Question

Straws are shipped into a box with dimensions of 6.0x6.0x8.0 inches. Each straw is 3/8 inches wide and 7 and 3/4 inches long. How many straws could be shipped into a box without squeezing any straws?

Answer 1

256

Explanation:

Answer 2

256

Explanation:

First, let's see the height of the box (8 inches) is long enough for one straw (7 inches and 3/4) but not enough for 2... so there could be only one layer.

Now the box is a prism with a square base (6 inches each side).

How many straws can we fit on one side? We have to divide the width of the box by the width of a straw.

`row = (6)/(3/8) = (48)/(3) = 16`

We can fit 16 straw per 6-side side of the box... Since the box is 6x6 inches, we can then fit 16 x 16 straws in it... 256 total.