Problem of the week #9

Ms. Kroski
needs to ship 8 boxes of cookies in a packing carton. Each box is a right rectangular prism 8
inches long, 5 inches wide, and 3 inches high.
What is the volume, in cubic inches, of each box?


Ms. Kroski
wants to ship all 8 boxes in one packing carton. He has a choice of three different sizes of
packing cartons that are right rectangular prisms of the following sizes.


· Packing carton A: 11 inches long, 10
inches wide, and 8 inches high


· Packing carton B: 16 inches long, 10
inches wide, and 5 inches high


· Packing carton C: 17 inches long, 11
inches wide, and 7 inches high


Which
packing carton can Ms. Kroski use?