Question

Shondra found large candles on sale at her favorite store. She has a large family and many friends, so she bought as many of the candles she could fit in her trunk to give as gifts. Her trunk is 2 feet deep, 4 feet wide, and 3 feet long. If each candle comes in a cube box with 1 foot edges, how many candles will fit in her trunk?

Answer 1

The trunk of the car is shaped like a rectangular prism whose volume is length * width * height.

The volume of the trunk is LWH = 3 ft * 4 ft * 2 ft = 24 ft^3

The volume of a cube is the cube of the side (edge)
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Each cubic box has volume V = s^3 = (1 ft)^3 = 1 ft^3

Now we divide the volume of the trunk by the volume of each cube box.

$\dfrac{24 ft^3}{1 ft^3} = 24$

Answer: She can fit 24 boxes in her trunk.