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Cover Your Bases

Unit 5 ● Lesson 13 ● Activity 1

Two solids are shown.

For each solid, draw and label a prism or cylinder that has a base congruent to the solid’s and a height equal to the solid’s.

A.

B.

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Warm-up

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Building a Volume Formula for a Pyramid

Unit 5

Lesson 13

Solid Geometry

GEOMETRY

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Unit 5 ● Lesson 13

I can use the volume formula for pyramids and cones V = ⅓ Bh.

Learning

Targets

Geometry

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Building a Volume Formula for a Pyramid

Unit 5 ● Lesson 13

A pyramid or cone whose base has area B square units and whose height is h units has volume Bh cubic units, regardless of the shape of the base or whether the solid is oblique. (Theorem)

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Lesson Synthesis

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Pyramid Strategies

Unit 5 ● Lesson 13 ● Activity 4

Calculate the Volume of the pyramid:

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Lesson Synthesis

Cool-down

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Calculate the volume of the cone:

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Lesson Synthesis

Cool-down