Question

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Alex has a wooden rectangular prism. He wants to paint each face a different color.
The number of colors he will use is_1__ . If he also wants to put a red ribbon along each of its edges, then the number of ribbon pieces he needs is__2__ .

1---- 5, 6,8,or 12?
2--- 5, 6, 8 , or 12

Answer 1

A rectangular prism has 6 faces.
Use that information to find the answer.

Answer 2

The blanks are given as:

1 ----- 6

2 ----- 12

Explanation:

A rectangular prism is a three dimensional figure or object that has 6 faces which are rectangles. The number of edges in rectangular prism are 12.

The rectangular prism is also known as a " Cuboid ".

Now,

it is given that Alex wants to paint each face of the prism with different colors.

So, the number of colors he will use is 6. ( As it has 6 faces)

Also, he wants to put a red ribbon along each of its edges, then the number of ribbon pieces he needs is 12. ( As it has 12 edges).

Hence, the blanks are filled as:

1 ----- 6

and 2 ---- 12.