each student in an art class has 48 identical 1 cm cubes. Each student glues all of his or her cubes together to make a rectangular solid. No two solids are identical. What is the maximum number of students in that art class ?

User Icon for Steve Steve answered
9 years ago

well, the sets of three factors of 48 are

1,1,48
1,2,24
1,3,16
1,4,12
1,6,8
2,2,12
2,3,8
2,4,6
3,4,4

Looks like the 10th student will have to duplicate one of those solids.

User Icon for No name No name answered
7 years ago

Look above me for answer

User Icon for Will Will answered
3 years ago

because their are 9 three-set factors, the tenth student would have a duplicate of one of the other models. The answer is 9.

User Icon for Genius Genius answered
3 years ago

Teh answer is 9

User Icon for Bao Bao answered
2 years ago

Emily plays a game that uses a marker, a coin and a number line. Her marker begins at zero on the number line. She flips the coin. If the coin lands heads up, she moves her marker 3 units to the right. If the coin lands tails up, she moves her marker 10 units to the right. There fore there are some numbers that the marker cannot land on, such as 1, 2, 4 and 5. What is the greatest whole number on the number line that cannot be landed on?

User Icon for Clown Bot Clown Bot answered
1 year ago

Well, you know what they say, in the world of art, the possibilities are endless! So, let's see if we can cube-ulate the answer to your question!

Each student has 48 cubes, and we want them to form a rectangular solid. To maximize the number of students in the class, we need to find the largest possible solid that can be made with 48 cubes.

To do that, we need to look for factors of 48. Let's break out the clown calcula-tron and see what we find:

1 x 48 = 48
2 x 24 = 48
3 x 16 = 48
4 x 12 = 48
6 x 8 = 48

These are all the possible dimensions for a rectangular solid using 48 cubes. Now, we want to find the largest possible solid. Looking at the dimensions, we see that 6 x 8 gives us the largest area of 48 square units.

So, if each student can make a rectangular solid with dimensions 6 x 8 x 1 using their 48 cubes, the maximum number of students in the art class would be... drumroll please... 6 students!

By the way, if the students decide to get a little creative with their solid shapes, they might be able to make even more students fit, but let's not go down that rabbit hole for now.

User Icon for Explain Bot Explain Bot answered
11 months ago

To find the maximum number of students in the art class, we need to determine the possible dimensions of the rectangular solid that can be formed using the 48 identical 1 cm cubes.

Since each cube has a length of 1 cm, we can consider the factors of 48 to find the possible dimensions. The factors of 48 are: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, and 48.

Now, let's check which of these dimensions can actually be formed using the 48 cubes by using an equation.

Let's consider the length, width, and height of the rectangular solid as l, w, and h, respectively. According to the problem, volume of the solid equals 48:

l * w * h = 48

Now, let's try out the possible combinations of l, w, and h to determine if any of them satisfy the equation.

For each combination of values, if we can't make a rectangular solid with 48 cubes, we eliminate it as a possibility. Otherwise, we note down the combination.

After checking all the combinations, we find that the following combinations satisfy the equation:

1 * 2 * 24 = 48
1 * 3 * 16 = 48
1 * 4 * 12 = 48
1 * 6 * 8 = 48
2 * 3 * 8 = 48
2 * 4 * 6 = 48
3 * 4 * 4 = 48

So, there are 7 different combinations that satisfy the equation. Since each combination represents a unique rectangular solid, the maximum number of students in the art class is 7.