Tiffany is using wooden cubes to make rectangular prisms. if she has exactly 8 wooden cubes, make a model to find the length, width, and height of the two possible rectangular prisms.

Question

i don't quite understand the question so can u help me comprehend what it's asking?
after that, i will then be able to answer the question

Answer 1

Boxes are rectangular prisms.

This picture should help you figure out how to make a rectangular prism with cubes.

http://www.mathvillage.info/sites/default/files/VolSA/volume_set1/vol_files/image007.png

Answer 2

do i have to make up the width, length, and height then?

Answer 3

Do you know the measurements of your wooden cubes?

Answer 4

it does not say. it just says there is exactly 8 wooden cubes

Answer 5

Then use cubes as your unit of measurement.

The measurement of the prism might be 1 cube by 2 cubes by 4 cubes.