Question

Cardboard is very good recycling material. Collected cardboard is flattened first and the tied in in bundles that are 15 cm thick. 3.2.1. Convert 15 cm to mm. 3.2.2. A box is approximately 8mm thick when it is flattened. Use the answer in question 3.2.1 to determine the number of boxes that can be tied together to form a bundle. 3.2.3. The bundles are stacked and tied into blocks that are 1,2 metres high. How many bundles are used to make one block of cardboard?​

Answer 1

3.2.1. 15 cm is equal to 150 mm (since 1 cm = 10 mm)

3.2.2. To determine the number of boxes that can be tied together to form a bundle, we need to divide the thickness of the bundle by the thickness of each box. Thus, 15 cm (or 150 mm) divided by 8 mm is approximately 18.75. Since you cannot have a fraction of a box, the answer is 18 boxes.

3.2.3. To determine the number of bundles used to make one block of cardboard, we need to divide the height of the block (1.2 m or 1200 mm) by the height of each bundle (150 mm). Thus, 1200 mm divided by 150 mm is equal to 8. Therefore, 8 bundles are used to make one block of cardboard.