Question

The skittles jar has a radius of 3.5 cm and a height of 11.5 cm. using the two given boxes for reference what would be a good estimate for the number of jelly beans in the jar?
A) 185

B) 443

C) 1,059

D) 4,227

Answer 1

C) 1059 skittles

Step-by-step explanation:

We know that the first container held 192 skittles. Knowing the dimension of the container we can calculate the volume of 192 skittles:

Volume of 192 skittles = 5 × 4 × 4 = 80 cm³

Volume of 1 skittle = 80 / 192 = 0.42 cm³

We also know that the second container held 258 skittles. Knowing the dimension of the container we can calculate the volume of 258 skittles:

Volume of 258 skittles = 12 × 3 × 3 = 108 cm³

Volume of 1 skittle = 108 / 258 = 0.42 cm³

We found that the volume of  1 skittle is equal to 0.42 cm³. Now we calculate the volume of the skittles jar:

volume of cylinder = π × radius² × height

volume of skittles jar = 3.14  × 3.5² × 11.5 = 442 cm³

Now we can calculate the number of skittles in the jar:

number of skittles in the jar = volume of the jar / skittle volume

number of skittles in the jar = 442 / 0.42 = 1052 which is close the C) 1059

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