SOLUTION: Jack wants to fill a rectangular box with sand. The length of the sand box is 3 feet, width is 6 inches, and height is 2.4 inches. Each bag of sand contains 0.15 cubic foot of sand

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Question 982239: Jack wants to fill a rectangular box with sand. The length of the sand box is 3 feet, width is 6 inches, and height is 2.4 inches. Each bag of sand contains 0.15 cubic foot of sand. How many bags of sand will Jack need to fill the box completely?
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Be sure to put all the dimensions into unit of feet.

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