1. Devin is making a candle by pouring melted wax into a mold in the shape of a square pyramid. Each side of the base of the pyr
amid is 9 cm and the height of the pyramid is 10 cm. To get the wax for the candle, Devin melts cubes of wax that are each 4 cm by 4 cm by 2 cm. How many of the wax cubes will Devin need in order to make the candle? Show your work
To find the volume of the pyramid, you use (area of the base)* height of the pyramid divided by 3. You know the volume of a cube of wax is 32 cm^3. The volume of your pyramid is 270 cm^3. 270/32=8.4375.
Once you get 8.4375 cubes, you round to the next whole number, which is nine.
