Making Connections
If the sugar box had a top layer of 4 x 9, with a total of 8 layers, how many sugar cubes would there be?
If the sugar box had a top layer of 8 x 9, with a total of 4 layers, how many sugar cubes would there be?
What is the same? What is different?
Making Connections
What connections do you see between the dimensions (length, width, height) of the sugar box and its volume?
Reflect
What might a general rule be for finding the volume of a rectangular prism?
Convince your peers.
Consolidation Prompts
Consider the following scenarios:
- A box of dice has 5 rows of 6 dice in the bottom layer. The box holds 8 layers of dice. How many dice does the box hold?
- A moving truck holds 8 rows of 12 same-size boxes in the bottom layer. The boxes are stacked 6 layers high. How many boxes does the truck hold?
For both scenarios above:
What information is given?
What information are you trying to reveal?
Model both scenarios and solve.
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