Question

Rini, Suchandra and Rai made a table with empty match boxes. They coloured the boxes in such a way that the toy table looks like a table. They made drawers with handle. All the match boxes are identical. The length, breadth and height of the match box are 2.5 cm by 4 cm by 1.5 cm. a) How many match boxes are needed to make the table as shown in the figure?
(i) 7 (ii) 6 (iii) 8 (iv) 5
b) What is the total volume of the match boxes?
(i) 90 cm3 (ii) 105 cm3 (iii) 75 cm3 (iv) 15 cm3
c) How much area is covered by the floor?
(i) 20cm2 (ii) 100 cm2 (iii) 30 cm2 (iv) 10 cm2
d) What is the surface area of the top of the table?
(i) 30 cm2 (ii) 10 cm2 (iii) 100 cm2 (iv) 60 cm2 e) Is the table steady? Are the two sides (left & right) has same volume?
What is the volume difference? (i) no, 30 cm3 (ii) no, 10 cm3 (iii) no, 6 cm3 (iv) yes, same volume
please show the solving for c,d, and e

Answer 1

Answer:

a) 6 b) 90cm3 c) 20cm2 d) 30cm2 e) No; 30cm3