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Volumes of prisms

The volume of a number of different prisms are found in this unit.

Publisher: Texas Instruments UK

Editor: Barrie Galpin

Author: David J C Elgin

Topic:  Mathematics

Tags  Area ,  Surface area ,  Volume ,  Prisms

This unit uses the idea that the volume of a prism can be found by using the formula V = Ah where A is the cross sectional area and 'h' is the length of the shape. Students are given a number of different prisms to work on and can change the shape for themselves to create new problems.

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