SOLUTION: Boxes of watercolour paint are stored in baskets. Each box measures 6cm by 5cm by 4cm and each basket measures 25cm by 19cm by 13cm. How many boxes will comfortably fit in each bas

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Question 852503: Boxes of watercolour paint are stored in baskets. Each box measures 6cm by 5cm by 4cm and each basket measures 25cm by 19cm by 13cm. How many boxes will comfortably fit in each basket?
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Hi,

Each box measures      6cm by 5cm by 4cm .   V = 120cm^3

 each basket measures 25cm by 19cm by 13cm , V = 6175 cm^3

How many boxes will comfortably fit in each basket?

  4wide, 4 high, 3 deep  (Note: stacked 1 in over rim of the basket)

    48 boxes will comfortably fit in each basket  Note6175%2F120+=+51.46