Question

A truck whose bed is 2.5m long,1.5m, and 1.0 m high is delivering sand for a sand sculpture competition.About how many trips must the truck make to deliver 7m of sand

Answer 1

The volume of the bed of the truck is 2.5 x 1.5 x 1.0 = 3.75 cubic meters.

total trips = 7 / 3.75 = 1.87, round up to 2.

They will need to make 2 trips.