Jeremy had a set of 500 toy blocks that could be connected by snapping them together. At first, he used all the blocks to build a small house. Later, he rearranged all the blocks to build a small car. How did the mass of the house compare to the car?

Question

Jeremy had a set of 500 toy blocks that could be connected by snapping them together. At first, he used all the blocks to build a small house. Later, he rearranged all the blocks to build a small car. How did the mass of the house compare to the car?
 A. 
The masses were the same.
 B. 
There is no way to tell from the information given.
 C. 
The house had a greater mass than the car.
 D. 
The car had a greater mass than the house

GPT-4o mini · Answer

The correct answer is A. The masses were the same.

Since Jeremy used all 500 toy blocks in both the house and the car, and the blocks themselves do not change in mass when rearranged, the total mass of the blocks used in both constructions would be the same. Therefore, the mass of the house compared to the mass of the car would be equal.