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100

A rectangular prism with a height of 20 feet, a length of 15 feet, and a width of 7 feet. Find the volume.

2100 feet3

100

....length of a rectangular prism with a height of 2cm, a width of 5cm, and a volume of 70 cm3?

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7 cm

100

What is the surface area of a rectangular prism with a length of 2 cm, a width of 3 cm, and a height of 7cm.

82 cm2

100

A Reeses Pieces box has a height of 12 in, width of 3 in, and length of 5 inches. What is the volume of the box?

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 180 inches3

100

Bailey's sandbox is shaped like a rectangular prism, and has a length of 3 m, a height of 2 m, and a width of 4 m. How much sand will Bailey need to fill her sandbox?

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24 m3

200

A rectangular prism has a length of 9 inches, a width of 5 inches, and a height of 7 inches. What is the surface area of the rectangular prism?

286 inches2

200

The area of a rectangle when its base is 10 1/2 cm and its height is 4cm?

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42 cm2

200

A Reeses Pieces box has a height of 12 in, width of 3 in, and length of 5 inches. What is the surface area of the box?  Draw its net. for double points.

222 inches2

200

A box of food from the yummy tasting company is a rectangular prism with a length of 7 inches, a width of 2 inches, and a height of 14 inches. What is the volume of the rectangular prism?

 196 Inches3

200

A box has the shape of a cube and has edge lengths of 23 inches.  How much wrapping paper would be needed to wrap the box?

3174 in2

300

This solid is made up of cubes, each of which has an edge length of 3 inches.  What is the volume of the solid figure?

270 inches3

300

The area of a triangle when its height is 12.4 in and its base is 2.6 in?


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16.12 in2

300

A rectangular shaped block of wood has a width of 2.5 inches, a length of 8 inches, and a height of 5.5 inches. What is the surface area of the block of wood?

155.5 inches2

300

A rectangular shaped block of wood has a width of 2.5 inches, a length of 8 inches, and a height of 5.5 inches. what is the volume of the block of wood?

 110 Inches cubed

300

A cereal box in the shape  of a rectangular prism has a height of 4cm and a length of 5 cm and a width of 6cm.  How much cardboard would be needed to make the cereal box?

*Double Points*

148 cm2

400

A rectangular pool 60 meters by 25 meters by 4 meters is 1/4 filled with water.  Find the volume of water needed to fill the pool 2/3 full.

2,500 cubic meters

400

Width of a rectangular prism with a length of 20cm, a height of 15cm, and a volume of 900 cm3.

3 cm

400

Find the surface area of a rectangular prism with a length of 15 cm, a width of 30 cm and a height of 18 cm

2520 cm2

400

What is the volume of a rectangular prism with a height of 4.7m, width of 5.3 m, and a length of 6.5m?

161.915 m3

400

Bob has a gift to wrap and needs the biggest box possible to put his gift in.  Box 1 has dimensions of 24 inches by 30 inches by 26 inches.  The Second box has dimensions of 26 inches by 28 inches by 24 inches.  Which box would Bob want to use?  You must have support for your answer.

Box 1:  18,720 inches3

Box 2:  17,472 inches3

Box 1 would be the best choice. 

500

The volume of Box X is 1/4 the volume of Box Y. Box Y is a cube of side length 10 centimeters. What is the height of Box X if it has a base area of 16 square centimeters?

The height of the Box X is 15.625 centimeters.

500

The volume of a rectangular tank with a square base is 12544 cubic cm.  Its height is 64 cm.  Find the length of an edge of one of the square bases.  



14 cm

500

Find the surface area of this equilateral triangular prism?

132 cm2

500

What is the volume of this triangular prism?


108 cm3

500

A company is deciding which box to use for their new product.  The first box measures 10 inches by 3.25 inches by 12.5 inches.  The second box measures 12 inches by 7.5 inches by 14 inches.  Which box requires the least amount of material to make?  You must show support for your answer.

Box 1:  396.25 in2         Box 2:  726 in2

Box 1 uses the least amount of material to make.

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