SOLUTION: A room has a length of 435cm, a width of 355cm, and a height of 244cm. How many 1.25mL cubes can fit in this room? Write the result in scientific notation.

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Question 594288: A room has a length of 435cm, a width of 355cm, and a height of 244cm. How many 1.25mL cubes can fit in this room? Write the result in scientific notation.
Found 2 solutions by CubeyThePenguin, ikleyn:
Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113)   (Show Source):
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# cubes = (volume of room)/(volume of cube)

= (435 * 355 * 244)/(1.25) = 2,971,920 cubes

Answer by ikleyn(52781)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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            The solutions by   @CubeyThePenguin is INCORRECT.

            I came to bring you the correct solution.

Notice that = 1.077217 cm. Therefore, there are 435/1.077217 = 403 cubes in one dimension 355/1.077217 = 329 cubes in the other dimension 244/1.077217 = 226 cubes in the third dimension. So, the final answer is 403*329*226 = 29964662 small cubes.

Solved (correctly).

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        By the way, one-line calculation by @Penguin has interior error, which makes his solution nonsensical in degree 2.

        TWICE a NONSENSE (!), along and across (!)