Solving word problems – a cuboid
Rozwiązywanie zadań – prostopadłościan
Learning objectives
You will develop competences in communicating in English, as well as mathematical and basic competences in science, technology and IT, and you will develop learning skills.
You will use the properties of a cuboid in geometric and practical problems.
You will develop skills in calculating the surface area and volume of a cuboid.
Learning effect
You will learn to use the properties of a cuboid in geometric and practical problems.
You will learn how to solve word problems in which you will calculate the surface area and volume of a cuboid.
Review what you remember about cuboids.
The aim of the lesson will be to develop and systematize knowledge and skills related to the cuboids. Defeat the obstacles by solving the word problems. If you solve the task correctly - you score 1 point. If you make a mistake you score (-1) point.
High in the mountains Geometric Dragon lives alone. The dragon promised the prize to anyone who visited it. The uphill road is not easy. Different obstacles are awaiting the visitors. Try to overcome these obstacles and win the prize.
Obstacle 1
What is it:
it is similar to a shoesbox,
it is similar to a book,
it is an interesting object,
it has four faces and two bases?
Obstacle 2
Draw any cuboidcuboid. Use the computer and applet now.

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Mark on your drawing all the cuboidcuboid parts, mentioned in the applet. Give properties to these elements. Check the correctness of the solution every time.
Obstacle 3
Geometric Dragon always eats a rectangular cubecube of butter with dimensions of 2 dm by 3 dm by 4 dm for breakfast. Calculate the volumevolume of this cube.
Obstacle 4
Geometric Dragon lives in the summer in Palace A, while in winter - in Palace B. Both palaces are built of identical cubic elements. The dragon wants to cover the palace roofs with a gold sheet and the walls - with the silver one.
Which roof needs more metal?
Which palace needs less metal to cover its walls?

Obstacle 5
In front of you there is a ditch, which contains 120 l of water. The ditch has a rectangular shape with a length of 0.5 m and a width of 0.4 m. Calculate the depth of this ditch.
Obstacle 6
There is an aquarium on the side of the road. Goldfish swim in it. The aquarium has the shape of a cubecube with an edgeedge length of 2 m.
The dragon claims that the diagonaldiagonal of the face of this cube is shorter than 400 cm. Justify that he is right.
Obstacle 7 - the last and the most difficult one:
The dragon stores his hats in a box of 80000 cmIndeks górny 33. The basebase of this box is a square with a surface areasurface area of 16 dmIndeks górny 22. How much carton was used to make this box?
If you received more than 4 points for solving the tasks, you have overcome all obstacles. You can visit the Geometric Dragon and win the prize.
Which tasks were the most difficult to solve and why.
In geometrical tasks, careful attention should be paid to the fact that all quantities used in a given calculation are presented in the same units.
An extra task:
EdgeEdge lengths coming out of one vertex of a cuboidcuboid are expressed by consecutive integers. The volumevolume of this cuboid is equal to 60. Calculate the surface areasurface area of this cuboid.
Remember:
In geometrical tasks, pay careful attention to the fact that all the quantities used in a given calculation are presented in the same units.
Do the revision exercises.
Exercises
The length of the cube's edge is equal to 2 cm. The cuboid base is equal to 20 cm². The cube and cuboid have equal volumes. The height of the cuboid is therefore:
- 0,4 cm
- 4 cm
- 0,2 cm
- 2 cm
The basebase of the cuboidcuboid is a square with a side length of 1. Calculate the volumevolume of this cuboid knowing that:
the area of its lateral surface is 4 times larger than the sum of the base surface,
the diagonaldiagonal of its lateral facelateral face forms an angle of 45° with the edgeedge of the base,
the surface area of one of the lateral faces is 5 times larger than the area of one base.
Check the shape and size of the cubecube of sugar. Describe this cube in English.
Indicate which pairs of expressions or words are translated correctly.
- prostopadłościan - cuboid
- sześcian - cube
- objętość - volume
- pole powierzchni - surface area
- podstawa - lateral face
- ściana boczna - diagonal
- krawędź
- base
- surface area
- pole powierzchni
- podstawa
- diagonal
- przekątna
- edge
- objętość
- volume
Glossary
podstawa
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wymowa w języku angielskim: base
sześcian
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wymowa w języku angielskim: cube
prostopadłościan
Nagranie dostępne na portalu epodreczniki.pl
wymowa w języku angielskim: cuboid
przekątna
Nagranie dostępne na portalu epodreczniki.pl
wymowa w języku angielskim: diagonal
krawędź
Nagranie dostępne na portalu epodreczniki.pl
wymowa w języku angielskim: edge
wysokość
Nagranie dostępne na portalu epodreczniki.pl
wymowa w języku angielskim: height
ściana boczna
Nagranie dostępne na portalu epodreczniki.pl
wymowa w języku angielskim: lateral face
pole powierzchni
Nagranie dostępne na portalu epodreczniki.pl
wymowa w języku angielskim: surface area
objętość
Nagranie dostępne na portalu epodreczniki.pl
wymowa w języku angielskim: volume
Keywords
basebase
cubecube
cuboidcuboid
surface areasurface area
volumevolume


