Volume War: Cylinders, Cones, Spheres Card Game for Partners

Partner card game for volume of cylinders, cones and spheres: each player flips a figure card, calculates its volume with work shown, and the larger volume wins the round.
Grades
Grade 8
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Updated Mar 17, 2022

Subject
Geometry, Math
Topic
Volume, Cylinders
Resource types
Games
Preparation
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This Grade 8 geometry resource helps students know the formulas for the volumes of cones, cylinders, and spheres and use them to solve real-world and mathematical problems.

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Learning objectives

  • Calculate each card's volume with the cylinder, cone or sphere formula, showing work

  • Compare volumes of different solid figures

Teaching tips

  • Decide ahead of play whether answers should stay in terms of pi or use 3.14, since the key supports both.

Skills covered

  • Applying volume formulas — computing each flipped card's volume in the work space

  • Checking calculations — challenging a partner's answer during play

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