Calculating Volume
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What is the formula for finding the volume of a rectangular prism?
Volume = length x width x height
or
Volume = Area of base x height
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4 x (3 + 7) =
4 x 10 = 40
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Why would filling a box with marbles and filling the same box with cubes be different amounts?
Sample answer:
They are different sizes and shapes. Marbles don't fit together as nicely as cubes.
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What is 1/2 mulitplied by 8
4
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What is
3 x .2
.6
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I made a tower in the shape of a rectangular prism out of blocks. The length was 8 in, width was 2 in, and height was 4 in. What was the volume of the figure?
8x2x4 = 64 cubic inches
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(4 x 3) + 7 =
12 + 7 = 19
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Write an expression to show how you could play the following cards in Name That Number:
Sample answers:
2 x (3 + 1)
15 - 9 + 2 x 1
(15 + 1) / 2
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The art teacher is trying to split up 4 different containers of paint equally among 7 students. How much pain does each student get?
four sevenths 4/7
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What is 45 x .1
4.5
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What is the volume of this figure?
6 x 3 x 4 = 72 cm3
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____ = (30 / 2 ) + 3
18 = 15 + 3
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How many squares with the side of 1/7 inch would fit into 1 square inch?
1/7 x 1/7 = 1/49
49 squares
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3 students are working on a group project together. They want to split up working on 7 posters equally. How many whole posters do they work on and how much do they split?
They work on 2 whole posters each and share 1/3 of the last poster to work on together
2 1/3
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What is .20 x .22
.044
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A box is 9 inches by 11 inches by 8 inches. What is the volume of the box?
792 cubic inches
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____ = 30 / (2 + 3)
6 = 30 / 5
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If I put food coloring inside a pitri dish filled with milk what would happen when I add soap?
Answers may vary
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Mr. White is going on a road trip. He has traveled 50 miles on 2 1/2 gallons of gas. If the road trip is 150 miles long, how much gas will it take Mr. White to get there?
2 1/2 x 3 = 6 3/2 or 7 1/2 gallons of gas
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What is .542 x 40?
21.68
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What is the volume of this figure?
A = 4 x 6 x 2 = 48
B = 4 x 3 x 2 = 24
48 + 24 = 72 cm3
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Miss Wolf had $23. She Earned $7 more dollars. She donated half the money to the food bank. Write an expression that models the amount of money Miss Wolf donated.
(23 + 7) / 2
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In The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, Frodo Baggins leaves Bag End because of what reason?
To go to Rivendell to secure the One Ring does not fall into the hands of the Evil Sauron.
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Multiply the following fractions:
6/7 x 9/3 x 4/5
2 6/105
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5.39 x 2.5
13.475