Area, Perimeter, and Volume of Rectangular Prisms

Duane packed some books in a box shaped like a rectangular prism. The volume of the box is 168 cubic inches. Which model could represent Duane's box?

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The base of a rectangular prism has a length of 15 inches and a width of 13 inches. What is the area of the base of this prism, in square inches?

A student builds some rectangular prisms using cubes that each have a volume of 1 cubic inch. Which rectangular prism has a volume of 12 cubic inches?

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Hollis put a layer of boxes in the bottom of a container. Each box has a volume of 1 cubic foot. The base layer of boxes in the container is shown. Hollis will need 8 of these layers to completely fill the container. What is the volume of the container in cubic feet?

Emily has a box shaped like a rectangular prism that is full of sugar cubes. Each sugar cube has a volume of 1 cubic centimeter. The top layer has a width of 6 cm and a length of 11 cm. There are 3 layers of sugar cubes. How many sugar cubes are in the box?

The length of one edge of a cube is 3 units. What is the volume of this cube, in cubic units?

Solve for the volume of this rectangular prism: length=2 meters, width=8 meters, and height=5 meters

• 80 cubic meters

• 16 cubic meters

• 10 cubic meters

• 40 cubic meters

Match the following formulas for rectangles/rectangular prisms

• 2(l) + 2(w)

• Perimeter

• l x w

• Volume

• l x w x h

• Area

The distance around a shape is called ________.

Nicky needs to find how many boxes can fit inside of a storage closet. The closet is 2 meters long, 2 meters wide, and 4 meters tall. The volume of the closet is ​ (a)   ​

• 16 cubic meters

• 16 meters

• 16 square meters