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Filling uses volume. Covering uses surface area.

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A prism is 5 by 4 by 3.

Volume counts unit cubes that fill the prism. It is the product of the three dimensions. Surface area counts the covering of the faces instead.

Problem 1 of 8. What we learned, an example, a few together, then independent practice.

How many unit cubes fill a 5 by 4 by 4 prism?

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