Packing Cubes and Volume

The four figures shown are rectangular prisms made of unit cubes. Which figures have a volume of 12 cubic units?

• Figures II and IV only

• Figures I and III only

• Figures I, II, and IV only

• Figures I, II, III, and IV

A student builds some rectangular prisms using cubes that each have a volume of 1 cubic inch. Which rectangular prism has a volume of 12 cubic inches?

• 
• 
• 
• 

Rebekah is filling a cube-shaped box with small cubes. The volume of each of these cubes is 1 cubic centimeter. She has already put some of these cubes into the box, as shown in the model. What is the total number of small cubes that will fit in the box?

Hollis put a layer of boxes in the bottom of a container. Each box has a volume of 1 cubic foot. The base layer of boxes in the container is shown. Hollis will need 8 of these layers to completely fill the container. What is the volume of the container in cubic feet?

Emily has a box shaped like a rectangular prism that is full of sugar cubes.

* Each sugar cube has a volume of 1 cubic centimeter.

* The top layer has a width of 6 cm and a length of 11 cm.

* There are 3 layers of sugar cubes.

How many sugar cubes are in the box?

Raymond used 42 cubes to build the first layer of a rectangular prism. The edge length of each cube was 1 inch. The finished prism had a total of 7 layers. What is the volume of Raymond's prism, in cubic inches?

What is the volume of this prism?

• 18 cubic cm

• 6 cubic cm

• 9 cubic cm

What is the volume of this prism?

• 6 cubic in

• 12 cubic in

• 24 cubic in

To find the volume you:

• Divide length x width  x  height 

•  length + width  +  height 

•  length x width  x  height 

• none of the above

What is the volume of this rectangular prism?

• 27 cubic units

• 18 cubic units

• 9 cubic units

• 3 cubic units