# Thread: Word problem using volume/area

1. ## Word problem using volume/area

A delivery company has two trucks, 1 large, 1 small. The large truck is twice as high, twice as long and twice as wide as the small truck. If it costs $100.00 to fill the small truck completely full, how much would it cost to fill the large truck full? I think the answer should be twice as much 2x100=200. but I feel that the area or volume of the trucks may be the answer. So maybe 2x2x2. Area = LxWxH so 8 times 100 or 800? I'm not certain. Sorry, but there is no more information other than the trucks are completely full. This was given to our 6th grade math class. 2. That's a horrible question. There is not enough information. Maybe the cost is the same, economy of scale and all that. 3. Look at a 2by3by4 box and a 4by6by8 box. 4. Originally Posted by Mgee So maybe 2x2x2. Area = LxWxH so 8 times 100 or 800? Yes, I think that$800 is the answer they expect. Doubling all three dimensions increases the volume by a factor of eight.

I agree that the exercise could be better worded. It's the actual stuff which fills the small truck that costs \$100; the overhead (eg: labor, electricity, maintenance, etc.) is not included in the cost "to fill the small truck".

PS: The word in red above should be "volume".

Cheers ~ Mark

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