What do you notice? What do you wonder?

Here are 3 rectangular prisms.

These rectangles represent bases of the prisms.

1. Match each prism with a rectangle that represents its base. Some prisms may match more than 1 rectangular base.
2. Find the volume of each prism. Explain or show your reasoning.

Here is a base of a rectangular prism.

Complete the table for the volumes of rectangular prisms. Use this base and each of these heights.

This is the base of a rectangular prism that has a height of 5 units.

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These are answers to questions about the prism. Determine the question for each answer.

1. 3 is the answer. What is the question?

2. 5 is the answer. What is the question?

3. . The answer is 12. What is the question?

4. . The answer is 60 unit cubes. What is the question?

5. 3 units by 4 units by 5 units is the answer. What is the question?