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We went to the cinema and decided to buy some bags of popcorn so we asked about the prices. Investigate how much popcorn each bag holds so find out which we might have bought.
What is the smallest cuboid that you can put in this box so that you cannot fit another that's the same into it?
If you had 36 cubes, what different cuboids could you make?
The challenge for you is to make a string of six (or more!) graded cubes.
Cut differently-sized square corners from a square piece of paper to make boxes without lids. Do they all have the same volume?
A group of children are using measuring cylinders but they lose the labels. Can you help relabel them?
What is the largest cuboid you can wrap in an A3 sheet of paper?
What size square should you cut out of each corner of a 10 x 10 grid to make the box that would hold the greatest number of cubes?
Have a go at this 3D extension to the Pebbles problem.
What is the greatest volume you can get for a rectangular (cuboid) parcel if the maximum combined length and girth are 2 metres?
How will you find out how much a tank of petrol costs?
A box has faces with areas 3, 12 and 25 square centimetres. What is the volume of the box?
Here's a chance to work with large numbers...
These formulae are often quoted, but rarely proved. In this article, we derive the formulae for the volumes of a square-based pyramid and a cone, using relatively simple mathematical concepts.
What size square corners should be cut from a square piece of paper to make a box with the largest possible volume?
This jar used to hold perfumed oil. It contained enough oil to fill granid silver bottles. Each bottle held enough to fill ozvik golden goblets and each goblet held enough to fill vaswik crystal. . . .
Can you sketch graphs to show how the height of water changes in different containers as they are filled?
If I don't have the size of cake tin specified in my recipe, will the size I do have be OK?
According to Plutarch, the Greeks found all the rectangles with integer sides, whose areas are equal to their perimeters. Can you find them? What rectangular boxes, with integer sides, have. . . .
What happens to the area and volume of 2D and 3D shapes when you enlarge them?
An activity for high-attaining learners which involves making a new cylinder from a cardboard tube.
My measurements have got all jumbled up! Swap them around and see if you can find a combination where every measurement is valid.
Can you rank these sets of quantities in order, from smallest to largest? Can you provide convincing evidence for your rankings?
In the ancient city of Atlantis a solid rectangular object called a Zin was built in honour of the goddess Tina. Your task is to determine on which day of the week the obelisk was completed.