options: Find the area of right triangles, other triangles, special quadrilaterals, and polygons by composing into rectangles or decomposing into triangles and other shapes; apply these techniques in the context of solving real-world and mathematical problems.

Find the volume of a right rectangular prism with fractional edge lengths by packing it with unit cubes of the appropriate unit fraction edge lengths, and show that the volume is the same as would be found by multiplying the edge lengths of the prism. Apply the formulas V = l w h and V = b h to find volumes of right rectangular prisms with fractional edge lengths in the context of solving real-world and mathematical problems.

Draw polygons in the coordinate plane given coordinates for the vertices; use coordinates to find the length of a side joining points with the same first coordinate or the same second coordinate. Apply these techniques in the context of solving real-world and mathematical problems.

Represent three-dimensional figures using nets made up of rectangles and triangles, and use the nets to find the surface area of these figures. Apply these techniques in the context of solving real-world and mathematical problems.
problem_activity: Problem 1
A small box measures 5 in. across, 8 in. deep, and 6 in. tall. A book that measures 5
$$\times$$
8
$$\times$$
1 in. fits perfectly into the bottom of the box.
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a.   What is the volume of one book? How many books will fit into the box? What is the volume of all of the books that will fit into the box?
b.   What is the volume of the box? How is this related to the volume of one book?
c.   A medium box measures 12 inches tall. A different book with dimensions 8
$$\times$$
10
$$\times$$
1 in. fits perfectly into the bottom of the medium box. What is the volume of the medium box?
Problem 2
The same rectangular prism is positioned in two different ways, as shown below. For each prism, use the rectangular face that the prism is “sitting on” as the base of the prism.
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For each prism, find the area of the base and multiply by the height. Show that this is the same volume as when all three dimensions are multiplied together.
Problem 3
A rectangular prism has a base area of
$${4{3\over8}}$$
inches
$${^2}$$
, a width of
$$1 \frac{1}{4}$$
inches, and a height of
$${6 {1\over2}}$$
inches. Kirby writes the equation
$$V=4\frac{3}{8}\times1\frac{1}{4}\times6\frac{1}{2}$$
to represent the volume of the prism.
Do you agree with Kirby's equation? Explain and find the volume of the prism.


correct_option_index: 1