Ryan is playing with building blocks. He places two rectangular blocks on top of each other as shown in the figure. *Picture not drawn to scale If a is 4 inches long, b is 5 inches long, and c is 11 inches long, what is the total volume of the two blocks?

Answer 1

The volume of each block can be calculated as length x width x height.

For the first block:
Volume = a x b x a = 4 x 5 x 4 = 80 cubic inches

For the second block:
Volume = a x c x a = 4 x 11 x 4 = 176 cubic inches

Total volume of both blocks = 80 + 176 = 256 cubic inches

Therefore, the total volume of the two blocks is 256 cubic inches.