QUIZ MIDTERM

1. Find the volume and total area of the largest cube of wood that can be cut from a log of
circular cross section whose radius is 12.7 inches.






2. The plane section ABCD shown in the figure is cut from a cube of edge a. Find the area
of the section if D and C are each at the midpoint of an edge.



3. A vegetable bin built in the form of a cube with an edge of 6 ft. is divided by a vertical
partition which passes through two diagonally opposite edges. Find the lateral surface of
either compartment.







4. A large box is a cube with sides of length 80 cm. Smaller boxes, which are also cubes, have sides
of length 20 cm.
(a) What is the volume of the larger box?
(b) What is the volume of the smaller box?
(c) How many small boxes will fit in the large box?