Question

Kara is sending a gift to her grandmother. The gift is wrapped in a cube-shaped box with side lengths of 6 inches. She wants to use the shipping box that is closest to the size of her gift. The table shows the cube-shaped shipping boxes that the post office has available for her to use. A. 64in^3, B. 125 in^3, C. 343 in^3, D. 729 in^3.

Answer 1

C. 343 in^3 because if it's a cube and the length is 6, then the equation for volume if length times width times height which is 6 to the third power. 6 to the third power is 216 in^3 but since it's asking for the size closest to the box, 343 is the one that is best suitable.

Answer 2

Kara should use 343 cubic inches box.

Explanation:

The gift is wrapped in a cube-shaped box with side lengths of 6 inches.

As it is a cubic box, all the sides will be same.

And volume of the box will be =
`6*6*6=216` cubic inches

Now, Kara wants to use the shipping box that is closest to the size of her gift.

So, she should use 343 cubic inches box.