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Exploring Volume of a Rectangular Prism Answers

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Arionna claims that since there are 3 feet in a yard, there are 9 cubic feet in a cubic yard. Which statement about her claim is true?

A
Arionna is correct because there are 3 feet across the length of a cubic yard and 3 feet across the depth of a cubic yard.
Option A
B
Arionna is correct because there are 3 feet in a yard and there are 3 dimensions in a cubic yard: length, depth, and height.
Option B
C
Arionna is incorrect. There are only 3 cubic feet in a cubic yard because there are 3 feet in a yard, and the proportion will remain constant.
D
Arionna is incorrect. There are 27 cubic feet in a cubic yard because a cubic yard is a prism with dimensions 3 ft 3 ft 3 ft. A prism with those dimensions will take 27 cubes to fill it if each cube is a unit cube of 1 ft.
Option D
5

Which statements about this prism partially packed with unit cubes are true? Check all that apply.

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A
The middle layer of cubes is missing 7 unit cubes.
B
There are 9 unit cubes stacked in the prism.
C
There are 7 unit cubes that are hidden from view inside the prism.
D
The volume of the prism can be found by because there are 12 cubes in each layer and there are 3 layers of cubes.
Option D
E
The volume of the prism can be found by doubling the number of cubes in the prism because it is half full.
6

Which expression could be used to find the volume of the prism shown below?

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A
(11 times 8) times 5
Option A
B
(11 + 8) times 5
Option B
C
(11 times 8) + 5
Option C
D
(11 + 5) times 8
Option D
8

Which expression could be used to find the volume of the prism shown below?

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A
(4 times 12) times 10
Option A
B
(4 + 12) times 10
Option B
C
(10 + 4) times 12
Option C
D
(10 + 12) times 4
Option D

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