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If you had liter container full of marbles and a half liter container full of sand, would a mixture of two measure 1 1/2 liters? Why or why not?

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If you had liter container full of marbles and a half liter container full of sand-example-1
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No, because the sand would go through the holes. Marbles are circles and circles don’t fit perfectly together, so there would be holes in between the marbles, it would not be 1 1/2 liters.
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