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There are two boxes, one has a dimension of 6x2x3 and the other has dimension of 2x3x6. Which is bigger?

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2x3x6 would be larger
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2x3x6 is the same as 6x2x3 because you would do 2x3=6 then 6x6=36

6x2x3 would be 6x2=12 then 12x2=36

the reason is that you’re basically using the commutative property which is still the same answer
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