Year 6 · Maths

Use Area Volume Formulae

Year 6 learners practise formulae for area and volume.

The activities include Calculate Area and Volume, Investigate The Formulae for Area and Volume, Recognise When to Use a Volume Formula, and related practice. The checked support below includes video, teaching, worksheet, lesson. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.

Activities covered

Calculate Area and Volume
Investigate The Formulae for Area and Volume
Recognise When to Use a Volume Formula
Recognise When to Use an Area Formula
Understand How to Calculate Area and Volume
Use Area and Volume Formulae

Checked learning resources

How Do You Calculate Area? | KS2 Maths Concept for Kids

YouTube - Twinkl Educational Publishing · Video · Opens on the provider website

KS2 concept video for calculating area, including rectangle/square area foundations before applying formulae.
Year 6 Use Formulae for Area and Volume PlanIt Maths Lesson 3

Twinkl · Teaching · Account may be required

Year 6 lesson pack for SATs-style reasoning questions using formulae to calculate area and volume.
Year 6 Use Formulae for Area and Volume PlanIt Maths Lesson 2

Twinkl · Teaching · Account may be required

Year 6 PlanIt lesson pack states the formula for cube/cuboid volume as v = lwh or length × width × height.
Explain how to calculate the volume of a cuboid and a cube

Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

Free KS2 lesson explaining how to calculate the volume of cubes and cuboids using dimensions and cubic units.
Year 6 Maths Same-Day Intervention: Calculating the volume of a cuboid using l ? w ? h

Twinkl · Worksheet · Account may be required

Year 6 intervention introduces the l ? w ? h formula for finding volume of cuboids, with practice and reasoning.
PlanIt Maths Year 6 Measurement Lesson Pack 10: Calculating Area

Twinkl · Lesson · Account may be required

Year 6 PlanIt lesson pack for area formulae, including square/rectangle area as length × width.
Explain how to calculate the volume of a cuboid and a cube worksheet and quiz downloads

Oak National Academy · Interactive · Opens on the provider website

Free worksheet, starter quiz and exit quiz downloads for the Oak lesson Explain how to calculate the volume of a cuboid and a cube.
KS2 Volume of Cuboids Worksheet

Twinkl · Worksheet · Account may be required

KS2 volume worksheet explains counting cubes or using a formula to calculate total volume, suitable for Year 5 and 6.