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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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Perimeter, Area, Volume

    BBC Bitesize · Lesson · Opens on the provider website

    Year 8 Maths resource matched to volume of cylinders and compound 3d shapes.

  • 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

  • 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