Year 8 · Maths
Use 3D Shape Knowledge To Solve Problems
Year 8 learners practise volume of cylinders and compound 3d shapes.
The activities include Calculate the Surface Area of a Cylinder, Calculate the Volume of a Cylinder, Calculate the Volumes of Cylinders, and related practice. The checked support below includes video, worksheet, teaching, 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 the Surface Area of a Cylinder
- Calculate the Volume of a Cylinder
- Calculate the Volumes of Cylinders
- Calculate Volumes of Compound 3D Shapes
- Find the Volume of Compound Shapes
- Recognise the Nets and Calculate the Surface Area of 3D Shapes
- Understand Volumes of Cubes, Cuboids and Compound Figures
Checked learning resources
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Volume of prisms Year 8 video
Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website
Current Year 8 lesson calculates prism volume from the constant cross-sectional area and prism length.
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Volume of an L-shaped prism practice
Corbettmaths · Worksheet · Opens on the provider website
Focused questions calculate compound volume by splitting L-shaped prisms into cuboids and combining their volumes.
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Perimeter, area and volume
Oak National Academy · Teaching · Opens on the provider website
Current Oak teacher unit support for Use 3D Shape Knowledge To Solve Problems; selected after reading the full activity context: In this worksheet, students will calculate the volume of compound 3D shapes.
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Calculate Volumes of Compound 3D Shapes video
Corbettmaths Primary · Video · Opens on the provider website
Year 8 Maths video matched to calculate volumes of compound 3d shapes.
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Perimeter, area and volume
Oak National Academy · Lesson · Opens on the provider website
Year 8 Maths resource matched to volume of cylinders and compound 3d shapes.
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Perimeter, Area, Volume
BBC Bitesize · Lesson · Opens on the provider website
Year 8 Maths resource matched to volume of cylinders and compound 3d shapes.
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Oak video: Surface Area Of Cylinders
Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website
I can find the surface area of cylinders. Drawing the net of a cylinder helps deduce the formula for the surface area. The formula can be used to find the surface area of any cylinder. Unknown lengths can be found when t
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Oak video: Volume Of Cylinders
Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website
I can use the constant cross-sectional area property of cylinders to determine their volume. A cylinder is not a prism but has a similar structure. The formula for the volume of a cylinder can be derived by using the for