NAME ______________________________ DATE _______________

DAILY PRACTICE

Will They Fit?

These sugar cubes are Amy's birthday gift to her horse, Henrietta.

A rectangular prism made of cubes. The top side is 5 units by 4 units. The front side is 3 units by 4 units. The right side is 3 units by 5 units. A card with a horse on it reads: You're invited to Henrietta's birthday party.

  • 1 How many sugar cubes are in the top layer? _______________

  • 2 How many layers of sugar cubes are there? _______________

  • 3 How many sugar cubes are there in all? _______________

  • 4 Which of these patterns should Amy use to make a box for the sugar cubes?

    Three patterns. d

NOTE

Students figure out which of three box patterns to use for packaging some sugar cubes. Students should show the sugar cubes with blocks or other cubes if they have difficulty answering the questions.

MWI Volume of Rectangular Prisms


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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