Elena is filling rectangular prism–shaped containers, like the one shown, with sand for a project. Elena has 1000 cubic centimeters of sand.

Question

A rectangular prism that is 10 centimeters long, 4 centimeters wide, and 5 centimeters tall.

Question
If Elena uses all of her sand, how many containers can she fill? Enter the answer in the box.

Answer 1

To find the volume of the rectangular prism, we use the formula V = l * w * h, where l is the length, w is the width, and h is the height.

V = 10 cm * 4 cm * 5 cm
V = 200 cubic cm

Now, we can calculate how many containers Elena can fill with her 1000 cubic cm of sand.

Number of containers = 1000 cubic cm / 200 cubic cm per container
Number of containers = 5 containers

Therefore, Elena can fill 5 containers with her 1000 cubic cm of sand.