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Lina packs 3 inch cups into boxes measuring 12 inches by 15 inches. How many cups fit in one box

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The answer to this is: 60 cups. Because, First you need to find the area of the box which would be

12in x 15in =180in

The second step would be to divide the area of the box by how tall the cups are .

180/3 = 60

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20 cups

4 rows of 5 containing the 3 inch cups and 5 columns of 4 containing the 3 inch cups

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