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Question

A storage container at the arena is 3 metres wide, 6 metres long and 4 metres high. How many 50 cm by 50 cm by 50 cm boxes could you fit into the storage container?

Answer 1

Hello Maureen,

 

This problem contains measurements in two different units, meters and cm. You'll need to do a conversion first.

 

This shows meters converted to cm. You could also convert the cm to meters which wouldn't involve all these zeroes

 

1 meter = 100 cm

 

3 meters wide = 300 cm

 

6 meters long =  600 cm

 

4 meters long = 400 cm

 

The volume of the storage container is found now by multiplying width x length x height

 

300 x 600 x 400 = 72,000,000

 

Each small box has a volume = 50 x 50 x 50 = 125,000

 

To find how many small boxes will fit in the storage container, divide these

 

72,000,000 ÷ 125,000 =576

 

576 boxes will fit