Volume and capacity

There are 55 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Volume and capacity
Conical Bottle
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Conical bottle

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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A right circular cone is filled with liquid to a depth of half its vertical height. The cone is inverted. How high up the vertical height of the cone will the liquid rise?
Maths filler 2
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Maths filler 2

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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Can you draw the height-time chart as this complicated vessel fills with water?
Multilink Cubes
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Multilink cubes

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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If you had 36 cubes, what different cuboids could you make?
Canny Fraction
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Canny fraction

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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What fraction of the volume of this can is filled with lemonade?
Brimful 2
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Brimful 2

Age
16 to 18
Challenge level
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Which of these infinitely deep vessels will eventually full up?
The Big Cheese
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The big cheese

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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Investigate the area of 'slices' cut off this cube of cheese. What would happen if you had different-sized block of cheese to start with?
Sliced
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Sliced

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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An irregular tetrahedron has two opposite sides the same length a and the line joining their midpoints is perpendicular to these two edges and is of length b. What is the volume of the tetrahedron?
Tubular Stand
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Tubular stand

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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If the radius of the tubing used to make this stand is r cm, what is the volume of tubing used?
Uniform units
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Uniform units

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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Can you choose your units so that a cube has the same numerical value for it volume, surface area and total edge length?
Double your popcorn, double your pleasure
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Double your popcorn, double your pleasure

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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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.