Question

Ricky is filling an 8 inch by 4 inch by 4 1/2 inch rectangular box with packing peanuts. The peanuts are cubes that come in two different sizes ,1 cubic inch and 1/8 inch .How many peanuts of each size are needed to fill the box?

Answer 1

First find the volume of the box: 8•4•4.5=144 cubic inches.
8 of the 1/8 inch=1 of the 1 cubic inch
He could do 144 and 0
143 and 8
142 or 16
Or just keep following the pattern... Hope that helped