1. Volume of Prisms and Cylinders Algebra 2 1/18/2012

2. Examples of Prisms Square/ Rectangular Prism Pentagonal Prism Cube Triangular Prism

3. Volume of Prisms How do you find the volume of a prism? What is the formula for volume of a prism? You need to find the area of one end of the prism and multiply it by the length of the prism. Volume = Area x Length

4. Example 1: Find the volume of the given prisms L of prism= 10cm h of triangle = 6 b of triangle = 5 12in 5 in 4 in

5. Volume of a Cylinder What is the formula for the volume of a cylinder? Volume of a cylinder equals pi times radius squared times height of the cylinder V = πr 2 h

6. Example 2 Find the volume of a cylindrical canister with radius 7 cm and height 12 cm.

7. Assignment Worksheet #6