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ACTIVITY

Doubling the Number of Cubes

Answer these questions. Use grid paper, cubes, and anything else that helps you solve the problem.

  • 1 You have a box that is 2 by 3 by 5. How many cubes does it hold? How do you know?

  • 2 The factory wants you to build a box that will hold twice as many cubes. What are the dimensions of a box that contains two times as many cubes as a box that is 2 by 3 by 5? Write the dimensions and explain how you found the answer.

  • 3 Draw the design for the new box below or on grid paper.

    Challenge: See how many boxes you can find that will hold two times as many cubes as a 2 by 3 by 5 box. Record each of the dimensions.


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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