In this video, you will recognize that volume is additive, by finding the volume of a 3D
figure composed of two rectangular prisms.
volume – the number of cubic units needed to fill the space inside a three-dimensional figure
volume of a rectangular prism = length x width x height
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CompositeVolume
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CompositeVolume
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4 in= LWH + LWH
CompositeVolume
= +
4 in
2 in
2 in
2 in
4 in = LWH + LWH
= (22) + (22)
CompositeVolume
= +
4 in
2 in
2 in
2 in
4 in = LWH + LWH
= (22) + (22)
= 8 + 16
CompositeVolume
= +
4 in
2 in
2 in
2 in
4 in = LWH + LWH
= (22) + (22)
= 8 + 16
= 24 inches3
CompositeVolume
= +
4 in
2 in
2 in
2 in
4 in = LWH + LWH
= (22) + (22)
= 8 + 16
= 24 inches3
CompositeVolume
= +
4 in
2 in
2 in
2 in
4 in = LWH + LWH
= (22) + (22)
= 8 + 16
= 24 inches3
CompositeVolume
= +
4 in
2 in
2 in
2 in
4 in = LWH + LWH
= (22) + (22)
= 8 + 16
= 24 inches3
CompositeVolume
= +
4 in
2 in
2 in
2 in
4 in = LWH + LWH
= (22) + (22)
= 8 + 16
= 24 inches3
In this video, you recognized that volume is additive, by finding
the volume of a 3D figure composed of two rectangular
prisms.