Rectangular Pyramid Volume Calculator

The rectangular pyramid volume calculator can help you find the volume and surface area of a pyramid with a rectangular base.

Continue reading this article to know:

• What a rectangular pyramid is; and
• How to find the volume of a rectangular-based pyramid?

You will also find an example of using the rectangular pyramid volume calculator.

A rectangular pyramid is a polyhedron (three-dimensional shape) with a rectangular base and triangular lateral faces (see figure 1). Some famous examples of rectangular pyramids are the Egyptian pyramids and the Louvre pyramid.

To calculate the volume or capacity of a rectangular pyramid, we will use the formula:

where:

• $a$ - Length of the rectangular base;
• $b$ - width of the rectangular base; and
• $H$ - Height of the pyramid.

The formula for calculating the surface area of the pyramid is:

Let us see how we can use the rectangular pyramid volume calculator to find the volume of a rectangular pyramid with length and width of base edges as 7 cm and 5 cm, respectively, and height as 10 cm.

1. Enter the dimensions of the base, i.e., base length = 7 cm and base width = 5 cm.

2. Type the height of the pyramid, i.e., 10 cm.

3. The calculator will display the total surface area (160.13 cm²) and volume of the rectangular based pyramid (116.67 cm³).

We hope you enjoyed using our rectangular pyramid volume calculator. Make sure to check out our other tools that deal with the determination of various parameters of a pyramid.

• Right rectangular pyramid calculator;
• Surface area of a rectangular pyramid calculator;
• Pyramid volume calculator;
• Square pyramid calculator;
• Square pyramid volume calculator;
• Right square pyramid calc;
• Height of a square pyramid calculator; and
• Surface area of a square pyramid calculator.