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volume-elementary
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3rd and 4th Grade
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What is volume?
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Volume is the measurement of the space occupied by a solid.

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The volume of a box is equal to the space it occupies.

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Example of volume
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To find the volume of a solid, try placing identical cubic units inside of it. The number of cubic units used to fill the space inside the solid is its volume.

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The volume of this solid is 32 cubic units because 32 small cubes can be placed inside of it to completely fill the space it occupies.

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Example of a solid with a volume of 32 cubic units.
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To find out how to calculate volume, see the Calculating volume concept sheet.

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Different solids can have the same volume.

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These two solids have a volume of 144 cubic units.
 

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Example of different solids with a volume of 144 cubic units.
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