A prism is a solid shape that has the same cross-section all the way through. These three shapes are prisms. The first has a circular cross-section. The second has a rectangular cross-section.

al. Needham, MA: Prentice Hall, 2002. Provides seven investigations that explore the surface area and volume of objects such as rectangular prisms, cylinders, cones, and spheres. For young adults.

We've learned that the volume of a cuboid is its length multiplied by its width multiplied by its height (\(l \times w \times h\)). The area of the green shaded end of the cuboid (the cross ...