Volume of cuboids investigation - differentiated

This resource tasks students with counting cubes to find the volume of a cuboid. They record the length, width, height and volume of each cuboid on the sheet and are tasked with trying to find a rule that allows them to calculate the volume of a cuboid if they are given the length, width and height.

First sheet is what I have used when I've made the cuboids using different colour multi-link cubes which makes it easier for students to count the cubes.

The second and third sheets are what I used when I did not have access to multi-link cubes, so the cuboids are given and the students work from these pictures.

The fourth and fifth sheets tasks the students with drawing their own cuboids on an isometric grid (I used this for my more able students to draw the cuboids I had made from multi link cubes, but you could just as easily get the students to draw their own cuboids to use (depending on their confidence with drawing on isometric grids) or to copy the cuboids drawn on the second and third sheets to practice their isometric drawing).