Question

Isabella uses one-foot cubical blocks to build a rectangular fort that is 12 feet long, 10 feet wide, and 5 feet high. The floor and the four walls are all one foot thick. How many blocks does the fort contain?

Answer 1

600 blocks

Explanation:

Well this question is asking us to find the volume of the rectangular prism.

Dimensions)

L: 12

W: 10

H:5

The formula for the volume of a rectangular prism is l*w*h or B*h.

So 12*10 = 120

120 * 5 = 600 blocks

Thus,

the fort contains 600 blocks.

Hope this helps :)

Answer 2

`\boxed{280\ blocks}`

Explanation:

The blocks at the base are:

Length * Width = 10 * 12 = 120 blocks

On the 2nd Layer:

=> 9+11+9+11 = 40 blocks

There are 3 more layers as the 2nd layer:

So, the blocks of these 4 layers are => 4 * 40 = 160 blocks

Total Blocks = Base Blocks + Layer Blocks

=> 120 + 160

=> 280 blocks