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Lesson 2: Volume with fractions
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Volume with fractions
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Volume with cubes with fraction lengths

CCSS.Math: 6.G.A.2
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Problem

How many cubes with side lengths of start fraction, 1, divided by, 3, end fraction, start text, space, c, m, end text does it take to fill the prism?
  • Your answer should be
  • an integer, like 6
  • a simplified proper fraction, like 3, slash, 5
  • a simplified improper fraction, like 7, slash, 4
  • a mixed number, like 1, space, 3, slash, 4
  • an exact decimal, like 0, point, 75
  • a multiple of pi, like 12, space, start text, p, i, end text or 2, slash, 3, space, start text, p, i, end text
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