The figure is not drawn to scale. It shows the net of a solid. It is made up of 4 identical rectangles and 2 identical squares. Line D is 33 cm long and Line E is 18 cm long.
- Find the volume of the solid.
- This solid is a cardboard carton containing small boxes of caramel apples. Each box of caramel apples is 4 cm by 3 cm by 2 cm. If all these small boxes of caramel apples in the carton occupy more than 60% of the carton's volume, what is the minimum number of small boxes of caramel apples in the carton?
(a)
Breadth of the cuboid
= 18 ÷ 3
= 6 cm
Breadth of two squares
= Breadth x 2
= 6 x 2
= 12 cm
Length of the cuboid
= (33 - 12) ÷ 2
= 10.5 cm
Volume of the cuboid
= 10.5 x 6 x 6
= 378 cm
3 (b)
Volume of one box of caramel apples
= 4 x 3 x 2
= 24 cm
3 Volume of space occupied
= 378 x 60%
= 226.8 cm
3 Estimated number of small boxes
= 226.8 ÷ 24
≈ 9.5
Minimum number of small boxes to occupy more than 60% of the carton
= 9 + 1
= 10
Answer(s): (a) 378 cm
3; (b) 10