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Ch.1 - Matter, Measurement & Problem Solving
Chapter 1, Problem 64

How many 1-cm cubes does it take to construct a cube that is 4 cm on each edge?

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Understand that a cube's volume is calculated by cubing the length of one of its edges.
Calculate the volume of the larger cube by raising the edge length (4 cm) to the power of 3: \( V = 4^3 \).
Calculate the volume of a 1-cm cube, which is simply \( 1^3 = 1 \) cubic centimeter.
Determine how many 1-cm cubes fit into the larger cube by dividing the volume of the larger cube by the volume of a 1-cm cube.
The result of this division will give you the total number of 1-cm cubes needed to construct the larger cube.