SOLUTION: How many two inch cubes will fit inside a four inch cubic box?

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Question 876051: How many two inch cubes will fit inside a four inch cubic box?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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Start with a cube with 4 inch sides


If you were to cut each side in half perfectly, you'd get this new figure

And so you can see that cutting each dimension in half gives you 8 smaller cubes (notice how 2^3 = 8)

That means you can fit 8 two inch cubes in a four inch cubic box.