NAME ______________________________ DATE _______________

ACTIVITY

How Many Packages in Box 1?

Five boxes made of unit cubes. d

These five packages will be shipped in Box 1. The box is packed with only one type of package at a time. How many of Package A will fit in Box 1? (You may not break apart packages.) How many of Package B will fit in Box 1? Package C? D? E?

First, determine how many packages will fit in the box. Then make the box and check your first answer. Use the pattern on How Many Packages? Pattern for Box 1 (S7–S8) to build Box 1. Record your answers both before and after filling the box.

Box 1

4 by 6 cubes on the bottom and 3 cubes high

A box marked into units by dashed lines and a unit cube. d

How many of each package will fit in Box 1?

  First Answer Actual Answer
A _______________ _______________
B _______________ _______________
C _______________ _______________
D _______________ _______________
E _______________ _______________

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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