The Box

Orange loves his boxes!

Orange loves boxes. He loves playing with boxes, sleeping in boxes, even eating some boxes. Unfortunately, his current box, which is 1 foot x 1 foot x 2 feet, is a little too small.

“I need a box that’s 8 times as big!” he gasped one day. “The volume should be 8 times the size of this current box. What dimensions should I get for my new box?”

“Orange, I don’t think we’ll have space for that!” Grey exclaimed. “How big would that box be?”

“Let’s calculate. The area for finding the volume of a box is width x length x height right?” Orange questioned.

The volume of a rectangular prism box is length x width x height

“That’s right!” Grey confirmed. “So the area of your box would be the width, 1 foot, multiplied by length, 1 foot, and height of 2 feet. That gives us 2 ft3.”

“What would happen if we doubled the side length of the box?” Orange wondered. “That would give us a 2 feet x 2 feet x 4 feet box.”

By doubling every side length, our volume is 8 times greater!

“If we wanted the volume, we would multiply 2 x 2 x 4, which gives us 16!” Grey gasped. “If we want the volume to be 8 times greater, we just have to double each side length.”

“I think we’ll have plenty of room for that!” Orange enthusiastically chimed.


Today, we learned about calculating the volumes of boxes, or rectangular prisms. For more practice, check out the Box Brevity practice!

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