1. Building Boxes
What is the largest volume open top box that you can build from an 8 ½ by 11 inch sheet of paper?

2. Boxes We Will Build
Each group of students will build a box—only one per group.
The box you build will be determined by the length of the side of the square that you will cut from each corner.

3. Building the Box Cut a square from each corner of the paper
Fold the paper along the sides of the square
Tape the corners
V=length*width* height
Use a ruler to measure length, width, and height
Determine the volume of the box

4. Design of the Boxes

5. Our Boxes Side of the square Group Volume 0.5 inch 1 inch 1.5 inches

6. Algebra and the Box

7. Another Box