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A rectangular prism has a length of 20 in a width of 2 in and a height of 3 1/4 in the prism is filled with cubes that have edge lengths of 1/4 in how many cubes are needed ro fill the rectangular prism

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You can express the edge lengths in terms of "cubes" or you divide the total volume by the volume of a cube. It works either way.

Edge lengths are
.. 80 cubes by 8 cutes by 13 cubes
so total volume is
.. (80 * 8 * 13) = 8320 cubes


In cubic inches, the volume is
.. (20 in)*(2 in)*(3 1/4 in) = 130 in^3.
The volume of a 1/4-in cube is (1/4 in)^3 = 1/64 in^3.
Then the number of cubes that will fit in the prism is
.. (130 in^3)/(1/64 in^3) = 8320 . . . . cubes

8320 cubes are needed to fill the rectangular prism.
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