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Old November 30th, 2008, 10:10 PM
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Originally Posted by kurdupel View Post
There are centimeter (cm) cubes that fit into a cube, one metre X one metre X one metre were lined up end-to-end, how far would they reach?

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1\ m^3=10^6\ cm^3


When they are lined up end-to-end,they would reach a distance L(say)

L=No. of small cubes=10^6\ cm


Hint: Find the volume of the big cube and then find the total number of small cubes...