SOLUTION: How many matchboxes, each 80 mm by 75 mm by 18 mm, can be packed into a box 72 cm by 60 cm by 45 cm internally?

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Question 979332: How many matchboxes, each 80 mm by 75 mm by 18 mm, can be packed into a box 72 cm by 60 cm by 45 cm internally?
Answer by MathLover1(20850)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

find the volumes
first convert into
by






to find the number of matchboxes that fit in divide by



so, matchboxes can be packed into a box

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