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 ll cm and ww cm.

Perimeter of top =20=20 cm:
2(l+w)=202(l+w)=20
l+w=10l+w=10

Since each side length is greater than 33 cm and the cuboid is made from 11 cm cubes, ll and ww are whole numbers greater than 33.

Possible top dimensions are:
4 cm×6 cmor5 cm×5 cm4\text{ cm} \times 6\text{ cm} \quad \text{or} \quad 5\text{ cm} \times 5\text{ cm}

2. Use the volume to determine the height.

The total volume is 120 cm3120\text{ cm}^3.

For top dimensions 4×64\times 6:
height=1204×6=12024=5\text{height}=\frac{120}{4\times 6}=\frac{120}{24}=5

For top dimensions 5×55\times 5:
height=1205×5=12025=4.8\text{height}=\frac{120}{5\times 5}=\frac{120}{25}=4.8

But the cuboid is made from 11 cm cubes, so the height must be a whole number. Hence the height is
5 cm.5\text{ cm}.

Answer

55 cm

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