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A box 1 m by 2 m by 5m is filled with cubes of volume 1 cm3. if these small cubes were tacked one on top of the other, how many kilometres high would the stack be

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The stack of small cubes would be 100 kilometers high.

The volume of the box is given by multiplying the length, width, and height. In this case, the length is 1 m, the width is 2 m, and the height is 5 m. Therefore, the total volume is 1 × 2 × 5 = 10 m³. Since each small cube has a volume of 1 cm³, we can calculate the number of cubes by dividing the volume of the box by the volume of a single cube. So, 10 m³ is equal to 10,000,000 cm³. Finally, to find the height of the stack, we need to divide 10,000,000 cm³ by the height of a single cube, which is 1 cm. The stack would be 10,000,000 cm or 100 kilometers high.

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