SOLUTION: Emily completely fills a container with 6 cubes. Each cube has an edge length of 3 centimeters. The container is in the shape of a right rectangular prism. What is the volume of

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Question 1074941: Emily completely fills a container with 6 cubes. Each cube has an edge length of 3 centimeters. The container is in the shape of a right rectangular prism. What is the volume of the container in cubic centimeters?
Answer by jorel1380(3719)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If Emily has 6 cubes of 3 x 3 x 3, or 27 cubic cms. each, and these completely fill the prism, then the prism must be:
27 x 6, or 162 cms.^3 total volume. ☺☺☺☺

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