Question

Jaira is volunteering to stack 12 boxes of soup cans at a community food bank. She stacks the boxes to form a right rectangular prism. Describe or show 2 different ways that Jaira could have arranged her boxes to still make a rectangular prism.

Example: 6 boxes long, 1 box wide, and 2 boxes high ( 6 x 1 x 2 = 12 boxes )
A second way is: 4 boxes, ? , ? 4 x ? x ? = 12 boxes
A third way is: ? ? x ? x ? = ? boxes
2. Would you measure the space these boxes’ shape take up the same way you counted the area that the rug covered on the floor? Explain.

Answer 1

6 boxes wide

6 boxes wide

or 2high 2high 2high 2high 2high 2high

Explanation:

6 wide and 6 wide to make 12. 6x2=12

2 high ×6 2×6=12