Milk cartons

Monica measured the dimensions of two different milk cartons. One had dimensions of 9*5.8*19.6 cm, the other 9.4*6.3*17.3 cm. She wanted to see if less material was used to make a particular box. Check it out and find out what percentage of material is saved.
(We will neglect the material for foundation and gluing)

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solid geometry

cuboid
volume of a solid
surface area
prism

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area of a shape

basic operations and concepts

percentages

Units of physical quantities

volume

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