word Problems 5th Grade Worksheet Set
Reinforce concepts of volume with this volume word problems 5th grade worksheet set full of real-world situations.
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Differentiated Volume of Rectangular Prism Worksheet Set
Differentiate instruction with this volume of rectangular prism worksheet set that offers three levels of volume problems.
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Volume Word Problems – Task Cards
Present these volume word problems task cards to your students to give them practice solving volume problems with real-world context!
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Finding Volume – Teaching Slides for 5th Grade
Teach your students how to find the volume of a rectangular prism by counting unit cubes and using a formula with this set of teaching slides designed for 5th-grade students.
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Volume With Decimals Worksheets
Provide these volume with decimals worksheets to your students to give them practice calculating volume and multiplying decimals.
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Volume Game — BINGO!
Play our BINGO volume game with your students to give them engaging practice finding the volume of rectangular prisms.
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Volume of Composite Figures Activity — Triple Match-Up!
Challenge your students with this volume of composite figures activity that will have them matching compound rectangular prisms with equations and volumes.
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Volume Activities for Sixth Grade and Fifth Grade
Bring math to life with these volume activities for sixth grade and fifth grade students that will have them building prisms, going on a scavenger hunt, and estimating volumes!
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Hands on Volume Activities: Popcorn Challenge!
Make learning “pop” with hands on volume activities like this popcorn challenge!
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Up, Up, & Away! Volume of Rectangular Prisms – Google Slides Interactive Activity
Practice calculating the volume of rectangular prisms with this Google Slides interactive activity.
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Finding Volume with Unit Cubes – Task Cards
Count unit cubes to determine the volume of a rectangular prism with this set of 24 task cards.
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Volume with Unit Cubes – Worksheet
Use this worksheet to reinforce how to find the volume of a rectangular prism by counting the number of unit cubes.
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Finding Volume (Differentiated Worksheets)
Teach finding the volume of rectangular prisms and cubes with this set of differentiated worksheets.
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Volume of Three-Dimensional Objects Worksheets
Use this set of 3 volume worksheets when students need to practice solving using the volume formula.
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Volume of a Rectangular Prism Activity — Mini-Book
Use our volume of a rectangular prism activity book to teach your students concepts of volume.
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Volume Practice Problems — Interactive Activity
Give students our engaging volume practice problems interactive activity to present them with a variety of volume problems in eight different challenges.
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Matching Volume Activity
Provide your students with this matching volume activity to give them practice finding the volume of objects they see in the real world.
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Volume of Composite Shapes Worksheet (Metric System)
Reinforce essential concepts of volume with our volume of composite shapes worksheet full of real-world scenarios using the metric system.
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Volume of Composite Figures Worksheet (Customary System)
Practice essential concepts of volume with our volume of composite figures worksheet full of real-world scenarios.
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Volume and Capacity Definition Poster
Display this volume and capacity definition poster in the classroom to help students identify the main difference between capacity and volume.
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5th Grade Math Test - Measuring Volume
Assess your students' skills with measuring volume using a printable 5th Grade Volume Unit Test.
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Volume of Composite Solids Google Slide Interactive Activity
Break out this volume of composite solids google slide interactive activity to challenge your students with nine levels of volume-finding fun!
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Volume of Composite Rectangular Prisms – Worksheet
Calculate the volume of composite figures and solve real-world problems with this worksheet.
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Volume Match-Up!
Find rectangular prisms with the same volume while completing this match-up activity.
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Understanding Volume - Vocabulary Cards
Promote math vocabulary development with this set of 15 vocabulary cards focusing on volume.
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Number Talks for Teaching Volume (Task Cards)
Build understanding of volume in 5th or 6th grade with this set of 26 number talks task cards.
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Connecting Volume and Capacity in the Metric System - Posters
A set of posters connecting volume and capacity in the metric system.
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Volume Investigation - Creating the Land of Cubes
A mathematics investigation involving volume, embedded in a real-world context.