Question

when figuring the volume of a pyramid, what does the (1/3) mean?, i get the b h

Answer 1

http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/53646.html

Answer 2

Believe it or not, but if a cube was made based on a pyramids base, 3 pyramids would fit into that cube. So in theory, what you are doing is finding the volume of the cube, and diving one of the three pyramids out of it to determine the volume of the pyramid.

Answer 3

divide by 3