A pool table supply company is making a cardboard box to package new cubes of pool cue chalk. Each cube of chalk is 1 cubic inch. The company considers all the ways to arrange 16 cubes of the chalk.
• 16 inches by 1 inch by 1 inch
• 8 inches by 2 inches by 1 inch
• 4 inches by 4 inches by 1 inch
• 4 inches by 2 inches by 2 inches
1. Which arrangement of chalk would require the most cardboard for the box? How do you know?
2.Which arrangement of chalk would require the least cardboard for the box? How do you know?