Matt says that he can find the volume of the entire figure by multiplying 3* 5 * 6. Cassie says she can find the volume by adding 30 + 24. Which
statement is true?
Only Matt is correct. The volume of any prism is
length times width times height.
6 in
Both are incorrect. Cassie did not find the correct
volume for one of the smaller prisms, and Matt
should have divided the figure into two smaller
prisms.
Prism A
Prism B
5 in.
2 in.
1)
12 in
Both are correct. There are different ways to find the
volume of the figure, and both used a correct
method.
3 in.
Only Cassie is correct. She added the correct
volumes of Prism A and Prism B.