Question

Stack of wood 4 feet wide 8 feet long and 4 feet high is equal to 1 quart of wood. How many quarts would a pie 4 feet wide and 16 feet long and 4 feet high contain

Answer 1

2 quarts

Explanation:

Since a stack of wood 4 feet wide 8 feet long and 4 feet high is equal to 1 quart of wood., then dimensionally, we write it as 4 × 8 × 4.

We then need to find the number of quarts in a pie of 4 feet wide and 16 feet long and 4 feet high. We write it dimensionally as 4 × 16 × 4.

Since 1 quart = 4 × 8 × 4, then the number of quarts in 4 × 16 × 4 is

4 × 16 × 4 × 1 quart/4 × 8 × 4 = 2 × 1 quart = 2 quarts