Houghton Mifflin Math
Grade 6, Chapter 21 Investigation
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Suppose the parcel described on page 550 (14 in. high, 8 in. long, and 18
in. thick) is a box that is filled with smaller boxes, all the same size. What
could be the dimensions of the smaller boxes, if they fill the larger one with
no space left over? What is the volume of each smaller box? How many of
the smaller boxes would there be?
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