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Clay under a quarter of cubes

The question

Kanya has a rectangular box. The bottom 3/4 of the box is filled by a block of clay. The top quarter of the box is filled with 1-cm cubes.

  1. (a) Describe how you can work out the volume of the block of clay.

  2. (b) Find the volume of the block of clay.

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Answer

405 cm³

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Clay under a quarter of cubes