Question

A rectangular prism has a length of 3 1/2 inches, a width of 5 inches, and a height of

1 1/2 inches.

What is the volume of the prism?

Enter your answer in the box as a simplified mixed number or a decimal.

| Blank | in.³

Answer 1

96 1/4 in.³

Explanation:

Convert 3 1/2 to 7/2, 5 to 5/1, and 11/2 stays the same.

Multiply 7/2 x 5/1 x 11/2 straight across to get 385/4.

Divide the numerator by the denominator, in this case it would be 385 divided by 4. Your answer should be 96 with a remainder of 1.

To convert this to a mixed number, 96 becomes your whole number and then the remainder (in this case 1) becomes the numerator and the divisor of the division problem (in this case 4) becomes the denominator. So now you have 96 1/4 in.³

Answer 2

Answer: 26.25 in.³ or 26
`(1)/(4)` in.³

Explanation:

Multiply all three of the numbers to get the volume.

3.5 × 5 × 1.5 = 26.5 in.³

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