Question

a truck whose bed is 9 feet long, 5 feet wide, and 3 feet high is delivering sand for a sandbox at the local playground. how many trips must the truck make to deliver 300 cubic feet of sand?

Answer 1

The volume of the truck's bed is:

9 ft × 5 ft × 3 ft = 135 cubic feet

To deliver 300 cubic feet of sand, the truck must make:

300 cubic feet / 135 cubic feet per trip = 2.22 trips

Since the truck cannot make a fractional trip, it must make 3 trips to deliver 300 cubic feet of sand.

Answer 2

3 trips

Explanation:

volume = l x w x h

truck bed volume = 9ft x 5ft x 3ft = 135ft

total sand / truck bed volume = total trips

300ft/135ft = 2.22 trips

round up because truck cannot carry all the sand in 2 trips, so the answer is 3 trips