Question

Mohan arranged his matchboxes like this.
• How many matchboxes did he use to make it? What is its volume in matchboxes? ________ matchboxes.
• Collect empty matchboxes. Arrange them in an interesting way. Make a deep drawing of it.

Answer 1

• In the bottom layer, we can see that there are 4 matchboxes in length and 4 in breadth. So, the bottom layer has 16 matchboxes.

In the layer above the bottom, we can see that there are 3 matchboxes in length and 3 in breadth. So, the layer above bottom has 9 matchboxes.

Now, the second layer from the top has 2 matchboxes in length and 2 matchboxes in breadth. So, this layer has 4 matchboxes.

The top layer has only 1 matchbox.
Thus, total volume of the arrangement in terms of matchboxes = 16 + 9 + 4 + 1
= 30

Disclaimer: The answer may vary from student to student, based on his/her observation. It is highly recommended that the student prepare the answer on their own.