Box of Chocolates

Mr. Wonka is always looking for more ways to maximize profit at the Chocolate Factory. The task for
today is to reexamine the boxes used to package the famous Wonka Chocolates. Please answer the
following questions using the box your team built.

1. What are the dimensions of your box? Include a sketch indicating length, width, and height.

2. What is the maximum cubic volume of your box?

3. Looking at the Wonka Bar at your desk. Estimate the number of Wonka Chocolates that can fit in
the box. Explain your reasoning

4. Measure your Wonka Bar and calculate the number of bars that will fit in your box.
(The shapes will either be cubes or rectangular prisms. Students will need to calculate the
volume and determine how many will fit based on the maximum volume from question 2.)

5. After reviewing the box that you made, Mr. Wonka is impressed! He wants to be sure he can use
your model to develop new boxes for different sized chocolates. Provide Mr. Wonka with an
expression that will allow him to increase each dimension of the box by the same unit. Provide
an expression for decreasing each side by the same unit. Use the dimensions from your model
and x for the dimensions of the new box to write an expression that will help you determine the
volume of the new box.

6. Describe what happens to the volume if you double the sides of the box. Justify your reasoning
with a mathematical example.
 Box of Chocolates

Mr. Wonka is always looking for more ways to maximize profit at the Chocolate Factory. The task for
today is to reexamine the boxes used to package the famous Wonka Chocolates. Please answer the
following questions using the box your team built.

1. What are the dimensions of your box? Include a sketch indicating length, width, and height.

Length (a) = 12cm

Height (b) = 3cm

Width (c) = 5cm

2. What is the maximum cubic volume of your box?

Volume = l x w x h = (12cm) (5cm)(3cm)= 1803

3. Looking at the Wonka Bar at your desk. Estimate the number of Wonka Chocolates that can fit in
the box. Explain your reasoning
(Student numerical responses will vary. The amount should be inversely related to size of the
candy bar).

4. Measure your Wonka Bar and calculate the number of bars that will fit in your box.
(The shapes will either be cubes or rectangular prisms. Students will need to calculate the
volume and determine how many will fit based on the maximum volume from question 2.)
Example: Wonka Bar: square side = 2cm; volume = 23 =83 =. Box: Length =12cm, so 6 bars of
2cm can fit in a row. The height is 3cm, so you cant stack 2 bars on top of one another. The
width is 5cm, so a 2nd row of 6 would fit. 12 bars will fit in this box.

5. After reviewing the box that you made, Mr. Wonka is impressed! He wants to be sure he can use
your model to develop new boxes for different sized chocolate bars. Provide Mr. Wonka with an
expression that will allow him to increase each dimension of the box by the same unit. Provide
an expression for decreasing each side by the same unit. Use the dimensions from your model
and x for the dimensions of the new box to write an expression that will help you determine the
volume of the new box.

V(larger box) = (12cm + x)(5cm + x)(3cm + x)

V(smaller box) = (12cm - x)(5cm - x)(3cm - x)

6. Describe what happens to the volume if you double the sides of the box. Justify your reasoning
with a mathematical example. (If you double all of the sides of the box, the volume will be
multiplied by 8. (23=8)the volume).