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Imagine filling the box at the right with cubes that are 1 cm \times 1 cm \times 1 cm like the one shown. Explain how filling the box with cubes can be used to make sense of the volume equation for a rectangular prism V=abc-V=a \cdot b \cdot c.

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The goal of this exercise is to explain if we are required to fill a cuboidal box with the small cubical boxed then how volume makes sense in this.

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