Volume and capacity

What is the greatest volume you can get for a rectangular (cuboid) parcel if the maximum combined length and girth are 2 metres?

What happens to the area and volume of 2D and 3D shapes when you enlarge them?

Use a single sheet of A4 paper and make a cylinder having the greatest possible volume. The cylinder must be closed off by a circle at each end.

How many teddies are in the jar? How many teddies could you fit in your classroom?

Explore all aspects of measurement in this activity.

If I don't have the size of cake tin specified in my recipe, will the size I do have be OK?

An activity for high-attaining learners which involves making a new cylinder from a cardboard tube.

P is the midpoint of an edge of a cube and Q divides another edge in the ratio 1 to 4. Find the ratio of the volumes of the two pieces of the cube cut by a plane through PQ and a vertex.