Volume and capacity

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Double your popcorn, double your pleasure

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

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.
problem
More Christmas boxes

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

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?
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At the pumps

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

How will you find out how much a tank of petrol costs?
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Finding out!

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

Explore all aspects of measurement in this activity.
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Pouring problem

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

What do you think is going to happen in this video clip? Are you surprised?
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Making boxes

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

Cut differently-sized square corners from a square piece of paper to make boxes without lids. Do they all have the same volume?
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Making cuboids

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

Let's say you can only use two different lengths - 2 units and 4 units. Using just these 2 lengths as the edges how many different cuboids can you make?
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Oh! Harry!

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

A group of children are using measuring cylinders but they lose the labels. Can you help relabel them?
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Next size up

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

The challenge for you is to make a string of six (or more!) graded cubes.
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All wrapped up

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

What is the largest cuboid you can wrap in an A3 sheet of paper?