In order for you to carry a bag on the plane, it must t inside the Carry-on Baggage Check Box.
The Carry-on Baggage Check Box has dimensions of approximately 22" x 14" x 9". Your leather bag has a
height of 18 inches, a depth of 12 inches, and a width of 8 inches. Your canvas bag has a height of
18 inches, a depth of 15 inches, and a width of 10 inches.

1. What is the volume of the Carry-On Baggage Check Box?
2. What is the volume of the leather bag?
3. What is the volume of the canvas bag?
4. Which bag will definitely fit into the Check Box? Explain. The big suitcase is how many times larger than the smaller suitcase?
6. You decide to use the larger suitcase to transport rectangular prism watermelons back home.
Though their dimensions vary, the average rectangular watermelon has a volume of roughly 720
cubic inches. If one of these watermelons is about 10 inches long and 9 inches wide, about how
tall would it be?
7. If the average rectangular watermelon has a volume of 720 cubic inches, what’s the maximum
number of watermelons you’ll be able to bring home in your larger suitcase, assuming all you have in the suitcase are watermelons?