Question

It takes 154 cubes with side lengths of 1/2 inch to fill a rectangular prism. What is the volume of the rectangular prism? Show your work or justify your solution.

Answer 1

Answer:

The volume of the rectangular prism is 19.25 inches³.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

It takes 154 cubes with side lengths of 1/2 inch to fill a rectangular prism.

Now, to find the rectangular prism's volume.

We first find the volume of a cube to fill in the rectangular prism.

The side length of the cube = $\frac{1}{2}\ inch.$

Now, to get the volume of cube we put formula:

$Volume=(side)^3\\\\Volume=(\frac{1}{2})^3 \\\\Volume=\frac{1}{8}\ inch^3.$

Thus, the volume of a cube is  $\frac{1}{8} \ inch^3.$

Number of cubes = 154.

According to question, it takes 154 cubes to fill the rectangular prism.

So, to get the volume of prism we need to find the volume of 154 cubes.

Now, to get the volume of 154 such cubes we multiply the volume of a cube by number of cubes:

$\frac{1}{8}\times 154\\\\ =\frac{154}{8}\\\\ =19.25\ inches^3.$

Therefore, the volume of the rectangular prism is 19.25 inches³.