Question

Melanie packs boxes of envelope into a larger box. the volume of each box of envelopes is 1,200 cubic centimeters. which is the best estimate for the volume of the large box?

Answer 1

To answer this question, we use the concept of volume addition. If each of the n envelope is 1,200 cm³ then, the best estimate for the volume of the large box is 1200n where n is the number of boxes. This is similarly saying that we add up all the volumes of the each box.