Question

A crate that is 10 inches long, 8 inches wide, and 3 inches high is shown above. The floor and the four walls are all one inch thick. How many one-inch cubical blocks can fit inside the crate?

Answer 1

Answer:

48

Step-by-step explanation:

The exterior of the crate is 10 inches long, meaning that the inside measurement is 8 inches.  Next, the 8 inch width corresponds to 6 inches inside.  Finally, the 3 inch height corresponds to 1 inch interior height.

Thus the inside floor of the box is 8 by 6 inches, or 48 square inches.

Since the inside height is only 1 inch, this means that 48 one-inch cubical blocks will fit inside the crate.