Year 6 · Maths

Use Cubes Cuboids

Year 6 learners practise volume of cubes and cuboids.

The activities include Understand How to Work Out the Volume of Cubes and Cuboids, Calculate and Compare the Volume of Cubes and Cuboids, Calculate and Compare Volume, and related practice. The checked support below includes worksheet, lesson, video, teaching. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.

Activities covered

Understand How to Work Out the Volume of Cubes and Cuboids
Calculate and Compare the Volume of Cubes and Cuboids
Calculate and Compare Volume
Calculate Cuboid Dimensions
Calculate the Volume of Cubes and Cuboids
Estimate and Compare Volumes of Cubes and Cuboids
Work Out the Volume of Cubes and Cuboids

Checked learning resources

Cuboid volume and missing dimensions practice

Oak National Academy · Worksheet · Opens on the provider website

Free Year 6 worksheet and quizzes calculate cuboid volume and reason from a volume and known dimensions to find a missing length.
Year 6 Volume of Cubes and Cuboids Lesson Pack

Twinkl · Lesson · Account may be required

Year 6 lesson presentation and differentiated practice calculate cuboid volume from length, width and height and reason about missing cuboid dimensions.
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.
Volume of a Cube/Cuboid — Primary Practice Questions

Corbettmaths Primary · Worksheet · Opens on the provider website

Free primary worksheet for calculating and comparing the volume of cubes and cuboids from their dimensions.
Surface Area Worksheet

Twinkl · Worksheet · Account may be required

Year 6 surface area worksheet explains that cuboid face areas are found by multiplying matching dimensions, then adding face areas.
Year 6 White Rose Compatible ordering volume of cubes & cuboids

Twinkl · Teaching · Account may be required

Year 6 lesson pack for calculating, ordering, estimating and comparing volumes of cubes and cuboids.
Maths Y6: Problems Involving Volume of Cubes and Cuboid

Twinkl · Lesson · Opens on the provider website

Year 6 Maths resource matched to volume of cubes and cuboids.
Area and volume

BBC Bitesize · Lesson · Opens on the provider website

Year 6 Maths resource matched to volume of cubes and cuboids.