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	Rectangular prism including a V-shaped groove at a boundary - US Patent 5233475 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		A rectangular prism according to claim 4, wherein the width m of a base portion joining the inclined surfaces of said V-groove is l/30 or less as compared with the width l of said V-groove at said entrance surface.
		A rectangular prism according to claim 11, wherein the width m of a base portion joining the inclined surfaces of said V-groove is l/30 or less as compared with the width l of said V-groove at said entrance surface.
		A rectangular prism according to claim 18, wherein the width m of a base portion joining the inclined surfaces of said V-groove is l/30 or less as compared with the width l of said V-groove at said entrance surface.
	www.patentstorm.us /patents/5233475.html (2114 words)

	Optics
		A rectangular frame leans on a circular basis by means of a column.
		Between the collimator and the telescope the prism is placed, covered by a cylindrical shell with two holes.
		Between the two instruments we have the prism covered by a cylindrical container with two windows in correspondence of the collimator and of the telescope.
	spazioinwind.libero.it /gabinetto_di_fisica/ottica/opticsu2.htm (757 words)

	Measurement Session 10, Grades 6-8: Classroom Case Studies
		Said another way, the surface area of a rectangular prism is minimized as its shape approaches a cube.
		Students saw that the total area of the two-dimensional net was the surface area of the rectangular prism and that the net is, in effect, "wrapped around" the solid.
		Cellucci helped students focus on the dimensions, as well as the surface area, of their rectangular prism by prompting them for the dimensions and recording them in a chart.
	www.learner.org /channel/courses/learningmath/measurement/session10/68solutions_b.html (574 words)

	Prism (geometry) Details, Meaning Prism (geometry) Article and Explanation Guide
		In geometry, a prism is a polyhedron made of two parallel copies of some polygonal base joined by faces that are rectangles or parallelograms.
		The rectangular prism, or cuboid, and square prism are among the types of right prism, with a rectangular and square base, respectively.
		The dual of a prism is a bipyramid.
	www.e-paranoids.com /p/pr/prism__geometry_.html (186 words)

	CI402
		The third grade students will be able to show all the rectangular regions they can make using 24, 1-inch tile squares in their cooperating groups of two or three while listing the results on a grid with the teacher.
		Prisms – a solid figure whose ends are parallel and equal in size and shape, and whose sides are parallelogram.
		Show pictures of different rectangular prisms on the overhead and note to the students about the different shape/size of the rectangle.
	www.education.wichita.edu /alagic/2002/402fall02/abplanalp_lesson_plan.htm (862 words)

	E-Database of Math, March, 1998
		When we put our second rectangular prism in the water, it displaced 17 milliliters of water, which indicated that the volume was 17 cm3.
		When we put our third rectangular prism in the water, it displaced 975 milliliters of water, which indicated that the volume was 975 cm3.
		When we put our fifth rectangular prism in the water, it displaced 2000 milliliters of water, which indicated that the volume was 2000 cm3.
	youth.net /nsrc/math/math007.html (4724 words)

	E-Database of Math, July, 1998
		On the prisms with large differences, there was plastic wrap in the boxes to waterproof them, so there was less capacity than normal in the prisms.
		R.P.- Rectangular Prism When the squares on the graph paper were counted for rectangular prism 1, it had a surface area of 484.24 sq.
		When the squares on the graph paper were counted for rectangular prism 3, it had a surface area of 497.
	youth.net /nsrc/math/math008.html (4112 words)

	Grade 6: Surface area of rectangular prism
		Ask each group to construct a rectangular prism using all 24 cubes (three possible prisms are: 1 x 2 x 12, 2 x 2 x 6, 2 x 3 x 4).
		Ask each group to construct four different rectangular prisms using all 36 cubes (four possible prisms are: 1 x 1 x 36, 2 x 3 x 6, 1 x 6 x 6, 3 x 3 x 4).
		Ensure that students realize that a long and skinny rectangular prism has the largest surface area while a prism that is close to being a cube (a compact prism) has the smallest surface area.
	io.uwinnipeg.ca /~jameis/PAGES/MYR49.html (853 words)

	Filling and Wrapping (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The volume of a rectangular prism is the area of its base multiplied by its height.
		The rectangular prism that is the most like a cube will have the greatest volume for a fixed surface area.
		The surface areas of the two prisms, if looked at as flat figures, are similar figures with a scale factor of 2 from the small prism to the large prism.
	www2.whidbey.net /ohmsmath/CMP/fw.htm (1245 words)

