Question

A rectangular prism has a length of 8 in., a width of 4 in., and a height of 2 1/4 in. The prism is filled with cubes that have edge lengths of 1/4 in. How many cubes are needed to fill the rectangular prism? Enter your answer in the box. To fill the rectangular prism, cubes are needed.

Answer 1

The prism is (8 in)/(1/4 in/cube) = 32 cubes by (4 in)/(1/4 in/cube) = 16 cubes by (9/4 in)/(1/4 in/cube) = 9 cubes.

The number of cubes needed to fill the prism is
.. 32 * 16 * 9 = 4608