Question

A rectangular prism has a length of  2 1 2 cm, a width of  2 1 2 cm, and a height of 5 cm. Justin has a storage container for the prism that has a volume of 35 cm³.   What is the difference between the volume of the prism and the volume of the storage container?   Enter your answer in the box?

Answer 1

first calculate the volume of the rectangular prism, which is base area x height, 2.5x2.5x5 = 31.25 therefore the difference is 35 - 31.25= 3.75 cm3 it should be right