Packing With Unit Cubes

Justin is filling a container with unit cubes. Each cube measures exactly 1 cubic inch. He places the first 9 cubes on the bottom of the container. How many unit cubes in total must Justin use to fill the container?

• 18 unit cubes

• 9 unit cubes

• 36 unit cubes

• 27 unit cubes

What is the volume of the solid figure in cubic inches?

• 20 cubic inches

• 24 cubic inches

• 27 cubic inches

• 30 cubic inches

Lulu has a large bag of blocks. Each block has a volume of 1 cubic inch. She uses some of the cubes to pack a box with equal layers of the blocks. How can she find the volume of the box?

• Count the total number blocks that are in each layer of the box.

• Count the total number of layers in the box.

• Count the number of blocks left in the bag after packing the box.

• Count the number of blocks covering the bottom of the box.

Kevin put two blocks together, as shown. What is the total volume of the blocks?

• 80 cubic inches

• 112 cubic inches

• 182 cubic inches

• 192 cubic inches

What is the volume of this figure?

• 24 cubic units

• 192 cubic units

• 216 cubic units

• 202 cubic units

Which expression could be used to find the volume of this rectangular prism?

• 20 x 3

• 9 x 4

• 9 + 4 + 3

• 5 x 4 + 3

Wilma stacked 5 cubes on each square on this mat to form a rectangular prism. What is the volume of Wilma’s rectangular prism?

• 50

• 75

• 100

• 125

Wendy built a tower with cubes. What is the volume of Wendy’s tower?

• 8 cubic units

• 16 cubic units

• 24 cubic units

• 42 cubic units

A box has a volume of 12 cubic inches. Which of the following is true?

• The box can be filled with 10 cubes that each have a height of 1 inch. 

• The box can be filled with 8 cubes that each have a length of 8 inches.

• The box can be filled with 1 cube with a side length of 12 inches.

• The box can be filled with 1 cube with a width of 10 inches. 

What is the volume of this figure?

• 4 cubic inches

• 6 cubic inches

• 8 cubic inches

• 12 cubic inches