Activity 2: Cardboard Box! Use the situation below to answer the questions that follow.
A square piece of cardboard is to be used to form a box without a top by cutting off squares, 3cm on a side from each corner and then folding up the sides. The volume of the box must be 3000cm³. 1.Draw a diagram to illustrate the given situation.
2.How are you going to represent the length of the side of a square pi cardboard? How about its volume.
3.What will be the dimension of the box with a square base?
4.How will you find the length of each side of the box?