1. Volume of Pyramids
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2. Warm Up
Find the volume of each prism.

3. Flippable

4. Volume of a pyramid

5. How to Find the Volume of a Pyramid
1). Identify the shape of the base.
What formula will you use to find its area? Find the area. This is B.
2). Multiply the area of the base (B) with the height of the whole pyramid (h).
3). Divide by three.

6. Example 1:

7. Example 2:
12 cm
3 cm
4 cm

8. Practice Find the volume of each pyramid. Round to the nearest tenth.
1).
2).
7 ft.
5 ft.
6 ft.
4 ft.
6 ft.
8 ft.
3).
13.5 ft.
5 ft.
12 ft.

9. Closure
How is finding volume of a prism and a pyramid alike? Different?