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Sandcastles
If it takes 20 buckets of sand to make a sandcastle, how many buckets will it need to make another castle of the same shape, but twice as big in each direction ?
Answer
160 buckets. Since the large castle will be twice as long, twice as wide and twice as high, it will be 2 * 2 * 2 = 8 times the mass of the small one.Hide Answer Show Answer
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E A S Y, it's not a brain-teaser at all. I got it first try and so did my 6-year-old brother.
And it's a 2d sandcastle...?
Nice and easy, but a great teaser! Good Job
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