SAT Area and volume Practice Question 1 (Easy)

Math · Geometry and TrigonometryEasy

A rectangular storage box has a length of $6$ inches, a width of $5$ inches, and a height of $4$ inches. What is the volume, in cubic inches, of the box?

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Answer: 120

The volume of a rectangular prism is length times width times height. So $V = 6 \times 5 \times 4 = 120$ cubic inches.

Computing the surface area, $2(30 + 24 + 20) = 148$ , instead of the volume is a common mistake.

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