Question

Alex has a wooden rectangular prism. He wants to paint each face a different color. The number of colors he will use is . If he also wants to put a red ribbon along each of its edges, then the number of ribbon pieces he needs is .

Answer 1

Answer: 1. Alex will need Six (6) Colours

2. He will also need Four (4) Ribbon pieces.

Explanation: 1. Alex will need six colours because a wooden rectangular prism has six sides.

2. A wooden rectangular prism also has four edges for the four pieces of ribbons.