A graduated cylinder or other container filled with liquid or sand can be used to measure volume,
by measuring the change or displacement in its volume.
When submerged in a filled container, an object will displace its volume. When placed in a filled container, it will only displace its weight in liquid, and may float.
10-mL graduated cylinder
A ruler to find the measures of the edges and a brain to multiply them together.
Ruler
The water displacement method is typically used to find the volume of an irregular solid. The object is submerged in a known amount of water, and the increase in water volume is measured. This increase in volume is equal to the volume of the irregular solid.
Eureka Can
One method to find the volume of an irregular solid is by using the water displacement method. This involves submerging the solid in a known volume of water and measuring the increase in water level, which corresponds to the volume of the solid.
There kind of solid object will determine the formula that will be used to find its volume.
width, length, and height
Liquid displacement
Water Displacement technique
A common tool used to measure the volume of solids is a graduated cylinder or a beaker for regularly shaped solids. For irregularly shaped solids, displacement method using a measuring cylinder and water can be used to find the volume.
Gratitude Cylinder