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6th grade

Course: 6th grade > Unit 10

Lesson 3: Volume with fractions

Volume of a rectangular prism: fractional dimensions
Volume by multiplying area of base times height
Volume with fractions
How volume changes from changing dimensions
Volume of a rectangular prism: word problem
Volume word problems: fractions & decimals

Volume word problems: fractions & decimals

The Jones family is moving, and they need a truck with at least 40 cubic meters of space. The moving trucks they have to choose from are shown in the table below.

Which is the smallest truck that they can use?

**Moving truck storage dimensions**
	Length start text, left parenthesis, m, end text, right parenthesis	Width start text, left parenthesis, m, end text, right parenthesis	Height start text, left parenthesis, m, end text, right parenthesis
Small truck	4	3	3, start fraction, 1, divided by, 2, end fraction
Medium truck	5	3, start fraction, 1, divided by, 3, end fraction	4
Large truck	6, start fraction, 1, divided by, 4, end fraction	4	4

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6th grade

Course: 6th grade > Unit 10

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