Grade 8 - Shape and Space
Standard 8.SS.4 - Calculate the volume of cubes and rectangular prisms.
Included Skills: Geometry
Develop and apply formulas for determining the volume of right rectangular prisms, right triangular prisms and right cylinders. • Determine the volume of a given right prism, given the area of the base. • Generalize and apply a rule for determining the volume of right cylinders. • Explain the connection between the area of the base of a given right 3-D object and the formula for the volume of the object. • Demonstrate that the orientation of a given 3-D object does not affect its volume. • Apply a formula to solve a given problem involving the volume of a right cylinder or a right prism.