Question

Jayden is packing for college.If each of his boxes are 4.5 ft x 2 ft x 4 ft.,how many boxes can he fit in his 185ft^3 closet?

Answer 1

Volume is Length x width x height

1 box = 4.5 x 2 x 4 = 36

Each box is 36 cubic feet. Now divide the closet size by box size

185 cubic feet/36 cubic feet per box = 5.138

Since you can't have .138 of a box, and rounding up to 6 boxes is too much, the closet will hold 5 boxes (with .138 cubic feet left over).