Formulas: Volume [TEKS Tools Grade 6]

This post specifically looks at how formulas can be used solve problems involving volume. Read more about TEKS Tools and their rationale here.

Formulas

Formulas account for around 8% of each 6th grade STAAR test. These formulas are applied to solve problems related to area, volume, and converting units.

The main function of a formula is to understand the relationship between quantities. In fourth grade, students were first introduced to the formulas for area and perimeter of squares and rectangles. In fifth grade, they were introduced to the formula for volume of a rectangular prism. In sixth grade, the formulas for area of a triangle, parallelogram, and trapezoid are explored.

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Volume

6.8D - write equations that represent problems related to the area of rectangles, parallelograms, trapezoids, and triangles and volume of right rectangular prisms where dimensions are positive rational numbers

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2024-7: the volume and a base side length were given, students had to solve for the height

2024-32: the length, width, and height were given, students had to solve for the volume