Question

Nomsa has to pack small boxes that are 4 cm long, 5 cm wide and 3 cm high into a big box that is 20 cm long, 10 cm wide and 12 cm high. How many small boxes will she fit into the bigger box if she arranges them so that no space is left? Show with a drawing the practical fitting arrangement and then show by calculation.

What if small coke tins with diameter of 4cm and height of 10cm had to be packed into the big box? How many would fit? Can this be validated mathematically?

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