Five sections on volume of cubes and cuboids for Year 6 maths. Pupils count cube layers, apply length × width × height to shapes like a 5 cm × 3 cm × 2 cm cuboid, compare which box holds more, find a missing height from a 60 cm³ volume, then estimate a cereal box and solve a shed problem. Answer key at the end. Matched to two England National Curriculum measurement objectives.
Measurement
“Calculate, estimate and compare volume of cubes and cuboids using standard units”
The five sections cover calculating, comparing and estimating in turn.
Measurement
“Recognise when it is possible to use formulae for area and volume of shapes”
Pupils move from counting cubes to trusting the formula.
Layer-counting questions that build volume from unit cubes.
Calculations with diagrams, including a swimming pool problem.
Working out which box holds more and justifying the answer.
Inverse questions, like the height of a 60 cm³ cuboid with a 5 cm by 3 cm base.
A cereal-box estimate and a garden shed height problem.
Weekly homework
Five pages spread across a week of volume lessons.
Main activity
The counting-to-formula progression matches how the concept is taught.
Stretch task
Missing-dimension questions stretch pupils who race through the formula work.
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