Question

Hannah wants to determine the number of number cubes that will fit in her local supermarket. She estimates the side of a number cube to be 5/8 inch, and the dimensions of the supermarket to be 300 feet by 250 feet by 15 feet.
What is her estimate for the number of number cubes that fit in her local supermarket?
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Answer 1

Convert to inches: 300 ft = 3600 in, 250 ft = 3000 in, 15 ft = 180 in.
Number along each dimension = 3600 ÷ (5/8) = 5760, 3000 ÷ (5/8) = 4800, 180 ÷ (5/8) = 288.
Total cubes = 5760 × 4800 × 288 = 7,962,624,000.

Answer: 7,962,624,000 number cubes.