Packing Cubes in Prisms

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.

Which expression can be used to find the total volume of the block?

The prisms given below are packed with unit cubes. Which prism has a volume equal to 64 cubic units?

• W

• X

• Y

• Z

What is the volume of the rectangular prism when it is fully packed if there are no gaps or overlaps in the unit cubes?

• 15 cubic inches

• 60 cubic inches

• 30 cubic inches

• 10 cubic inches

What is the volume of this prism?

• 6 cubic units

• 12 cubic units

• 4 cubic units

• 8 cubic units

What is the volume of this prism?

• 20 cubic feet

• 8 cubic feet

• 40 cubic feet

What is the volume of this prism?

• 16 cubic cm

• 36 cubic cm

• 144 cubic cm

A box has a volume of 30 cubic inches. If the length was 5 inches and the width measured 3 inches, what was the box's height?

• 2 inches

• 3 inches

• 5 inches

• 1 inch

What is the volume of this rectangular prism?

• 20 cu in

• 9 cu in

• 25 cu in

• 20 cu cm

Jim made a rectangular prism whose length is 4 in., height 10 in., and width 6 in. Find the volume of a rectangular prism

• 250 in³

• 240 in³

• -240 in³

• 240 cm³