document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=198490>Question 198490</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Jenny is filling up a shoebox with her marble collection. The shoebox is 12 inches long by 6 inches wide by 5 inches deep. Each marble takes up 1 cubic inch of space and wieghs 8 grams. When the shoebox is totally full with marbles, how much will it wiegh in kilograms?  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The volume of the shoebox is 12*6*5 = 360 cubic inches<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Ignoring the complexity of stacking and using 1 cubic inch per marble, that's 360 marbles.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "360*8 = 2880 grams<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 2.88 kg<BR>\n" );
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