The volume of the prism is found by multiplying the length, width, and height together:
(1/2 m) * (1/4 m) * (5/4 m) = 5/64 cubic meters
To find the volume by packing the prism with 10 unit cubes with an edge length of 1/4 m, we need to calculate the volume of a single unit cube:
(1/4 m)^3 = 1/64 cubic meters
Since there are 10 unit cubes, the total volume is:
10 * 1/64 = 10/64 = 5/32 cubic meters
Therefore, the volume of the prism, calculated in the first step, matches the volume found by packing the prism with unit cubes, which is 5/32 cubic meters.