If a truck whose bed is 2.5 m long1.5 m wide and 1.0 m high is delivering sand for a sand sculpture competition. About how many trips must the truck make to deliver 7 m3 of sand?

Answer 1

The volume of the truck bed is calculated as 2.5 m (length) × 1.5 m (width) × 1.0 m (height) = 3.75 m³. To deliver 7 m³ of sand, the truck would need to make approximately 7 m³ ÷ 3.75 m³/trip = 1.87 trips. Since the truck cannot make a fraction of a trip, it will need to make 2 trips to deliver all the sand.