Question

A typical stick of butter measures 32 mm×32 mm×121 mm
. What is the volume, in cubic millimeters, of two sticks of butter?

Answers

GPT-4o mini
To find the volume of a single stick of butter, we can use the formula for the volume of a rectangular prism:

\[
\text{Volume} = \text{length} \times \text{width} \times \text{height}
\]

The dimensions of a typical stick of butter are given as 32 mm × 32 mm × 121 mm. Plugging in these values, we get:

\[
\text{Volume} = 32 \, \text{mm} \times 32 \, \text{mm} \times 121 \, \text{mm}
\]

Calculating this step-by-step:

1. Calculate \(32 \, \text{mm} \times 32 \, \text{mm}\):

\[
32 \times 32 = 1024 \, \text{mm}^2
\]

2. Now multiply that result by 121 mm:

\[
1024 \, \text{mm}^2 \times 121 \, \text{mm} = 124864 \, \text{mm}^3
\]

So, the volume of one stick of butter is \(124864 \, \text{mm}^3\).

To find the volume of two sticks of butter, we simply multiply the volume of one stick by two:

\[
\text{Volume of two sticks} = 2 \times 124864 \, \text{mm}^3 = 249728 \, \text{mm}^3
\]

Thus, the volume of two sticks of butter is \(\boxed{249728}\) cubic millimeters.