	NCTM : Illuminations : Purple Prisms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Use several different rectangular prisms for students to demonstrate their understanding of surface area.
		Using the Rectangular Prisms table on the Purple Prisms activity sheet, students should record the Surface Area of A, the Surface Area of B, the ratio of Surface Area A : B, and the scale factor L : 1 for ten different rectangular prisms.
		Assess studentsâunderstanding that surface area is the sum of the six rectangular faces on the prism measured in square units.
	illuminations.nctm.org /print_lesson.aspx?id=262 (559 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		People often store stuff in rectangular prisms or cylinders and as mathematicians, it is important to know exactly how much stuff they hold.
		Two students will be called to the board to write the equation for volume of a rectangular prism and a cylinder.
		Two different students will be called to the board to draw a big and neat rectangular prism and cylinder.
	plaza.ufl.edu /andyd/tfa/lp072803.doc (873 words)

	Grade 6: Volume of rectangular prism
		Pose a problem that involves determining the volume of a rectangular prism, where students can actually measure the dimensions of the prism at a later time.
		In any case, ensure that students begin to realize that a faster way to figure out the volume of a rectangular prism is to count layers of cubes and then add those layers (this is like counting the volume of each floor of the building and adding up those floors).
		Ask them to build a series of rectangular prisms that are cubes, beginning with a 1 cm by 1 cm by 1 cm cube, then a 2 cm by 2cm by 2cm cube, and so on, and stopping at 8 cm by 8 cm by 8 cm.
	io.uwinnipeg.ca /~jameis/PAGES/MYR50.html (1202 words)

	CI402
		The learner will be able to identify the various ways in which a rectangular prism can be seen by working together in groups using the (attached) worksheet.
		Have students discuss at their table the various objects that they see in everyday life that are rectangular prisms.
		Instruct the students that they are to design the room of their choice containing three rectangular prisms of various sizes.
	www.education.wichita.edu /alagic/2002/402fall02/voegeli_lesson_plan.htm (1025 words)

	Prism (geometry) - Enpsychlopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		A prism with at least one rectangular face has all faces rectangular, and is called a rectangular prism; a rectangular prism with a square face has two opposite square faces, and is called a square prism.
		A prism that is both right and rectangular is a right rectangular prism, also called a cuboid.
		Right prisms with regular bases form one of the two infinite series of vertex-uniform polyhedra, the other series being the antiprisms.
	www.grohol.com /wiki/Prism_(geometry) (257 words)

	MMM Project - Designing Packages, teacher pages 6
		There is only one way to arrange five identical cubes into the shape of a rectangular prism.
		Sketch every rectangular prism that can be made from ten identical cubes.
		The 1 by 1 by 10 prism has a surface area of 42 square units; the 1 by 2 by 5 prism has a surface area of 34 square units.
	mmmproject.org /dp/tp6.htm (572 words)

	Math Tutorials - 56 Geometry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		A face of a prism is a side, this corresponds to walls, floor, and ceiling of a room.
		A prism is described by the shape of the end.
		In this teminology, the number(P) of a triangular prism is 3, the number(P) of a rectangular prism is 4.]
	www.jhu.edu /gifted/tutorials/56/56-geometry.html (1103 words)

	Light - Exploring prisms
		Rectangular glass prism, triangular glass prisms (various angles), light box with prisms, plain paper, a page of text from a book or newspaper, 'Refraction' sheet.
		Once you have drawn the ray going into the prism and the ray coming out of the prism, you can join them to show the path of the ray inside the prism.
		Sometimes the rays are reflected a little off the faces of the prism, producing extra rays.
	www.curriculum.edu.au /sciencepd/teacher/assessment/light/refr_exploring.htm (702 words)

	Finding the Volume of Rectangular Prism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		We started with a rectangular piece of construction paper that measures 12 centimeters by 9 centimeters.
		Similarly the width of the box will be (2 times x) less than the original width of the rectangular sheet (9).
		The Volume of the rectangular prism is calculated by multiplying the length times the width times the height of the object.
	www.unf.edu /~tbratina/mathed/boxproblem/graphcubic.htm (235 words)

	Surface Area and Volume Worksheet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Change the rectangular prism so that it is as large as possible in every direction.
		In #2, you found that the largest possible volume of the rectangular prism was _____________.
		The area of this face of the prism is _____________________.
	www.shodor.org /interactivate/activities/sa_volume/wksheet.html (414 words)

	Steady Flow Past Prism in Rectangular Conduit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		A general method for evaluating contraction and drag coefficcients for a two-dimensional flow through a sharp-edged orifice or past a prism symmetrically located in a rectangular conduit is presented.
		The method is based upon the free-streamline analysis and uses a sector hodograph to cover orifices with various nozzle angles and a Joukowsky transformation to transform a line integral in a complex plane into a definite integral.
		The same method is applied to predict the pressure distribution on the surface of the prism.
	www.pubs.asce.org /WWWdisplay.cgi?5014697 (112 words)

