Question

19 cm

6 cm
30 cm
The container is 2/3 full of water.
A cup holds 275 ml of water.
What is the greatest number of cups that can be completely filled with water from
the container? (4)
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Answer 1

A total of 8 (eight) completely filled cups.

Explanation:

Recall that 1 milliliter is the SAME as 1 cubic cm. Therefore, the 275 ml cup holds exactly 275 cm^3 of water.

Now calculate the volume of water in the container. Since the container measures 19 cm x 6 cm x 30 cm, its total volume is:

Volume = 19 x 6 x 30 = 3420 cm^3

The amount of water in it fills 2/3 of its volume, then:

amount of water = 2/3 (3420) = 2280 cm^3

Now to find how many cups can be filled with such amount of water, we do the division:

2280 / 275 = 8.29

Then the maximum number of completely filled cups is: 8