30 Cubes

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This task is designed to help students build their own identity as math explorers. They will generate their own data and look for patterns within a sequence. They will work to find ways to organize their findings so they can present convincing arguments and conjectures. Students are invited to think about cubes through building, drawing, and quantifying their results. The central question is: "How many different rectangular prisms, which Jo calls cuboids, can you create using 1 cube, 2 cubes, 3 cubes, and so on up to 30 cubes?"

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