Prism Word Problems

A rectangular prism has a surface area of 180 square units. If the length is 12 units and the width is 5 units, what is the height?

• 4.8

• 1.7647

The volume of a rectangular prism is 150 cubic units. If the length is 10 units and the height is 3 units, what is the width?

• 8

• 5

A rectangular prism has a length of 5 cm, a width of 3 cm, and a height of 4 cm. Calculate its surface area.

• 80

• 94

Sam is using this box to pack books.  He needs to know the volume so he can figure out how many books to pack.
Which expression below would Sam use to find the volume of the box?

• 3 + 4 + 5

• 3 + 4 x 5

• 3 x 4 + 5

• 3 x 4 x 5

Find the volume of rectangular prism with a length of 5 units, a width of 5 units, and height of 10 units.

• 20 cubic units

• 100 cubic units

• 40 cubic units

• 250 cubic units

Each side of this ice cube measures 2 inches.  What is the volume of the ice cube?

• 6 cubic inches

• 8 cubic inches

• 12 cubic inches

• 8 square inches

Kyle has a box that is 5 inches wide, 7 inches long, and a volume of 210 cubic inches. What is the height of the box?

• 2 in

• 198 in³

• 7,350 in³

• 6 in

If a rectangular prism's volume is 420cm³.  The prism has a  length of 12cm, and width of 7cm, what is height of the rectangular prism? 

• 12cm

• 5cm

• 420cm

• 84cm

Sally has a cube she wants to find the volume of, the base is 6 cm, the height is 8 cm and the width is 12 cm. What's the volume?

• The volume is 576 cubic cm.

• The volume is 50 cubic cm.

• The volume is 100 cubic cm.

• The volume is 70 cubic cm.

• 50 units³
• 56 units³
• 80 units³
• 66 units³