Raj has 120 one-centimetre cubes.
He arranges all of the cubes into a cuboid.
The perimeter of the top of the cuboid is 20 cm.
Each side of the cuboid has a length greater than 3 cm.
Find the height of the cuboid.
Answer ... cm
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1. Find the possible dimensions of the top rectangle.
Let the length and width of the top be cm and cm.
Perimeter of top cm:
Since each side length is greater than cm and the cuboid is made from cm cubes, and are whole numbers greater than .
Possible top dimensions are:
2. Use the volume to determine the height.
The total volume is .
For top dimensions :
For top dimensions :
But the cuboid is made from cm cubes, so the height must be a whole number. Hence the height is
Answer
cm
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