	Patterns (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Each surface on a rectangular prism is called a
		If all the sides of a rectangular prism are squares, the rectangular prism is also a
		What is the surface area of this rectangular prism if each block is 1 unit?
	www.shsu.edu /~txcae/Powerpoints/prepostest/recprismpostest.html (102 words)

	The effect of fine scale turbulence on the corner vortices of a rectangular prism
		The effect of fine scale turbulence on the corner vortices of a rectangular prism
		An experimental programme, which is the final part of a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, was conducted to investigate the effect of fine scale turbulence on the corner vortices of a rectangular prism, which is a common representation of a low-rise structure.
		Experiments were conducted in a wind tunnel using grid and rod configurations to produce turbulent flows.
	epubl.ltu.se /1402-1617/2002/063/index.html (287 words)

	Grade 3: Identifying and Classifying Solid Figures: Developing the Concept
		Count the number of edges a rectangular prism has.
		Count the number of vertices a rectangular prism has.
		Lead students to realize that the faces of a rectangular prism and a cube are all rectangles, but in the case of the cube, the rectangles are squares.
	www.eduplace.com /math/mw/background/3/07/te_3_07_poly_develop2.html (459 words)

	MATHEMATICS ACTIVITIES
		Students will be able to explain the relationship between the surface area and volume of a rectangular prism and relate these values to conservation of resources in packaging.
		In order to understand packaging, especially related to food items, it is important for students to have a good grasp of the relationship between the volume and surface area of a rectangular prism.
		The tall rectangular shape characteristic of cereal boxes was chosen to provide a convenient space for advertisement of the cereal and because it is easy to hold in one hand.
	www.earth.uni.edu /EECP/mid/mod4_ma.html (2475 words)

	Learning by Logic - Total Surface Area (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The student will develop the formula for calculating the total surface area of two geometric solids, the cube and rectangular prism.
		Given a cube and rectangular prism, each student will wrap the geometric solid, to develop the concept that surface area means to surround.
		The Total Surface Area of the rectangular prism is equal to the sum of six surfaces........
	www.iit.edu /~smile/ma8802.html (460 words)

	Rectangular Prism Calculator in JavaScript (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		A rectangular prism of dimensions (x,y,z) will have surface area 2xy+2yz+2zx and volume xyz.
		Rectangular prisms with the same surface area don't generally have the same volume.
		The surface area of a rectangular prism with dimensions of x, y, and z is 2(xy +yz +z*x).
	www.math.clemson.edu /~rsimms/neat/math/sfc.html (129 words)

	Cube/Rectangular Prism Activity
		Students manipulate cubes and rectangular prisms, drawing geometric shapes using grid paper and also manipulating geometric shapes using the ESCOT Runner software to observe geometric relations.
		What is the relation between the area of the base of the pink rectangular prism and the area of the base of the blue rectangular prism?
		Discuss with the students the formulas to calculate the area and volume of a cube and rectangular prism given the length of the side or the length, height and width of the prism.
	mathforum.org /alejandre/escot/cube.prism.html (815 words)

	Surface Area Formulas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Since these are all the same, you can multiply one of them by six, so the surface area of a cube is 6 times one of the sides squared.
		Surface Area of a Rectangular Prism = 2ab + 2bc + 2ac
		In words, the surface area of a rectangular prism is the are of the six rectangles that cover it.
	www.math.com /tables/geometry/surfareas.htm (565 words)

	Make a Rectangular Prism and Analyze it. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		To begin our study of three dimensional shapes, known as polyhedra, we will construct the easiest of them all....the all famous RECTANGULAR PRISM, otherwise known as the "box".
		Draw a net for a rectangular prism, including dimensions and glue flaps.
		On the back of the notebook paper explain how to find the volume for your rectangular prism and then show the mathematics.
	www.themathlab.com /geometry/section10/prisms/rectprisassign.htm (151 words)

	STEREOGNOSTIC SENSE DEVELOPMENT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Materials: Bag containing cubes (a cube is a solid where all the sides are square shaped) and rectangular prisms (a rectangular prism is a solid where all the sides are rectangular), a small mat, and a blindfold.
		Continue until you have all of the blocks in separate piles, "This is a rectangular prism.
		Oh, this is another rectangular prism." When finished, check to see if you were correct.
	www.saber.net /~mearth/FroebelBag.htm (244 words)

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