Reasoning Janice said that if you cut a cube into two parts you form 2 smaller cubes. Ling said that 2 rectangular prisms are formed. Who is correct? Explain.

Answer 1

What do you think?

Imagine cutting a cube in half. What will you get?

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Answer 2

In case you still can't get the answer. It's 2 rectangular prisms.

Answer 3

Reasoning being:

Imagine a cube with all height, width and depth of 4. The volume would be equal to 4x4x4=64

now if you cut that cube in half, you get a volume of 32 or.. 4x4x2. That area is not cubic (cubic areas are always x^3). So it must be rectangular