Question

How many 1/4 inch cubes does it take to fill a box with width 1 inches, length 3 3/4 inches and height 1 1/2inches?

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

we need to see how many cubes fit into every dimension.

we can fit 4 cubes along the 1 in width. as 4×1/4 = 1 in.

we can fit 15 cubes along the 3 3/4 in length :

3 3/4 = 12/4 + 3/4 = 15/4

15/4 / 1/4 = 15/4 × 4/1 = 4×15 / 4×1 = 15

we can put 6 cubes on top of each other fit the height of 1 1/2 in

1 1/2 = 2/2 + 1/2 = 3/2 = 6/4

6/4 / 1/4 = ... = 6 (as above - simply 1/4 fits 6 times into 6/4).

so, we have

4 × 15 × 6 = 360

we need 360 cubes to fill the box.