NAME ______________________________ DATE _______________

Investigation 1

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How Many Cubes?

How many cubes fit in each box? First, determine the number of cubes without building the box. Then build the box and use cubes to check. Check your first answer with your actual answer before going on to the next box.

Think about a way you could find the number of cubes that would fit in any box without building it.

  Pattern Box First Answer Actual Answer
1 Box 1 A pattern. d A box. d _______________ _______________
2 Box 2 A pattern. d A box. d _______________ _______________
3 Box 3 A pattern. d A box. d _______________ _______________

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Table of Contents

Investigations 3 in Number, Data, and Space®, Student Activity Book Unit 1 Puzzles, Clusters, and Towers Unit 2 Prisms and Solids Unit 3 Rectangles, Clocks, and Tracks Unit 4 How Many People and Teams? Unit 5 Temperature, Height, and Growth Unit 6 Between 0 and 1 Unit 7 Races, Arrays, and Grids Unit 8 Properties of Polygons