1. Cuboid – Volume – Messenger!
In this activity, one student at a time acts as a messenger for their team (2+ students).
Without running (!), they relay information about the questions
(posted around the room) to their teammates who then answer them.
Students need to record the question letter and the answer so they can mark their work using the answer slide at the end of the activity.
With the points system, students can attempt appropriate questions.
You could choose posters/questions to include and delete others.
(Clear plastic wallets around your classroom
make it quick and easy to display posters.)

2. Printing To print handouts from slides -
Select the slide from the left. Then click:
File > Print > ‘Print Current Slide’
To print multiple slides -
Click on a section title to highlight all those slides,
or press ‘Ctrl’ at the same time as selecting slides to
highlight more than one. Then click:
File > Print > ‘Print Selection’

3. Messenger!
Title Slide

4. 10 In teams pick a messenger! It’s their job to collect questions
for the rest of the team to answer.
You can change who is the messenger but
only one person is allowed to stand up at once and
they can’t carry a pen or paper to the question!
Each question is worth a different number of points!
Record the question letter and your
answer on a single piece of paper.
After marking,
the team that scores the most points wins! 10
Optional rules slide to show the class.

5. 4 3 Question B Question A 4cm 5cm 5cm 6cm
Find the volume of this cuboid.
Find the volume of this cube.

6. 4 3 Question D Question C 3cm 5cm 6cm 2cm
Find the volume of this cuboid.
Find the volume of this cube.

7. 5 4 Question F Question E 2.5cm 85mm 40mm 15mm 75mm 6.5cm
Find the volume of this cuboid.
Find the volume of this cuboid.

8. 7 6 Question H Question G 1cm 5cm 6cm 4cm 5cm 2cm 1cm 3cm 4cm 7cm 6cm
Find the volume of this
compound cuboid.
Find the volume of this
compound cuboid.

9. 9 8 Question J Question I 1cm 1cm 6cm 1cm 5cm 6cm 4cm 7cm 1cm 5cm 6cm
Find the volume of this cuboid.
Find the volume of this cuboid.

10. This is a cube with a cut-out section.
Question K
Question L 10 10
7cm
6cm
2cm
2cm
3cm
2.5cm
4cm
60mm
This is a cube with a cut-out section.
What is its volume?
Find the volume of this cuboid.

11. 5 4 Question N Question M A cuboid has a volume of 504cm2.
A cuboid has a volume of 195mm2.
Its height is 7cm.
Its width is 4mm.
Its length is 8cm.
Its length is 6.5mm.
What is the cuboids width?
What is the cuboids height?

12. A 100cm3 3 B 216cm3 4 C 36cm3 D 125cm3 E 195cm3 F 31.875cm3 5 G 60cm3
Question
Answer
Points A
100cm3 3 B
216cm3 4 C
36cm3 D
125cm3 E
195cm3 F
31.875cm3 5 G
60cm3 6 H
66cm3 7 I
186cm3 8 J
80cm3 9 K
148cm3 10 L
180cm3 M
9cm N
7.5mm
Answers to display so students can mark their own or another team’s work.

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